Brackenfield Special SchoolWelden School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side.

Summary of the comparison

This page compares Brackenfield Special School and Welden School.

Neither school has a composite score. Our score needs published attainment data, which is not available for every school or every nation.
Brackenfield Special School was judged exceptional and Welden School was judged Good.
The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has held broadly level at Brackenfield Special School (0.0% in 2022-23, 0.0% in 2024-25).

Brackenfield Special School versus Welden School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure	NottinghamBrackenfield Special School	DerbyWelden School	England average
Overview
Our score	Not scored	Not scored
Local ranking	Not ranked	Not ranked
Inspection	Ofsted: OutstandingStronger figure	Ofsted: Good
School type	Community special school	Other independent special school
Age range	3-19	10-16
Gender	Mixed	Mixed
Pupils on roll	283	9
Capacity	280	9
Location	Nottingham, NG10 4DA	Derby, DE72 2AN
GCSE results
Cohort	14	1
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard	0.0%	Not reported	62.0%
At higher standard	0.0%	Not reported	8.0%
Pupils
Pupils in the census	206	7
Free school meals (ever 6)	47.8%	0.0%
English as an additional language	11.7%	Not reported
SEN support	0.5%	0.0%
SEN with an EHC plan	99.5%	100.0%
Attendance
Overall absence	7.2%	Not reported	6.2%
Persistent absence	19.1%	Not reported	15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.