Special school in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire
Red Balloon Aylesbury
Audley House, 15 Walton Terrace, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, HP21 7QY
Before you shortlist Red Balloon Aylesbury
The school register lists Red Balloon Aylesbury (type: Other independent special school; ages 11–18) in Aylesbury.
What the inspection record tells you
This record has no matched Ofsted inspection date. That is a gap in the evidence here, not a statement that the school has never been inspected. See inspection evidence.
What the admissions figures tell you
A complete first-preference offer outcome is not available in this record. Use the school's admissions arrangements or the local authority to check the application process and current availability.
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This summary uses the matched school register, inspection record and dated DfE offers. Source dates and coverage.
Ofsted
No Ofsted inspection outcome is matched to this school in our dataset.
A missing match does not establish that the school is uninspected. Check the official report and the school website; independent schools may be inspected by ISI or Ofsted.
- Current published outcome
- None published
- Last overall grade in this dataset
- None published
- Days since inspection
- Not published
- Framework era
- No published Ofsted outcome
These four fields describe the latest published inspection on this record. The dataset does not keep a previous inspection row, so a school inspected under the current framework will usually have no overall grade to show as “prior”.
Exam results
Special schools serve pupils whose needs the standard measures were not designed to describe, so results are not shown or ranked here.
- Evidence found
- No phase-compatible comparable headline measure is published here.
- Source coverage
- DfE 2024/25 school performance files, checked by exact URN and establishment type.
- What this means
- The standard mainstream measure would not support a fair comparison for this establishment.
- What this does not mean
- The school achieved zero, has no outcomes, or should be read as performing below a mainstream school.
School funding 2025-26 financial year
Not covered by this mainstream-school release.
- Evidence found
- Not covered by this mainstream-school release; this is not represented as £0.
- Source coverage
- DfE mainstream-school allocations for running costs for pupils aged 5-16, importer snapshot 23 August 2026.
- What this means
- The official mainstream allocation release does not provide a publishable row for this establishment.
- What this does not mean
- The school received no public funding or has no budget; other establishment types and funding streams use different publications.
Allocation is not expenditure. DfE says this release combines the schools block with several other revenue grants and excludes capital spending. Funding is shown for context and is never used in School Facts ordering, peer groups or quality claims. Source, licence and coverage.
The area around the school
Among around the middle for England.
Among the less deprived half of England for children in low-income families.
Indices of Deprivation 2019, for the small area the school stands in. 1 means the most deprived tenth of England, 10 the least. The second measure counts only children living in low-income families, which is the one that describes the intake a school is likely to draw on.
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £359,000
postcode sector HP21 7 · 274 sales
- Typical range
- £210,000 to £471,250
middle half of sales
- Detached
- £555,000
- Semi-detached
- £437,000
- Terraced
- £320,000
- Flat
- £167,500
Homes around this school are dearer than most of England.
Every residential sale registered in this postcode sector since January 2024, from HM Land Registry. A sector covers roughly 2,500 addresses. England's median over the same period was £293,000.
Who lives there
- Adults with a degree
- 38%
England 33.8%
- Adults with no qualifications
- 17%
England 18.3%
- In professional or managerial work
- 12%
England 13.4%
- Households deprived in 2+ ways
- 19%
England 17.8%
- Residents in very good health
- 48%
England 48.4%
Housing
- Owned by the occupier
- 41%
England 62.7%
- Social housing
- 21%
England 17%
- Privately rented
- 29%
England 19.2%
- Detached homes
- 15%
England 38.2%
- Four or more bedrooms
- 8%
England 22.5%
- No car
- 35%
England 21.9%
Census 2021, for Buckinghamshire 015D and the wider neighbourhood around it. These figures describe the area, not the pupils — children may travel in from much further away, and for selective, faith and independent schools they usually do.
School details
- Type
- Other independent special school
- Phase
- Special
- Ages
- Ages 11–18
- Religious character
- None
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No
- Boarding
- Day school
- Headteacher
- Headteacher: Jane Cole
- Opened as this establishment
- 21 August 2026
- Register status
- Open
- Local authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Ward
- Aylesbury North
- Constituency
- Aylesbury
- URN
- 152642
The unique reference number used in all official school data.
- Official DfE record
- Open the register entry
The source record for this establishment and URN.
The URN identifies this registered establishment. If a school converts or is replaced, DfE may issue a new URN; this page does not stitch different establishments together by a similar name.
Evidence ledger
Reference dates and join methods are kept separate because the figures do not all describe the same year or geography.
| Evidence | Publisher | Reference date | How it reaches this page |
|---|---|---|---|
| School identity | Get Information About Schools | 23 August 2026 | Exact URN 152642; unified importer snapshot |
| Inspection evidence | Ofsted management information | 31 July 2026 | No Ofsted outcome matched to this URN |
| Funding allocation | DfE school funding statistics | 2025-26 financial year | No row for this URN in the mainstream-school release; not represented as zero |
| Neighbourhood | ONS Census | 2021 | LSOA/MSOA containing the school, not pupil homes |
| Deprivation | English Indices of Deprivation | 2019 | LSOA containing the school |
| Home prices | HM Land Registry Price Paid Data | Sales since January 2024 | School postcode sector, not a catchment |
These sources are published for reuse under the Open Government Licence v3.0, including the Crown database-right notice that accompanies Price Paid Data. Definitions and source notes. If something here looks wrong, the school's own website is the authority on admissions and open days.