King Alfred's

School Name: King Alfred's
Address: Portway
Town/City: Wantage
County: Oxfordshire
Postcode: OX12 9BY
Telephone Number: 01235 225700
Website: http://www.kaacademy.org

Phase: Secondary (ages 11-18)
Type: Academy converter
Religious Denomination: None
Admissions Policy: Non-selective
Established: 2011
Trust: Cambrian Learning Trust
Sponsor: Faringdon Academy Of Schools

Headteacher: Mr Jonathan Smart
Capacity: 2205
Gender: Mixed

The following details are from a census on 15 January 2026:
Number of pupils: 1708 (51% boys & 49% girls)
Enrollment: 77% of capacity
Free school meal eligibility: 18.8%

URN: 137140
DfE Number: 931/4142
UKPRN: 10034623
UPRN: 100121364448
Region: South East (E12000008)
District: Vale of White Horse (E07000180)
Constituency: Didcot and Wantage (E14001197)
Electoral Ward: Wantage Charlton (E05012979)

Easting & Northing: 439627E, 187676N
Latitude & Longitude: 51° 35' 13.88" N 1° 25' 45.48" W
Plus Code: 9C3WHHPC+V7

DfE Record: View record

1. Wantage Church of England Primary School (0.4km)
2. Stockham Primary School (0.8km)
3. Fitzwaryn School (1.0km)
4. Huckleberry Therapeutic School (1.2km)
5. Charlton Primary School (1.4km)
6. St Nicholas CofE Primary School (1.8km)
7. Wantage Primary Academy (2.1km)
8. St Johns CofE Academy (2.5km)
9. Millbrook Primary School (2.7km)
10. Grove Church of England School (3.0km)

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• Shrivenham Church of England School
• Watchfield Primary School
• John Blandy Primary School
• Millbrook Primary School
• St Nicholas CofE Primary School
• St James Church of England Primary School, Hanney
• Larkmead School
• Thameside Primary School
• Ashbury With Compton Beauchamp Church of England Primary School
• St Johns CofE Academy

• Folly View Primary
• Faringdon Community College
• The Elms Primary School
• Charlton Primary School
• Wantage Church of England Primary School
• Buckland Church of England Primary School
• Longcot and Fernham Church of England Primary School
• Shrivenham Church of England School
• Watchfield Primary School
• John Blandy Primary School
• Millbrook Primary School
• St Nicholas CofE Primary School
• St James Church of England Primary School, Hanney
• Larkmead School
• Thameside Primary School
• Ashbury With Compton Beauchamp Church of England Primary School
• St Johns CofE Academy

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