South East
Special schools in Kent
684 schools, 266,938 pupils. Average Attainment 8 across the authority's state secondaries is 38.1.
Ofsted across Kent
Good307
Outstanding44
Requires improvement14
No overall grade319
365 of these schools carry a one-word grade from before September 2024, when Ofsted stopped awarding them. The remaining 319 either have no published outcome or were inspected under the current framework, which does not give an overall grade. What changed.
Special schools in Kent
Sorted by name. A gap of a point or two is noise, not a ranking — read the school pages for the intake-adjusted comparison.
| School | Area | Ofsted | Attainment 8 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALP SittingbourneOther independent special school | Sittingbourne | No grade | — |
| Birtley House Independent SchoolOther independent special school | Sevenoaks | No grade | — |
| Bower Grove SchoolFoundation special school | Maidstone | No grade | — |
| Brewood Secondary SchoolOther independent special school | Deal | No grade | — |
| Broomhill Bank SchoolFoundation special school | Tunbridge Wells | Good 2023 | — |
| Caldecott Foundation SchoolNon-maintained special school | Ashford | Good 2022 | — |
| Compass Community School Coastal ParkOther independent special school | Folkestone | No grade | — |
| Cross Keys LearningOther independent special school | Kent | No grade | — |
| Curly's Farm and SchoolOther independent special school | Sheerness | No grade | — |
| Earley SpringsOther independent special school | Maidstone | No grade | — |
| Elms SchoolFoundation special school | Dover | Good 2023 | — |
| Five Acre Wood SchoolFoundation special school | Maidstone | Outstanding 2024 | — |
| Foreland Fields SchoolFoundation special school | Ramsgate | Good 2023 | — |
| Goldwyn SchoolFoundation special school | Ashford | Outstanding 2022 | — |
| Grange Park SchoolFoundation special school | Sevenoaks | Good 2024 | — |
| Great Oaks Small SchoolOther independent special school | Ramsgate | No grade | — |
| Greenfields SchoolOther independent special school | Ashford | No grade | — |
| Haven NookOther independent special school | Canterbury | No grade | — |
| HawthornOther independent special school | Chartham | No grade | — |
| Heath Farm SchoolOther independent special school | Ashford | No grade | — |
| Helen Allison SchoolOther independent special school | Gravesend | No grade | — |
| Hilden ParkOther independent special school | Tonbridge | No grade | — |
| Hope View SchoolOther independent special school | Canterbury | No grade | — |
| ISP SchoolOther independent special school | Kent | No grade | — |
| ISP School WhitstableOther independent special school | Kent | No grade | — |
| Ifield SchoolFoundation special school | Gravesend | Outstanding 2023 | — |
| Infiniti SchoolOther independent special school | Kent | No grade | — |
| King's Reach EducationOther independent special school | Maidstone | No grade | — |
| Kings Park SchoolOther independent special school | Ashford | No grade | — |
| Laleham Gap SchoolFoundation special school | Ramsgate | Outstanding 2023 | — |
| Laurel House SchoolOther independent special school | Sevenoaks | No grade | — |
| Learning Opportunities Centre SecondaryOther independent special school | Deal | No grade | — |
| Life Skills EnterpriseOther independent special school | Margate | No grade | — |
| Life Skills ManorOther independent special school | Sandwich | No grade | — |
| Little Acorns SchoolOther independent special school | Tenterden | No grade | — |
| Maple Haven LtdOther independent special school | Birchington | No grade | — |
| Maple Tree Primary SchoolOther independent special school | Kent | No grade | — |
| Meadowfield SchoolFoundation special school | SITTINGBOURNE | No grade | — |
| Meadows SchoolNon-maintained special school | Tunbridge Wells | No grade | — |
| Medway Green SchoolOther independent special school | Kent | No grade | — |
| Newingate SchoolOther independent special school | Canterbury | No grade | — |
| Nexus Foundation Special SchoolFoundation special school | Tonbridge | Good 2023 | — |
| Oakley SchoolCommunity special school | Tunbridge Wells | No grade | — |
| Parkview AcademyOther independent special school | Kent | No grade | — |
| Pier View AcademyOther independent special school | Gravesend | No grade | — |
| Portal House SchoolCommunity special school | Dover | No grade | — |
| Ripplevale SchoolOther independent special school | Deal | No grade | — |
| Rowhill SchoolFoundation special school | Longfield | No grade | — |
| Serenity School MaidstoneOther independent special school | Maidstone | No grade | — |
| Small Haven SchoolOther independent special school | Kent | No grade | — |
| St Anthony's SchoolFoundation special school | Margate | No grade | — |
| St Nicholas' SchoolCommunity special school | Canterbury | Good 2024 | — |
| Stone Bay SchoolFoundation special school | Broadstairs | Good 2024 | — |
| The Annex School HouseOther independent special school | Swanley | No grade | — |
| The Beacon FolkestoneFoundation special school | Folkestone | Outstanding 2024 | — |
| The Davenport SchoolOther independent special school | Sandwich | No grade | — |
| The Elmley Dray SchoolOther independent special school | Sheerness | No grade | — |
| The Llewellyn School and NurseryOther independent special school | Margate | No grade | — |
| The Old Priory SchoolOther independent special school | Ramsgate | No grade | — |
| The Orchard SchoolFoundation special school | Canterbury | No grade | — |
| The Quest SchoolOther independent special school | Paddock Wood | No grade | — |
| The Sallygate SchoolOther independent special school | Temple Ewell | No grade | — |
| The T3 SchoolOther independent special school | Kent | No grade | — |
| The View SchoolOther independent special school | Kent | No grade | — |
| The Wyvern School (Buxford)Foundation special school | Ashford | Good 2024 | — |
| Valence SchoolFoundation special school | Westerham | No grade | — |
| West Heath SchoolOther independent special school | Kent | No grade | — |
| Yew Tree Farm SchoolOther independent special school | Sittingbourne | No grade | — |