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Ripplevale School[1]

Special · ages 6–19

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Results

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GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
19.2 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
3.8% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
0% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[3]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[3]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths
2024/25 12.3[4] 3.6%[4]
2023/24 13.7[5] 4%[5]
2022/23 11[6] 0%[6]
2021/22 11[7] 0%[7]

Ofsted

Inspected by
Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI)[8]

Inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI), not Ofsted. ISI publishes its reports on its own website (isi.net), not as open data, so they aren't shown here.

Competition to get in

No published data for this school.

Character & practicalities

Type
Other independent special school[1]
Ages
6–19[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
250[1]
Local authority
Kent[1]
Website
www.ripplevaleschool.co.uk[1]
Special classes
Has Special Classes[8]
Section 41 (can be named in an EHC plan)
Not approved[8]
District
Dover[9]
Postcode
CT14 8JG[1]
URN
118995[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
188 2024/25[10]
SEN support
0% 2024/25[10]
EHC plan
98.9% 2024/25[10]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
0% 2024/25[10]

Sources

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  2. Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
  4. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  5. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments (independent schools' inspectorate and provision). Period 2026-10-17, published 2026-10-17. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.