Dorin Park School & Specialist SEN CollegeAbbey School for Exceptional Children

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Chester.

Summary of the comparison

This page compares Dorin Park School & Specialist SEN College and Abbey School for Exceptional Children.

Neither school has a composite score. Our score needs published attainment data, which is not available for every school or every nation.
Dorin Park School & Specialist SEN College was judged Good and Abbey School for Exceptional Children was judged Good.
The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has held broadly level at Dorin Park School & Specialist SEN College (0.0% in 2022-23, 0.0% in 2024-25).

Dorin Park School & Specialist SEN College versus Abbey School for Exceptional Children compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure	ChesterDorin Park School & Specialist SEN College	Abbey School for Exceptional Children	England average
Overview
Our score	Not scored	Not scored
Local ranking	Not ranked	Not ranked
Inspection	Ofsted: Good	Ofsted: Good
School type	Community special school	Other independent special school
Age range	4-19	4-19
Gender	Mixed	Mixed
Pupils on roll	170	128
Capacity	Not reported	150
Location	Chester, CH2 1HD	CH1 2HU
GCSE results
Cohort	15	6
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	157	108
Free school meals (ever 6)	36.6%	0.0%
English as an additional language	6.4%	Not reported
SEN support	0.0%	0.0%
SEN with an EHC plan	100.0%	100.0%
Attendance
Overall absence	9.0%	Not reported	6.2%
Persistent absence	26.3%	Not reported	15.8%

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

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