Learning Opportunities Centre SecondaryPortal House School
Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side.
Summary of the comparison
This page compares Learning Opportunities Centre Secondary and Portal House School.
Neither school has a composite score. Our score needs published attainment data, which is not available for every school or every nation.
Learning Opportunities Centre Secondary was judged Good and Portal House School was judged Good.
On GCSE Attainment 8, the latest published figures are 9.7 for Learning Opportunities Centre Secondary and 13.2 for Portal House School.
GCSE Attainment 8 has risen at Learning Opportunities Centre Secondary (4.6 in 2021-22, 9.7 in 2024-25) and has fallen at Portal House School (18.2 in 2021-22, 13.2 in 2024-25).
Side-by-side comparison
| Measure | DealLearning Opportunities Centre Secondary | DoverPortal House School | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overview | |||
| Our score | Not scored | Not scored | |
| Local ranking | Not ranked | Not ranked | |
| Inspection | Ofsted: Good | Ofsted: Good | |
| School type | Other independent special school | Community special school | |
| Age range | 10-19 | 11-16 | |
| Gender | Mixed | Boys | |
| Pupils on roll | 29 | 75 | |
| Capacity | 36 | 80 | |
| Location | Deal, CT14 8DW | Dover, CT15 6SS | |
| GCSE results | |||
| Attainment 8 | 9.7 | 13.2 Stronger figure | 46.0 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 0.0% | 0.0% | 45.4% |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 0.0% | 15.0% Stronger figure | 64.8% |
| Entering EBacc | 0.0% | 0.0% | 40.5% |
| EBacc average point score | 0.79 Stronger figure | 0.68 | 4.09 |
| Cohort | 7 | 20 | |
| Pupils | |||
| Pupils in the census | 29 | 75 | |
| Free school meals (ever 6) | 0.0% | 69.3% | |
| English as an additional language | Not reported | 1.3% | |
| SEN support | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
| SEN with an EHC plan | 100.0% | 100.0% | |
| Attendance | |||
| Overall absence | Not reported | 29.4% | 6.2% |
| Persistent absence | Not reported | 63.0% | 15.8% |
marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.
Historical trends
Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.
GCSE Attainment 8
Pupils on roll
Ethnicity over time
One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.
Portal House School
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