Ripplevale SchoolLearning Opportunities Centre Secondary

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

Summary of the comparison

This page compares Ripplevale School and Learning Opportunities Centre Secondary in Deal.

  • Neither school has a composite score. Our score needs published attainment data, which is not available for every school or every nation.

  • On GCSE Attainment 8, the latest published figures are 19.2 for Ripplevale School and 2.5 for Learning Opportunities Centre Secondary.

  • GCSE Attainment 8 has risen at Ripplevale School (11.0 in 2021-22, 19.2 in 2025-26) and has fallen at Learning Opportunities Centre Secondary (4.6 in 2021-22, 2.5 in 2025-26).

Side-by-side comparison

Ripplevale School versus Learning Opportunities Centre Secondary compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure DealRipplevale SchoolDealLearning Opportunities Centre SecondaryEngland average
Overview
Our score Not scored Not scored
Local rankingNot rankedNot ranked
InspectionOfsted: Good
School typeOther independent special school Other independent special school
Age range6-19 10-19
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll197 31
Capacity250 36
LocationDeal, CT14 8JG Deal, CT14 8DW
GCSE results
Attainment 819.2 Stronger figure2.5 46.2
Grade 5+ in English & maths3.8% Stronger figure0.0% 46.3%
Grade 4+ in English & maths19.2% Stronger figure0.0% 64.8%
Cohort26 8
Pupils
Pupils in the census188 29
Free school meals (ever 6)0.0% 0.0%
SEN support0.0% 0.0%
SEN with an EHC plan98.9% 100.0%

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

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