Ripplevale SchoolPortal House School
Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side.
Summary of the comparison
This page compares Ripplevale School 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.
On GCSE Attainment 8, the latest published figures are 19.2 for Ripplevale School and 13.9 for Portal House School.
GCSE Attainment 8 has risen at Ripplevale School (11.0 in 2021-22, 19.2 in 2025-26) and has fallen at Portal House School (18.2 in 2021-22, 13.9 in 2025-26).
Side-by-side comparison
| Measure | DealRipplevale School | DoverPortal House School | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overview | |||
| Our score | Not scored | Not scored | |
| Local ranking | Not ranked | Not ranked | |
| Inspection | Ofsted: Good | ||
| School type | Other independent special school | Community special school | |
| Age range | 6-19 | 11-16 | |
| Gender | Mixed | Boys | |
| Pupils on roll | 197 | 80 | |
| Capacity | 250 | 80 | |
| Location | Deal, CT14 8JG | Dover, CT15 6SS | |
| GCSE results | |||
| Attainment 8 | 19.2 Stronger figure | 13.9 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 3.8% Stronger figure | 0.0% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 19.2% Stronger figure | 10.0% | 64.8% |
| Cohort | 26 | 20 | |
| Pupils | |||
| Pupils in the census | 188 | 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 | 98.9% | 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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