Compass Community School Coastal Park
- Type
- Other independent special school
- Location
- Folkestone, CT19 5AX
- Distance
- 0.7km away
The Beacon Folkestone
Park Farm Road, Folkestone, CT19 5DN
Ofsted: Outstanding
Independent
Phase
354
Capacity
3-19
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 0.3 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 0.0% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 0.0% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 0.0% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 0.0 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 35
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 97.0%
- Continued in education
- 97.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 0.0%
- Employment
- 0.0%
- Not sustained
- 3.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 431
- Boys
- 286 (66%)
- Girls
- 145 (34%)
- Capacity
- 354 (122% full)
- SEND
- 100.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 55.6%
- EAL
- 7.0%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 100.0%
- SEN Support
- 0.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 6.8:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 63.4
- Budget per Pupil
- £25,869/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 8.3% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 27.6% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Foundation special school
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 87.2%
- White Other: 2.8%
- Asian Other: 2.8%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.4%
- Mixed Other: 1.4%
- Other: 1.2%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.9%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.7%
87.2%
White British
2.8%
White Other
2.8%
Asian Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Park Farm Road
Folkestone, South East
Administrative
- URN
- 119044
- UKPRN
- 10015914
- Establishment No.
- 7043
- Trust
- Kent Special Educational Needs Trust (KSENT)
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