Ripplevale School Rochester
- Type
- Other independent special school
- Location
- Rochester, ME1 1BG
- Distance
- 3.0km away
Abbey Court Foundation Special School
Rede Court Road, Strood, Rochester, ME2 3SP
Ofsted: Outstanding
Independent
Phase
240
Capacity
3-19
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Cohort Size
- 13
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 100.0%
- Continued in education
- 100.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 0.0%
- Employment
- 0.0%
- Not sustained
- 0.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 217
- Boys
- 146 (67%)
- Girls
- 71 (33%)
- Capacity
- 240 (90% full)
- SEND
- 100.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 47.9%
- EAL
- 25.3%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 99.5%
- SEN Support
- 0.5%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 5.3:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 41.1
- Budget per Pupil
- £33,928/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 11.5% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 36.7% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community special school
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 65.1%
- Black African: 9.8%
- White Other: 5.1%
- Mixed Other: 4.7%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 3.7%
- Asian Indian: 2.3%
- Asian Pakistani: 2.3%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.4%
65.1%
White British
9.8%
Black African
5.1%
White Other
Historical Trends
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Rede Court Road
Rochester, South East
Administrative
- URN
- 119052
- UKPRN
- 10014800
- Establishment No.
- 7053
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