St Nicholas' School
Ofsted: Good
- Type
- Community special school
- Location
- Canterbury, CT1 3JJ
- Distance
- 0.1km away
The Orchard School
Cambridge Road, Canterbury, CT1 3QQ
Ofsted: Needs attention
Independent
Phase
—
Capacity
7-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Curriculum & teaching
- Needs attention
- Attendance & behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership & governance
- Needs attention
- Inclusion
- Needs attention
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 6.6 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
- 0.7 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 13
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 69.0%
- Continued in education
- 54.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 0.0%
- Employment
- 15.0%
- Not sustained
- 8.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 110
- Boys
- 98 (89%)
- Girls
- 12 (11%)
- SEND
- 100.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 77.3%
- EAL
- 0.0%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 100.0%
- SEN Support
- 0.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 4.7:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 23.4
- Budget per Pupil
- £29,827/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 26.4% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 58.3% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Foundation special school
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Not applicable
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 91.8%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.8%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.8%
- Mixed Other: 1.8%
- White Other: 0.9%
- White Traveller: 0.9%
- Gypsy/Roma: 0.9%
91.8%
White British
1.8%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean
1.8%
Mixed White & Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Cambridge Road
Canterbury, South East
Administrative
- URN
- 119058
- UKPRN
- 10016161
- Establishment No.
- 7062
- Trust
- Kent Special Educational Needs Trust (KSENT)
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