ALP Sittingbourne
- Type
- Other independent special school
- Location
- Sittingbourne, ME10 4HE
- Distance
- 1.6km away
Meadowfield School
Swanstree Avenue, Sittingbourne, ME10 4NL
Ofsted: Good
Independent
Phase
366
Capacity
4-19
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 24 June 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Requires improvement
- Early years
- Good
- Sixth form provision
- Requires improvement
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Cohort Size
- 27
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 96.0%
- Continued in education
- 96.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 0.0%
- Employment
- 0.0%
- Not sustained
- 4.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 400
- Boys
- 270 (68%)
- Girls
- 130 (33%)
- Capacity
- 366 (109% full)
- SEND
- 100.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 49.4%
- EAL
- 4.3%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 99.0%
- SEN Support
- 1.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 6.8:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 59.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £27,072/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 13.5% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 42.2% 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: 84.4%
- White Other: 3.8%
- Black African: 3.0%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.8%
- Gypsy/Roma: 1.3%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.0%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.8%
- Mixed Other: 0.8%
84.4%
White British
3.8%
White Other
3.0%
Black African
Historical Trends
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Swanstree Avenue
Sittingbourne, South East
Administrative
- URN
- 134783
- UKPRN
- 10016474
- Establishment No.
- 7072
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