Foreland Fields School
Newlands Lane, Ramsgate, CT12 6RH
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Foundation special school
- Ages
- 3 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- Kent Special Educational Needs Trust (KSENT)
- Headteacher
- Mr Adrian Mount
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- East Thanet
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Pupils on roll
- 295
- URN
- 119041
- Local authority
- Kent
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01843863891
About this school
Foreland Fields School is a foundation special school in Ramsgate. It teaches children aged 3 to 19 and has 295 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Confirmed by a short inspection, not a full one
Ofsted's most recent visit was a short inspection on 11 May 2023, where inspectors confirmed the school remains Good. The school's last full inspection took place before September 2019, so its area grades are not part of Ofsted's current published data. Older reports are on the school's Ofsted page.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 25 | 22 | 14 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Average scaled score in reading | - | - | - |
| Average scaled score in maths | - | - | - |
| Reading progress | -9.20 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -9.00 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -9.90 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 9 | 16 | 18 |
| Attainment 8 score | - | - | - |
| Progress 8 score | - | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | - | - | - |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | - | - | - |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Foreland Fields School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Kent average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 0% | 58.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 0% | 60.2% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 0% | 60.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 12.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 12.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 11.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 270 |
| 2023/24 | 282 |
| 2024/25 | 291 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 50.42%
- English as an additional language
- 7.6%
- Overall absence
- 11.06%
- Persistent absence
- 30.4%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Lawrence College Junior School0.6 miles
Independent schools · Ramsgate
-
St Lawrence College0.6 miles
Independent schools · Ramsgate
-
Small Haven School0.7 miles
Special schools · Kent
-
Maple Tree Primary School0.7 miles
Special schools
-
Wellesley Haddon Dene School0.8 miles
Independent schools
Other schools in Ramsgate
- Great Oaks Small School Special schools
- Laleham Gap School Special schools
- The Old Priory School Special schools
- Chilton Primary School Primary
- Christ Church Church of England Junior School, Ramsgate Primary
- Dame Janet Primary Academy Primary
- Ellington Infant School Primary
- Minster Church of England Primary School Primary
- Monkton Church of England Primary School Primary
- Newington Community Primary School Primary
- Newlands Primary School Primary
- Priory Infant School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Foreland Fields School teach?
- Foreland Fields School teaches children aged 3 to 19. It is a special school in Ramsgate.
- Who is the headteacher of Foreland Fields School?
- The headteacher of Foreland Fields School is Mr Adrian Mount, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Foreland Fields School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Foreland Fields School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Foreland Fields School?
- Foreland Fields School has 295 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 19.
- Is Foreland Fields School a faith school?
- No. Foreland Fields School has no designated religious character.
- Who runs Foreland Fields School?
- Foreland Fields School is part of Kent Special Educational Needs Trust (KSENT). Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Foreland Fields School have?
- The schools register lists Foreland Fields School's special educational needs provision as: SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Foreland Fields School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 0% in 2022/23 and 0% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What is Foreland Fields School's absence rate?
- Foreland Fields School's overall absence rate is 11.1% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Foreland Fields School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Foreland Fields School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 30 June 2026.