Rowhill School
Main Road, Longfield, DA3 7PW
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Foundation special school
- Ages
- 5 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Ms Nathalie Fitzgerald
- SEN provision
- SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health
- Constituency
- Dartford
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 150
- Pupils on roll
- 163
- URN
- 119045
- Local authority
- Kent
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01474705377
About this school
Rowhill School is a foundation special school in Longfield. It teaches children aged 5 to 16 and has 163 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Rowhill School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Needs attention
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Needs attention
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 21 | 14 | 21 |
| 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% | 14% | 5% |
| Expected standard in maths | 0% | 7% | 0% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 0% | 7% | 5% |
| Average scaled score in reading | - | 97.0 | 91.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | - | 91.0 | 89.0 |
| Reading progress | -12.50 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -12.10 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -13.20 | - | - |
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 | 27 | 29 | 29 |
| Attainment 8 score | 1.7 | 1.7 | 3.8 |
| Progress 8 score | -2.55 -3.13 to -1.97 | -2.16 -2.68 to -1.63 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 0% | 3.4% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
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 Rowhill 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 | Kent average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1.7 | 37.6 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 1.7 | 37.1 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 3.8 | 37.7 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 26.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 28.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 26.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 149 |
| 2023/24 | 164 |
| 2024/25 | 161 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 70.19%
- English as an additional language
- 0%
- Overall absence
- 26.64%
- Persistent absence
- 61.4%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Steephill School1.0 miles
Independent schools · Longfield
-
Leigh Academy Milestone1.6 miles
Academies · Longfield
-
Helen Allison School2.1 miles
Special schools · Gravesend
-
Ifield School3.0 miles
Special schools · Gravesend
-
Bronte School3.7 miles
Independent schools · Gravesend
Other schools in Longfield
- Leigh Academy Milestone Academies
- Fawkham Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary
- Langafel Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary
- Leigh Academy Hartley Primary
- New Ash Green Primary School Primary
- Our Lady of Hartley Catholic Primary School, Hartley, Longfield Primary
- Leigh Academy Longfield Secondary
- Steephill School Independent schools
Common questions
- What ages does Rowhill School teach?
- Rowhill School teaches children aged 5 to 16. It is a special school in Longfield.
- Who is the headteacher of Rowhill School?
- The headteacher of Rowhill School is Ms Nathalie Fitzgerald, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Rowhill School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Rowhill 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 many pupils are at Rowhill School?
- Rowhill School has 163 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 16.
- Is Rowhill School full?
- Rowhill School has capacity for 150 pupils and 163 on roll (109%), so it is at or above its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Rowhill School a faith school?
- No. Rowhill School has no designated religious character.
- What SEN provision does Rowhill School have?
- The schools register lists Rowhill School's special educational needs provision as: SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Rowhill 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 Rowhill School's absence rate?
- Rowhill School's overall absence rate is 26.6% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Rowhill School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Rowhill 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.