Abbey Court Foundation Special School
Rede Court Road, Strood, Rochester, ME2 3SP
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Community special school
- Ages
- 3 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Ms Vicky Aspin
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty, PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Rochester and Strood
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 240
- Pupils on roll
- 236
- URN
- 119052
- Local authority
- Medway
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01634338220
About this school
Abbey Court Foundation Special School is a community special school in Rochester. It teaches children aged 3 to 19 and has 236 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. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Confirmed by a short inspection, not a full one
Ofsted's most recent visit was a short inspection on 8 March 2023, where inspectors confirmed the school remains Outstanding. 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 | 6 | 20 | 16 |
| 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 | -5.40 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -5.20 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -5.70 | - | - |
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 | 7 | 16 | 13 |
| 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 Abbey Court Foundation Special 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 | Medway average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 0% | 56.2% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 0% | 60.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 0% | 59.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 12.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 10.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 11.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 197 |
| 2023/24 | 205 |
| 2024/25 | 217 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 47.85%
- English as an additional language
- 25.3%
- Overall absence
- 11.46%
- Persistent absence
- 36.67%
Location
Nearby schools
-
FORWARD2 EMPLOYMENT LIMITED0.8 miles
Other types · Rochester
-
Gad's Hill School1.1 miles
Independent schools · Rochester
-
King's School, Rochester1.3 miles
Independent schools · Rochester
-
St Andrew's School (Rochester)1.5 miles
Independent schools · Rochester
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Rochester Independent College1.8 miles
Independent schools · Rochester
Other schools in Rochester
- City of Rochester School Special schools
- FORWARD2 EMPLOYMENT LIMITED Other types
- Medway Secure Training Centre Other types
- Ripplevale School Rochester Special schools
- All Faiths Children's Academy Primary
- Balfour Infant School Primary
- Bligh Primary School (Infants) Primary
- Bligh Primary School (Juniors) Primary
- Burham Church of England Primary School Primary
- Cedar Children's Academy Primary
- Chattenden Primary School Primary
- Cliffe Woods Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Abbey Court Foundation Special School teach?
- Abbey Court Foundation Special School teaches children aged 3 to 19. It is a special school in Rochester.
- Who is the headteacher of Abbey Court Foundation Special School?
- The headteacher of Abbey Court Foundation Special School is Ms Vicky Aspin, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Abbey Court Foundation Special School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Abbey Court Foundation Special 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 Abbey Court Foundation Special School?
- Abbey Court Foundation Special School has 236 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 19.
- Is Abbey Court Foundation Special School full?
- Abbey Court Foundation Special School has capacity for 240 pupils and 236 on roll (98%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Abbey Court Foundation Special School a faith school?
- No. Abbey Court Foundation Special School has no designated religious character.
- What SEN provision does Abbey Court Foundation Special School have?
- The schools register lists Abbey Court Foundation Special School's special educational needs provision as: SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty; PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Abbey Court Foundation Special 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 Abbey Court Foundation Special School's absence rate?
- Abbey Court Foundation Special School's overall absence rate is 11.5% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Abbey Court Foundation Special School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Abbey Court Foundation Special 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.