Stone Bay School
70 Stone Road, Broadstairs, CT10 1EB
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Foundation special school
- Ages
- 4 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- Kent Special Educational Needs Trust (KSENT)
- Headteacher
- Mrs Jane Hatwell
- Boarding
- Boarding school
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- East Thanet
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 113
- Pupils on roll
- 108
- URN
- 119056
- Local authority
- Kent
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01843863421
About this school
Stone Bay School is a foundation special school in Broadstairs. It teaches children aged 4 to 19 and has 108 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
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Sixth form
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 9 | 7 | 9 |
| 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 | -9.70 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -8.60 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -9.40 | - | - |
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 | 6 | 7 | 7 |
| 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 Stone Bay 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 | 12.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 10.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 10.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 103 |
| 2023/24 | 111 |
| 2024/25 | 112 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 61.62%
- English as an additional language
- 5.4%
- Overall absence
- 10.06%
- Persistent absence
- 34.44%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Wellesley Haddon Dene School1.1 miles
Independent schools
-
Cross Keys Learning1.2 miles
Special schools · Kent
-
Maple Tree Primary School1.3 miles
Special schools
-
Life Skills Enterprise1.5 miles
Special schools · Margate
-
Foreland Fields School1.8 miles
Special schools · Ramsgate
Other schools in Broadstairs
- Bromstone Primary School, Broadstairs Primary
- Callis Grange Nursery and Infant School Primary
- Ramsgate, Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School Primary
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Broadstairs Primary
- St Mildred's Primary Infant School Primary
- St Peter-in-Thanet CofE Junior School Primary
- Upton Junior School Primary
- Dane Court Grammar School Secondary
- The Charles Dickens School Secondary
- St George's Church of England Foundation School All-through
- EKC Group 16 plus
Common questions
- What year groups does Stone Bay School teach?
- Stone Bay School teaches children aged 4 to 19. It is a special school in Broadstairs.
- Who is the headteacher of Stone Bay School?
- The headteacher of Stone Bay School is Mrs Jane Hatwell, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Stone Bay School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Stone Bay 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 Stone Bay School?
- Stone Bay School has 108 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 19.
- Is Stone Bay School full?
- Stone Bay School has capacity for 113 pupils and 108 on roll (96%), 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 Stone Bay School a faith school?
- No. Stone Bay School has no designated religious character.
- Who runs Stone Bay School?
- Stone Bay 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 Stone Bay School have?
- The schools register lists Stone Bay School's special educational needs provision as: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Stone Bay 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 Stone Bay School's absence rate?
- Stone Bay School's overall absence rate is 10.1% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Stone Bay School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Stone Bay 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.