Compass Community School Coastal Park
18 Wiltie Gardens, Folkestone, CT19 5AX
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Other independent special school
- Ages
- 5 to 17
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Head Teacher
- Mrs Jeannine Olivier
- Constituency
- Folkestone and Hythe
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 60
- Pupils on roll
- 39
- URN
- 135510
- Local authority
- Kent
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01303767801
About this school
Compass Community School Coastal Park is an independent special school in Folkestone. It teaches children aged 5 to 17 and has 39 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has not yet inspected Compass Community School Coastal Park under its current framework. 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
Compass Community School Coastal Park has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in February 2008, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 |
| Attainment 8 score | - | 6.0 | 4.4 |
| Progress 8 score | - | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | - | 0% | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | - | 0% | 0% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | - | 0% | 0% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | - | 0.6 | 0.4 |
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 Compass Community School Coastal Park 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 | — | 37.6 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 6 | 37.1 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 4.4 | 37.7 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 25 |
| 2023/24 | 32 |
| 2024/25 | 38 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 0%
- Pupils with an EHC plan
- 39
- Pupils on SEN support
- 0
Location
Nearby schools
-
Folkestone Beacon Plus0.4 miles
Other types · Folkestone
-
The Beacon Folkestone0.4 miles
Special schools · Folkestone
-
Earlscliffe (Sussex Summer Schools Ltd)0.4 miles
Independent schools · Folkestone
-
School of English Studies0.5 miles
Other types · Folkestone
-
Birchwood1.2 miles
Local authority maintained schools · Folkestone
Other schools in Folkestone
- Birchwood Local authority maintained schools
- Folkestone Beacon Plus Other types
- The Beacon Folkestone Special schools
- All Soul's Church of England Primary School Primary
- Capel-le-Ferne Primary School Primary
- Castle Hill Community Primary School Primary
- Cheriton Primary School Primary
- Christ Church Cep Academy, Folkestone Primary
- Folkestone Primary Primary
- Folkestone St. Mary's Church of England Primary Academy Primary
- Folkestone, St Martin's Church of England Primary School Primary
- Folkestone, St Peter's Church of England Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Compass Community School Coastal Park teach?
- Compass Community School Coastal Park teaches children aged 5 to 17. It is a special school in Folkestone.
- Who is the head teacher of Compass Community School Coastal Park?
- The head teacher of Compass Community School Coastal Park is Mrs Jeannine Olivier, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Compass Community School Coastal Park been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Compass Community School Coastal Park under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Compass Community School Coastal Park?
- Compass Community School Coastal Park has 39 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 17.
- Is Compass Community School Coastal Park full?
- Compass Community School Coastal Park has capacity for 60 pupils and 39 on roll (65%), so it has space against 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 Compass Community School Coastal Park a faith school?
- No. Compass Community School Coastal Park has no designated religious character.
- How have Compass Community School Coastal Park's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 6 in 2023/24 and 4.4 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Compass Community School Coastal Park's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Compass Community School Coastal Park'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 24 July 2026.