Cherry Tree
29 All Saints Avenue, Margate, CT9 5QN
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Other independent special school
- Ages
- 11 to 17
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Headteacher
- Ms Susan Finn
- Constituency
- Herne Bay and Sandwich
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 10
- Pupils on roll
- 6
- URN
- 145064
- Local authority
- Kent
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01843290131
About this school
Cherry Tree is an independent special school in Kent. It teaches children aged 11 to 17 and has 6 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has not yet inspected Cherry Tree under its current framework. 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
Cherry Tree has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in September 2017, 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 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| 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 Cherry Tree has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 9 |
| 2023/24 | 9 |
| 2024/25 | 10 |
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
- 6
- Pupils on SEN support
- 0
Location
Nearby schools
-
Parkview Academy1.3 miles
Special schools
-
Liberty College1.5 miles
Other types · Margate
-
Enterprise Learning Alliance1.5 miles
Local authority maintained schools · Margate
-
St Anthony's School1.9 miles
Special schools · Margate
-
Life Skills Enterprise2.3 miles
Special schools · Margate
Common questions
- What year groups does Cherry Tree teach?
- Cherry Tree teaches children aged 11 to 17. It is a special school in Kent.
- Who is the headteacher of Cherry Tree?
- The headteacher of Cherry Tree is Ms Susan Finn, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Cherry Tree been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Cherry Tree 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 big is Cherry Tree?
- Cherry Tree has 6 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 17.
- Is Cherry Tree full?
- Cherry Tree has capacity for 10 pupils and 6 on roll (60%), 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 Cherry Tree a faith school?
- No. Cherry Tree has no designated religious character.
- What are Cherry Tree's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Cherry Tree'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.