Life Skills Manor
Baypoint Club, Ramsgate Road, Sandwich, CT13 9QL
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Other independent special school
- Ages
- 10 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Headteacher
- Mr Mickey Capeling
- Constituency
- Herne Bay and Sandwich
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 56
- Pupils on roll
- 51
- URN
- 148860
- Local authority
- Kent
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01304747464
About this school
Life Skills Manor is an independent special school in Sandwich. It teaches children aged 10 to 18 and has 51 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has not yet inspected Life Skills Manor 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
Life Skills Manor has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in December 2021, 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 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| Attainment 8 score | - | - | 3.1 |
| Progress 8 score | - | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | - | - | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | - | - | 0% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | - | - | 0% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | - | - | 0.0 |
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 Life Skills Manor 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 | 29 |
| 2023/24 | 47 |
| 2024/25 | 49 |
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
- 51
Location
Nearby schools
-
Great Oaks Small School0.6 miles
Special schools · Ramsgate
-
The Old Priory School2.9 miles
Special schools · Ramsgate
-
Small Haven School3.1 miles
Special schools · Kent
-
Laleham Gap School3.1 miles
Special schools · Ramsgate
-
St Lawrence College Junior School3.5 miles
Independent schools · Ramsgate
Other schools in Sandwich
- The Davenport School Special schools
- Eastry Church of England Primary School Primary
- Sandwich Infant School Primary
- Sandwich Junior School Primary
- Sandwich Technology School Secondary
- Sir Roger Manwood's School Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Life Skills Manor teach?
- Life Skills Manor teaches children aged 10 to 18. It is a special school in Sandwich.
- Who is the headteacher of Life Skills Manor?
- The headteacher of Life Skills Manor is Mr Mickey Capeling, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Life Skills Manor been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Life Skills Manor 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 Life Skills Manor?
- Life Skills Manor has 51 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 10 to 18.
- Is Life Skills Manor full?
- Life Skills Manor has capacity for 56 pupils and 51 on roll (91%), 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 Life Skills Manor a faith school?
- No. Life Skills Manor has no designated religious character.
- What are Life Skills Manor's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Life Skills Manor'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.