Life Skills Enterprise
Northdown House, Northdown Park Road, Margate, CT9 3TP
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Other independent special school
- Ages
- 10 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Paul Barrett
- Religious ethos
- None
- Constituency
- East Thanet
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 66
- Pupils on roll
- 17
- URN
- 151899
- Local authority
- Kent
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01843260315
About this school
Life Skills Enterprise is an independent special school in Margate. It teaches children aged 10 to 18 and has 17 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has not yet inspected Life Skills Enterprise 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 Enterprise has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in September 2025, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
School context
- Pupils with an EHC plan
- 17
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Anthony's School0.4 miles
Special schools · Margate
-
Cross Keys Learning0.6 miles
Special schools · Kent
-
Parkview Academy1.0 miles
Special schools
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Stone Bay School1.5 miles
Special schools · Broadstairs
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Enterprise Learning Alliance1.5 miles
Local authority maintained schools · Margate
Other schools in Margate
- Enterprise Learning Alliance Local authority maintained schools
- Liberty College Other types
- St Anthony's School Special schools
- The Llewellyn School and Nursery Special schools
- Cliftonville Primary School Primary
- Drapers Mills Primary Academy Primary
- Garlinge Primary School and Nursery Primary
- Margate, Holy Trinity and St John's Church of England Primary School Primary
- Northdown Primary School Primary
- Palm Bay Primary School Primary
- Salmestone Primary School Primary
- St Gregory's Catholic Primary School, Margate Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Life Skills Enterprise teach?
- Life Skills Enterprise teaches children aged 10 to 18. It is a special school in Margate.
- Who is the headteacher of Life Skills Enterprise?
- The headteacher of Life Skills Enterprise is Mr Paul Barrett, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Life Skills Enterprise been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Life Skills Enterprise 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 Life Skills Enterprise?
- Life Skills Enterprise has 17 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 10 to 18.
- Is Life Skills Enterprise full?
- Life Skills Enterprise has capacity for 66 pupils and 17 on roll (26%), 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 Enterprise a faith school?
- No. Life Skills Enterprise has no designated religious character.
- Does Life Skills Enterprise publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for Life Skills Enterprise. That is usual for infant, nursery, special and independent schools, and for schools without recent published results.
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.