Abbey Court Foundation Special School

State-Funded School

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South EastRegion

MedwayLocal Authority

Rochester and StroodConstituency

ME2 3SPPostcode

9.4

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Abbey Court Foundation Special School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 3–19, located in Medway, South East.

The school is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. It currently serves 236 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2023

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Ethnicity

White

67%

Asian

10%

Black

13%

Mixed

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

236

Total Pupils

66%Boys

34%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

46%

England average

27%

First language not English

27%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 3 – 19
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 236
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Outstanding

Ungraded inspection on 8 March 2023. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
19 Nov 2012	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.