INSPIRE Free Special School

State-Funded School

inspire-free-special-school-medway-south-east

South EastRegion

MedwayLocal Authority

Chatham and AylesfordConstituency

ME5 0LBPostcode

0.8

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

INSPIRE Free Special School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 11–18, located in Medway, South East.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 98 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2023

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 2.9
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 0%
EBacc average point score: 0.17

Ethnicity

White

88%

Mixed

11%

Any other group

Pupils

Total Pupils

83%Boys

17%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

65%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 11 – 18
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 98
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)

Inspection history

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

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 14 December 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
25 Jun 2018	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

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.