Stone Bay School

State-Funded School

stone-bay-school-kent-south-east

South EastRegion

KentLocal Authority

East ThanetConstituency

CT10 1EBPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Stone Bay School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 4–19, located in Kent, South East.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 108 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Sixth formprovision

Good

Ethnicity

White

86%

Asian

<1%

Black

Mixed

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

108

Total Pupils

75%Boys

25%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: 4 – 19
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 108
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
30 Apr 2024	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good
4 Jul 2013	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.