The Beacon Folkestone

State-Funded School

the-beacon-folkestone-kent-south-east

South EastRegion

KentLocal Authority

Folkestone and HytheConstituency

CT19 5DNPostcode

6.8

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

The Beacon Folkestone is a state-funded special for pupils aged 3–19, located in Kent, South East.

The school is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. It currently serves 469 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Early yearsprovision

Outstanding

Sixth formprovision

Outstanding

Academic Performance

Above average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 0.3
EBacc average point score: 0

Ethnicity

White

88%

Asian

Black

<1%

Mixed

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

469

Total Pupils

66%Boys

34%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

54%

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: 3 – 19
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 469
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 6 June 2024. 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
11 Mar 2019	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.