Caldecott Foundation School[1]
Special · ages 5–18
Headline results
Special schools' results are not shown as headlines: they are not comparable with mainstream schools'.
Results
Results at special schools and alternative provision aren't comparable with mainstream schools'. Shown as published, not compared.
GCSE (key stage 4)
- Attainment 8
- 1.7 2024/25[2]
- Grade 5+ in English & maths
- 0% 2024/25[2]
- Progress 8
- -2.73 2022/23[3]
- Progress 8, 2025/26
- Not calculated[4]
- Progress 8, 2024/25
- Not calculated[4]
- All results, 2020/21
- Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[5]
- All results, 2019/20
- Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[6]
| Year | Attainment 8 | Grade 5+ in English & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 0.3[7] | 0%[7] | |
| 2022/23 | 1.3[3] | 0%[3] | -2.73[3] |
| 2017/18 | 1.3[8] | 0%[8] | -2.68[8] |
| 2015/16 | 3[9] |
Destinations after GCSEs
- Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
- 89% 2022/23[10]
- School sixth form
- 0% 2022/23[10]
- Sixth-form college
- 0% 2022/23[10]
- Further education college
- 11% 2022/23[10]
- Apprenticeship
- 0% 2022/23[10]
- Employment
- 0% 2022/23[10]
| Left in | Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment | School sixth form | Sixth-form college | Further education college | Apprenticeship | Employment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020/21 | 71%[11] | 0%[11] | 0%[11] | 14%[11] | 0%[11] | 0%[11] |
Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.
Ofsted
- Latest inspection
- 4 Oct 2022[12]
- Type
- Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[12]
- Report published
- 21 Nov 2022[12]
- Safeguarding is effective
- Yes[12]
- Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
- School remains Good[12]
Competition to get in
No published data for this school.
Character & practicalities
- Type
- Non-maintained special school[1]
- Ages
- 5–18[1]
- Boys / girls
- Mixed[1]
- Sixth form
- Yes[1]
- Boarding
- No boarders[1]
- Capacity
- 85[1]
- Local authority
- Kent[1]
- Website
- https://www.thecaldecottschool.co.uk[1]
- District
- Ashford[14]
- Postcode
- TN25 6PW[1]
- URN
- 119027[1]
School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.
Pupils
- Number on roll
- 62 2024/25[15]
- English as an additional language
- 0% 2024/25[15]
- SEN support
- 0% 2024/25[15]
- EHC plan
- 100% 2024/25[15]
- Free school meals in the last 6 years
- 54.8% 2024/25[15]
Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26
- White
- 92.8%[16]
- Mixed
- 2.9%[16]
- Asian
- 2.9%[16]
- Black
- 1.4%[16]
- Any other ethnic group
- 0%[16]
- Unclassified
- 0%[16]
The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.
Sources
- Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25.
Archived copy; original.
Licence: OGL-3.0.
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It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
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Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2020/21. Period 2020/21.
Archived copy; original.
Licence: OGL-3.0.
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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series for the 2020/21 academic year was cancelled
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Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2019/20. Period 2019/20.
Licence: OGL-3.0.
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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in 2020
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2017/18, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2015/16, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2020/21, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2022/23. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2016/17. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.