Bower Grove School[1]

Special · ages 4–16

Headline results

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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: 9.1 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 0% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths: 0% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8: -1.18 2023/24[3]
Progress 8, 2025/26: Not calculated[4]
Progress 8, 2024/25: Not calculated[4]

Earlier years
Year	Attainment 8	Grade 5+ in English & maths	Progress 8
2024/25	8.9[5]	0%[5]
2023/24	6.2[3]	0%[3]	-1.18[3]
2022/23	5.9[6]	0%[6]
2021/22	7.1[7]	0%[7]	-1.09[7]

Primary (key stage 2)

Expected standard (reading, writing & maths): 0% 2024/25[8]
Higher standard (reading, writing & maths): 0% 2024/25[8]
Reading, average scaled score: 110 2024/25[8]
Maths, average scaled score: 106 2024/25[8]
All results, 2021/22: Not published[9]
All results, 2020/21: Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20: Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]

Earlier years
Year	Expected standard (reading, writing & maths)	Higher standard (reading, writing & maths)	Reading, average scaled score	Maths, average scaled score
2023/24	0%[10]	0%[10]	105[10]	104[10]
2022/23	7%[11]	0%[11]	113[11]	107[11]
2018/19	0%[12]	0%[12]	102[12]	97[12]
2017/18	0%[13]	0%[13]	94[13]	96[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 75% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form: 0% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college: 0% 2022/23[14]
Further education college: 38% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship: 0% 2022/23[14]
Employment: 3% 2022/23[14]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	School sixth form	Sixth-form college	Further education college	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	92%[15]	0%[15]	0%[15]	46%[15]	0%[15]	8%[15]
2020/21	79%[16]	0%[16]	0%[16]	42%[16]	0%[16]	0%[16]
2019/20	95%[17]	0%[17]	0%[17]	55%[17]	0%[17]	0%[17]
2018/19	73%[18]	0%[18]	0%[18]	46%[18]	0%[18]	0%[18]

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: 19 Nov 2024[19]
Type: Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[19]
Report published: 19 Dec 2024[19]
Safeguarding is effective?: Yes[19]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections: Standards maintained[19]

Earlier inspections
Inspection	Type	Overall
18 Sep 2019[20]	S5 Inspection[20]	Outstanding[20]
9 Jan 2018[21]	Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[21]	No overall grade[21]

Competition to get in

No published data for this school.

Character & practicalities

Type: Foundation special school[1]
Ages: 4–16[1]
Boys / girls: Mixed[1]
Boarding: No boarders[1]
Capacity: 225[1]
Local authority: Kent[1]
Website: http://www.bower-grove.kent.sch.uk [1]
District: Maidstone [22]
Postcode: ME16 8NL[1]
URN: 119036[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll: 239 2024/25[23]
English as an additional language: 1.3% 2024/25[23]
SEN support: 0% 2024/25[23]
EHC plan: 100% 2024/25[23]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 69.5% 2024/25[23]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 92.7%[24]
Mixed: 3.7%[24]
Asian: 0.4%[24]
Black: 1.6%[24]
Any other ethnic group: 0.4%[24]
Unclassified: 1.2%[24]

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.
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Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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Department for Education: Key stage 2 attainment: national headlines 2021/22. Period 2021/22. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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We will not publish key stage 2 data for academic year 2021/22 in performance tables (also known as Compare School and College Performance).
This is the first publication of key stage 2 attainment statistics since 2019 due to cancellation of 2020 and 2021 assessments during the pandemic.
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