Goldwyn School[1]
Special · ages 10–19
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
- 13.1 2025/26[2]
- Grade 5+ in English & maths
- 4.2% 2025/26[2]
- Grade 7+ in English & maths
- 0% 2025/26[2]
- Progress 8
- -2.96 2023/24[3]
- Progress 8, 2025/26
- Not calculated[4]
- Progress 8, 2024/25
- Not calculated[4]
| Year | Attainment 8 | Grade 5+ in English & maths | Grade 7+ in English & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 8.8[5] | 0%[5] | ||
| 2023/24 | 8.7[3] | 2.1%[3] | -2.96[3] | |
| 2022/23 | 10.5[6] | 0%[6] | -2.66[6] | |
| 2021/22 | 12.2[7] | 0%[7] | -2.92[7] |
Destinations after GCSEs
- Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
- 71% 2022/23[8]
- School sixth form
- 0% 2022/23[8]
- Sixth-form college
- 0% 2022/23[8]
- Further education college
- 23% 2022/23[8]
- Apprenticeship
- 4% 2022/23[8]
- Employment
- 0% 2022/23[8]
| Left in | Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment | School sixth form | Sixth-form college | Further education college | Apprenticeship | Employment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | 67%[9] | 2%[9] | 0%[9] | 28%[9] | 0%[9] | 2%[9] |
| 2020/21 | 79%[10] | 0%[10] | 0%[10] | 30%[10] | 2%[10] | 13%[10] |
| 2019/20 | 78%[11] | 2%[11] | 0%[11] | 41%[11] | 0%[11] | 2%[11] |
| 2018/19 | 71%[12] | 2%[12] | 0%[12] | 27%[12] | 4%[12] | 4%[12] |
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 Oct 2022[13]
- Type
- S5 Inspection[13]
- Report published
- 6 Dec 2022[13]
- Personal development
- Outstanding[13]
- Quality of education
- Outstanding[13]
- Overall effectiveness
- Outstanding[13]
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding[13]
- Safeguarding is effective
- Yes[13]
- Sixth form provision (where applicable)
- Outstanding[13]
- Effectiveness of leadership and management
- Outstanding[13]
Competition to get in
No published data for this school.
Character & practicalities
- Type
- Foundation special school[1]
- Ages
- 10–19[1]
- Boys / girls
- Mixed[1]
- Sixth form
- Yes[1]
- Boarding
- No boarders[1]
- Capacity
- 195[1]
- Local authority
- Kent[1]
- Website
- www.goldwyn.kent.sch.uk[1]
- District
- Ashford[15]
- Postcode
- TN23 3BT[1]
- URN
- 119042[1]
School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.
Pupils
- Number on roll
- 204 2024/25[16]
- English as an additional language
- 0% 2024/25[16]
- SEN support
- 0% 2024/25[16]
- EHC plan
- 100% 2024/25[16]
- Free school meals in the last 6 years
- 58.7% 2024/25[16]
Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26
- White
- 95.4%[17]
- Mixed
- 4.6%[17]
- Asian
- 0%[17]
- Black
- 0%[17]
- Any other ethnic group
- 0%[17]
- Unclassified
- 0%[17]
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: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, 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.
- 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.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, 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 2021/22, 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.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2019/20, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2018/19, 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 2017/18. 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.