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Stone Bay School[1]

Special · ages 4–19

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Results

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Primary (key stage 2)

Expected standard (reading, writing & maths)
0% 2024/25[2]
Higher standard (reading, writing & maths)
0% 2024/25[2]
Earlier years
Year Expected standard (reading, writing & maths) Higher standard (reading, writing & maths)
2023/24 0%[3] 0%[3]
2022/23 0%[4] 0%[4]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
100% 2022/23[5]
School sixth form
0% 2022/23[5]
Sixth-form college
0% 2022/23[5]
Further education college
0% 2022/23[5]
Apprenticeship
0% 2022/23[5]
Employment
0% 2022/23[5]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2019/20 100%[6] 0%[6] 0%[6] 0%[6] 0%[6] 0%[6]
2018/19 100%[7] 0%[7] 0%[7] 11%[7] 0%[7] 0%[7]

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
27 Feb 2024[8]
Type
S5 Inspection[8]
Report published
30 Apr 2024[8]
Personal development
Good[8]
Quality of education
Good[8]
Overall effectiveness
Good[8]
Behaviour and attitudes
Good[8]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[8]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Good[8]
Early years provision (where applicable)
Good[8]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[8]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
16 Jan 2018[9] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[9] No overall grade[9]

Competition to get in

No published data for this school.

Character & practicalities

Type
Foundation special school[1]
Ages
4–19[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
Boarding school[1]
Capacity
113[1]
Trust
Kent Special Educational Needs Trust (KSENT)[1]
Local authority
Kent[1]
Website
http://stone-bay.kent.sch.uk/[1]
District
Thanet[10]
Postcode
CT10 1EB[1]
URN
119056[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
112 2024/25[11]
English as an additional language
5.4% 2024/25[11]
SEN support
0% 2024/25[11]
EHC plan
100% 2024/25[11]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
61.6% 2024/25[11]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
86.1%[12]
Mixed
7.4%[12]
Asian
0.9%[12]
Black
4.6%[12]
Any other ethnic group
0%[12]
Unclassified
0.9%[12]

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

  1. 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.
  2. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  4. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  5. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2019/20, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2023/24. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2017/18. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. 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.
  11. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  12. 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.