Laleham Gap School[1]

Special · ages 4–18

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: 20.3 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 10.3% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths: 0% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8: -1.08 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	19.1[5]	3.3%[5]
2023/24	21.1[3]	3.6%[3]	-1.08[3]
2022/23	17.7[6]	17%[6]	-1.68[6]
2021/22	18.6[7]	7%[7]	-2.11[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: 105 2024/25[8]
Maths, average scaled score: 93 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	8%[10]	0%[10]	105[10]	99[10]
2022/23	0%[11]	0%[11]	108[11]	97[11]
2018/19	13%[12]	0%[12]	100[12]	97[12]
2017/18	30%[13]	0%[13]	98[13]	105[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 100% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form: 7% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college: 0% 2022/23[14]
Further education college: 52% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship: 0% 2022/23[14]
Employment: 0% 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	90%[15]	0%[15]	0%[15]	59%[15]	0%[15]	0%[15]
2020/21	83%[16]	3%[16]	0%[16]	34%[16]	3%[16]	0%[16]
2019/20	100%[17]	13%[17]	0%[17]	60%[17]	0%[17]	0%[17]
2018/19	90%[18]	7%[18]	0%[18]	72%[18]	0%[18]	3%[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 Apr 2023[19]
Type: S5 Inspection[19]
Report published: 14 Jun 2023[19]
Personal development: Outstanding[19]
Quality of education: Outstanding[19]
Overall effectiveness: Outstanding[19]
Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding[19]
Safeguarding is effective: Yes[19]
Sixth form provision (where applicable): Outstanding[19]
Early years provision (where applicable): Outstanding[19]
Effectiveness of leadership and management: Outstanding[19]

Earlier inspections
Inspection	Type	Overall
5 Jul 2017[20]	Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[20]	No overall grade[20]

Competition to get in

No published data for this school.

Character & practicalities

Type: Foundation special school[1]
Ages: 4–18[1]
Boys / girls: Mixed[1]
Sixth form: Yes[1]
Capacity: 208[1]
Trust: Kent Special Educational Needs Trust (KSENT)[1]
Local authority: Kent[1]
Website: www.lgs.kent.sch.uk [1]
District: Thanet [21]
Postcode: CT12 6FH[1]
URN: 134971[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll: 241 2024/25[22]
English as an additional language: 0.4% 2024/25[22]
SEN support: 0% 2024/25[22]
EHC plan: 100% 2024/25[22]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 46% 2024/25[22]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 91.7%[23]
Mixed: 6.7%[23]
Asian: 0.4%[23]
Black: 0.8%[23]
Any other ethnic group: 0%[23]
Unclassified: 0.4%[23]

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.
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: KS2 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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