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Aspire School[1]

Special · ages 4–11

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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]
Reading, average scaled score
96 2024/25[2]
Maths, average scaled score
91 2024/25[2]
Earlier years
Year Expected standard (reading, writing & maths) Higher standard (reading, writing & maths) Reading, average scaled score Maths, average scaled score
2023/24 0%[3] 0%[3] 91[3] 90[3]
2022/23 0%[4] 0%[4] 102[4] 99[4]

Ofsted

Latest inspection
18 Mar 2025[5]
Type
Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1[5]
Report published
11 May 2025[5]
Personal development
Good[5]
Quality of education
Good[5]
Behaviour and attitudes
Good[5]
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes[5]
Early years provision (where applicable)
Outstanding[5]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[5]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
11 Oct 2022[6] S5 Inspection[6] Requires improvement[6]

Competition to get in

No published data for this school.

Character & practicalities

Type
Free schools special[1]
Ages
4–11[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
No[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
172[1]
Trust
BOURNE ALLIANCE MULTI ACADEMY TRUST[1]
Local authority
Kent[1]
Website
www.aspire-ba-mat.org.uk[1]
District
Swale[7]
Postcode
ME10 5DA[1]
URN
147833[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
188 2024/25[8]
English as an additional language
1.6% 2024/25[8]
SEN support
0% 2024/25[8]
EHC plan
100% 2024/25[8]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
39.9% 2024/25[8]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
89.7%[9]
Mixed
3.6%[9]
Asian
1%[9]
Black
4.6%[9]
Any other ethnic group
0%[9]
Unclassified
1%[9]

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. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2024/25. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2022/23. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. 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.
  8. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. 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.