Elms School

Foundation special school · Ages 5–16 · Dover, Kent

Elms School is a special school in Dover, Kent for ages 5–16. Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 14 March 2023.

Key facts

Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026

School remains Good Inspected 14 March 2023

“Leaders and staff have established a positive and purposeful atmosphere in the school.”
“This helps pupils to settle and sets the tone for the rest of the day.”
“Pupils understand that they are in school to learn.”

“However, some pupils struggle to behave well and have found recent changes in staff particularly unsettling.”
“However, some of the older readers find reading hard and are not making the progress that they could.”
“Leaders know that support for older readers needs to be strengthened.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 May 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Measure	School	England
Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25)	0%	62%
GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25)	0%	45%
Attainment 8 score (2024/25)	4.8	46

Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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