INSPIRE Free Special School
Free schools special · Ages 11–18 · Chatham, Medway
INSPIRE Free Special School is a special school in Chatham, Medway for ages 11–18 (free schools special). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 14 December 2023.
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Key facts
- Address
- Churchill Avenue, Silverbank, Chatham, ME5 0LB
- Type
- Free schools special
- Ages
- 11–18
- Council
- Medway
- Pupils on roll
- 98 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 65.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 5.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 14 December 2023
Strengths
- “Staff work to build positive relationships with pupils and to help them feel welcome within the school community.”
- “The school works carefully with each pupil, and their family, to challenge their negative views of school and to establish regular attendance.”
- “For most pupils, this work has a highly positive impact on their achievement and engagement with education.”
To improve
- “When pupils first join, they often struggle to attend regularly and, when at school, to regulate their emotions.”
- “Leaders recognise, however, that they need to revisit how knowledge is organised in English, including the texts that pupils study, to ensure that pupils are able to read and comprehend increasingly complex texts.”
- “In a small number of subjects, leaders recognise that there is more work to do on the underlying curriculum.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 29 January 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 0% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 2.9 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Straight-line distance, in Medway.
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