Aspire School
Special schoolAspire School is a special school in Swale, for pupils aged 4 to 11. It had 194 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 18 March 2025
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 0% of pupils at Aspire School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% in Kent and 62% in England.
0% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Kent | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 62% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 0% | 10% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 96 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 91 | 104 | 105 |
- Aspire School teaches pupils with needs that most schools' pupils do not have, often in very small year groups, so its results are not a fair comparison with mainstream schools. They are not shown on the map.
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Grove Park Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met. 43% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)340 m
- Bobbing Village SchoolPrimary. Requires improvement (overall), June 2024. 75% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)580 m
- Westlands SchoolSecondary. School remains Good, May 2024. Attainment 8 of 42.3 (2025/26, provisional)820 m
- Regis Manor Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, July 2023. 54% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.2 km
- Milton Court Primary AcademyPrimary. Standards maintained, January 2025. 53% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.3 km
- Westlands Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade. 67% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.3 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Swale
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).