Rowhill School
Special schoolRowhill School is a special school in Dartford, for pupils aged 5 to 16. It had 163 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met
- Inspection
- Report card, 13 January 2026
- Safeguarding
- Met
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Needs attention
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Not applicable
- Post-16 provision
- Not applicable
- Leadership and governance
- Needs attention
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 Rowhill 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).
In 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Rowhill School was 3.1, against 53.7 in Dartford and 46.2 in England.
3% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% 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 | 91 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 89 | 104 | 105 |
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Dartford | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 3.1 | 53.7 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 3% | 58.8% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 3% | 73.4% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 33 | – | – |
- Rowhill 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.
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 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- Langafel Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolPrimary. Requires improvement (overall), February 2024. 35% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)90 m
- Leigh Academy LongfieldSecondary. Good (overall), September 2023. Attainment 8 of 41.8 (2025/26, provisional)790 m
- Our Lady of Hartley Catholic Primary School, Hartley, LongfieldPrimary. Outstanding (overall), June 2024. 75% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.2 km
- Steephill SchoolIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file1.6 km
- Leigh Academy HartleyPrimary. Outstanding (overall), October 2023. 90% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.7 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Dartford
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).