Non-maintained special school

Caldecott Foundation School

Mixed · ages 5–18 · with sixth formKent, South East · Ashford TN25 6PWSchool website
Pupils on roll
69of 85 places
Free school meals
37.7%
Year 11 cohort 2025
6
Ofsted
School remains Good, 5 October 2022Read the Ofsted report
What the data says

Of the 9 pupils who finished Year 11 at Caldecott Foundation School in 2023, 0% stayed on in Caldecott Foundation School’s own sixth form (Kent average 56%), 11% went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.

11% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.

Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.

Caldecott Foundation School is a special school: its GCSE figures (Attainment 8 of 1.7, 0% with grade 5 or above in English and maths) are published by DfE for completeness and are not comparable with mainstream schools.

Where pupils went after Year 11

Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Kent and England.

Caldecott Foundation School
Kent
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureCaldecott Foundation SchoolKentEngland
Pupils in the cohort917,954607,348
Any sustained destination89%93%92%
Stayed in education89%88%86%
— school sixth form0%56%34%
— sixth form college0%13%
— further education college11%28%37%
— other education78%4%2%
Apprenticeship0%3%3%
Employment0%2%3%
No sustained destination11%5%6%
Destination unknown0%3%3%

Where students went after sixth form

Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.

No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.

GCSE results 2025

MeasureCaldecott Foundation SchoolKentEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)1.746.746.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths0%47%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths0%65%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects0%47%41%
EBacc average point score0.144.184.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort25%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils32.234.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils51.550.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language12%19%

Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.

Subjects taken at GCSE

Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
Mathematics117%88%22%

Other secondary schools in Kent

Astor Secondary School

Academy converter · sixth form · 732 pupils

72% stayed in education · Attainment 8 27.9

Aylesford School

Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 916 pupils

73% stayed in education · Attainment 8 37.6

Borden Grammar School

Academy converter · sixth form · 938 pupils

94% stayed in education · Attainment 8 63.2

Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.