Community special school

Abbey Court Foundation Special School

Mixed · ages 3–19 · with sixth formMedway, South East · Rochester ME2 3SPSchool website
Pupils on roll
236of 250 places
Free school meals
48.2%
Year 11 cohort 2025
13
Ofsted
School remains Outstanding, 8 March 2023Read the Ofsted report
What the data says

Of the 7 pupils who finished Year 11 at Abbey Court Foundation Special School in 2023, 0% stayed on in Abbey Court Foundation Special School’s own sixth form (Medway average 54%), none went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.

Every pupil in the 2023 cohort went on to a sustained destination, against 92% across England.

Almost every leaver found a sustained destination: only 0% were not in education, work or training six months on, against 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.

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 Medway and England.

This school
Medway
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureThis schoolMedwayEngland
Pupils in the cohort73,382607,348
Any sustained destination100%91%92%
Stayed in education100%86%86%
— school sixth form0%54%34%
— sixth form college0%13%
— further education college0%28%37%
— other education100%3%2%
Apprenticeship0%3%3%
Employment0%3%3%
No sustained destination0%5%6%
Destination unknown0%4%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

No published Key Stage 4 results for this school.

Other secondary schools in Medway

Brompton Academy

Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,399 pupils

83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 38.1

Chatham Grammar

Academy converter · sixth form · 948 pupils

96% stayed in education · Attainment 8 61.8

Leigh Academy Strood

Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,311 pupils

79% stayed in education · Attainment 8 41.2

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.