Rowhill School, Longfield
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 8 months agoReport card - no overall grade (new Ofsted framework from Sep 2024)
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
Rowhill School excels at supporting pupils' wellbeing and personal development. The school provides a welcoming environment with therapy dogs, strong pastoral care, and a wide range of enrichment activities that help pupils re-engage with education. For pupils with vocational interests, the school offers excellent key stage 4 programmes in hair and beauty, construction, and vehicle maintenance.
Key Strengths
- Strong pastoral and wellbeing support with therapy dogs and a wide range of therapeutic interventions
- Excellent enrichment activities including challenger troop, forest school, art, music and horse care
- Vocational curriculum at key stage 4 (hair and beauty, construction, vehicle maintenance) meeting individual pupil needs
- Inclusive vision with high expectations for all pupils
- Improving attendance with most pupils showing improvement upon arrival
Areas for Improvement
- Inconsistent teaching quality across the school, particularly in phonics and reading approaches
- Behaviour management not consistently applied by all staff outside the classroom
- Handwriting and presentation standards too variable, affecting written work
- Some pupils not progressing as well as they could due to teaching inconsistencies
- Governors need to challenge leaders more effectively and track impact of improvement actions
Safeguarding
Safeguarding standards are met - leaders have established an open culture where safeguarding is everyone's responsibility and pupils are made safer and feel safe.
Extracurricular Activities
Challenger troop, forest school, art, music, horse care, school council, peer mentoring, educational visits to local places of worship, residential trips, charity fundraising
Rowhill School is a special needs school that welcomes pupils with diverse needs and provides strong pastoral support. However, inconsistencies in teaching quality and behaviour management are preventing some pupils from making as much progress as they could.
At a Glance
62.6%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health
SEN Provision
No
Special Measures
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has declined from 14% to 5%. Maths has declined from 7% to 0%. Writing has remained stable at around 0%.
Class Sizes
0.0
Avg class size
0
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
109%
Over capacity
163 pupils
150 capacity
13 places over capacity
Area Demand Pressure - Longfield
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for Longfield
Admissions Demand - Kent
Places available
19,410
Applications
18,281
Got 1st preference
80.6%
Got preferred school
96.5%
Secondary admissions across Kent (2025/26)
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SEN Provision
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Pupil Absence2024/25
26.63604%
Overall absence
61.40351%
Persistent absence
171
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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