Elms School
Foundation special school in Dover (Kent).
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Nearby schools
nearest first19 schools within 2 miles. The nearest is St Martin's School, 0.5 miles away.
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| Phase | Ofsted | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Martin's SchoolAcademy converter | 0.5 mi | Primary | 183 | Ungraded inspection, Feb 2024Last graded Good (Mar 2014, previous school) |
| Astor Secondary SchoolAcademy converter | 0.5 mi | Secondary | 732 | Report card, 2026Expected standard in 2 areas, Needs attention in 5 |
| Dover Grammar School for BoysFoundation | 0.7 mi | Secondary | 960 | No overall grade, 2025Outstanding in 2 key judgements, Good in 2; sixth form provision Good |
| White Cliffs Primary and Nursery SchoolAcademy converter | 0.8 mi | Primary | 277 | Good, 2024 |
| Vale View Community SchoolAcademy converter | 0.8 mi | Primary | 222 | Good, 2022 |
| Priory Fields SchoolAcademy converter | 0.9 mi | Primary | 319 | Ungraded inspection, May 2024Last graded Good (Jun 2013, previous school) |
| Aycliffe Community Primary SchoolCommunity | 1.0 mi | Primary | 82 | Ungraded inspection, Dec 2022Last graded Good (Jun 2013) |
| Shatterlocks Infant and Nursery SchoolAcademy converter | 1.3 mi | Primary | 138 | Ungraded inspection, May 2025Last graded Outstanding (May 2019) |
| River Primary SchoolCommunity | 1.3 mi | Primary | 384 | No overall grade, 2025Good in all four key judgements; early years provision Good |
| Dover CollegeOther independent | 1.4 mi | Independent | 242 | - |
| Barton Junior SchoolAcademy converter | 1.4 mi | Primary | 202 | Ungraded inspection, Jul 2024Last graded Good (Oct 2014) |
| Charlton Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | 1.4 mi | Primary | 206 | Ungraded inspection, Nov 2023Last graded Good (Feb 2018) |
| Dover Grammar School for GirlsCommunity | 1.5 mi | Secondary | 847 | No overall grade, 2025Good in all four key judgements; sixth form provision Good |
| St Edmund's Catholic SchoolAcademy sponsor led | 1.6 mi | Secondary | 644 | Good, 2022 |
| St Richard's Catholic Primary SchoolAcademy converter | 1.6 mi | Primary | 191 | Ungraded inspection, Oct 2022Last graded Good (May 2014, previous school) |
| Green Park Community Primary SchoolCommunity | 1.7 mi | Primary | 374 | Ungraded inspection, May 2023Last graded Outstanding (Jan 2017) |
| The Sallygate SchoolOther independent special | 1.7 mi | Special | 51 | - |
| Dover, St Mary's Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary aided | 1.8 mi | Primary | 161 | No overall grade, 2025Good in all four key judgements; early years provision Good |
| Temple Ewell Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | 1.9 mi | Primary | 154 | Good, 2023 |
Straight-line distance from each school's register location, in miles: schools within 2 miles, widened to 5 or 10 miles where fewer than 10 schools are that close. Register details: Get Information about Schools, DfE (extract of 24 Oct 2026). Ofsted: the latest outcome in our data (Ofsted management information as at 30 Sep 2026, so a newer report may exist). Where no Ofsted outcome is shown we do not hold one; many independent schools are inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate instead. Phase colours match the map. Governance Register does not rank schools.
The neighbourhood
iEnglish Indices of Deprivation 2025 (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government) for the small area around the school (LSOA).This school's neighbourhood is close to the middle for deprivation in England (Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025, decile 5 of 10).
Each number is a decile from 1 to 10: 1 = the most deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, 10 = the least deprived 10%.
- Children in income-deprived families
- 65
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