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Laleham Gap School

Special schoolAges 4–18FoundationSixth form

Ramsgate, CT12 6FH · Kent local authority

Ramsgate’s School Grade B better than 59% of towns in England

How full
253 pupils
122% of its 208 places
Free school meals
44%
44 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Laleham Gap School

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • Over capacity: 253 pupils for 208 places
  • 44% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (more than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Outstanding, April 2023 (shown, not graded)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (CT12 6) sold for a median £252,000; Ramsgate’s is £260,000

Results

DfE · GCSEs 2025/26, provisional · 29 pupils

Each bar is a group of England’s 3,224 graded secondary schools. The schools Laleham Gap beats are shaded green.

Attainment 8 20.3

Average grade across 8 GCSEs ×10 · higher than 0% of schools · Kent avg 48.6

20304050607080England avg 47.3Laleham Gap 20.3

Grade 5+ in English and maths 10%

A strong pass · higher than 0% of schools · Kent avg 49%

0%20%40%60%80%100%England avg 47.3%Laleham Gap 10%

Attainment 8, three years

The mark is England’s average that year

2023/24
21.1
2024/25
19.1
2025/26
20.3

Progress 8, 2023/24

−1 behind0 = national+1 ahead

-1.08: below average. How pupils did at GCSE against pupils nationally with the same results at 11. Not published since 2023/24 (no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021).

Disadvantaged pupils, 2025/26

Attainment 8 for the 12 pupils DfE counts as disadvantaged (free school meals in the last 6 years, or looked after) and the rest, beside England’s schools

Disadvantaged
18.3England 38.6
Not disadvantaged
21.7England 50.6
Grade 4 or above in English and maths28%
England’s schools 66% · Kent 68% · a standard pass

England’s figures are of its graded mainstream state schools, each school counted once; grammar schools are included, which is why the right-hand tail is long. Small cohorts are suppressed.

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

241 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
0%England 15.3%
EHC plan
100%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
0.4%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
46%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 29%Boys 71%
Its letter

No letter for Laleham Gap School

Special schools aren’t given a letter: their pupils’ needs differ too much for results to compare with mainstream schools.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Graded inspection: Outstanding, April 2023.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Laleham Gap School

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in CT12 6, the school’s postcode sector

Ramsgate property prices →
£252,000
median sale, 359 sales in 36 months · Ramsgate £260,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£100K£150K£200K£250K£300K2010201520202025CT12 6Ramsgate
CT12 6Ramsgate

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£324K
Semi-detached
£270K
Terraced
£230K
Flat
£136K
CT12 6Ramsgate

Homes in CT12 6 sell for a little under Ramsgate’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

14 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNDDAA+A−C−B+C+AB+D−DLaleham Gap School
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Ramsgate, CT12 6FH

Laleham Gap School: common questions

What is Laleham Gap School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Outstanding (April 2023).

How much do houses cost near Laleham Gap School?

Homes in its postcode sector, CT12 6, sold for a median £252,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (359 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Ramsgate’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.