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Nexus Foundation Special School

Special schoolAges 2–19FoundationSixth form

Tonbridge, TN11 8AA · Kent local authority

Tonbridge’s School Grade A better than 91% of towns in England

How full
307 pupils
93% of its 330 places
Free school meals
40%
40 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Nexus Foundation Special School

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • 40% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (more than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Good, June 2023 (shown, not graded)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (TN11 8) sold for a median £780,000; Tonbridge’s is £415,000

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

296 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
0.3%England 15.3%
EHC plan
99.7%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
6.1%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
41.3%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 30%Boys 70%
Its letter

No letter for Nexus Foundation Special 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: Good, June 2023.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Nexus Foundation Special School

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

Home prices in TN11 8, the school’s postcode sector

Tonbridge property prices →
£780,000
median sale, 72 sales in 36 months · Tonbridge £415,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£200K£400K£600K£800K£1M2010201520202025TN11 8Tonbridge
TN11 8Tonbridge

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£955K
Semi-detached
£710K
Terraced
£488K
Flat
£790K
TN11 8Tonbridge

Homes in TN11 8 sell for well over Tonbridge’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

9 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNB−A+A−A+CA+A+BC+Nexus Foundation Special Sc…
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Tonbridge, TN11 8AA

Nexus Foundation Special School: common questions

What is Nexus Foundation Special School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Good (June 2023).

How much do houses cost near Nexus Foundation Special School?

Homes in its postcode sector, TN11 8, sold for a median £780,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (72 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; Tonbridge’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.