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Bower Grove School

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This school's SEN characteristics
SEN characteristic % of pupils
Social, emotional and mental health 47.06%
Autistic spectrum disorder 41.60%
Speech, language and communications needs 6.30%
Moderate learning difficulty 3.36%
Severe learning difficulty 0.42%
Physical disability 0.42%
Specific learning difficulty 0.42%
Other learning difficulty 0.42%

Expenditure

£5.22m

Income

£5.35m

In-year balance

£131.7k

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Address: Fant Lane, Maidstone, Kent, ME16 8NLGoogleMaps link opens in a new window
Telephone number: 01622726773
Local authority: Kent
School type: Foundation special school
School phase: Special
Number of pupils: 238
URN: 119036
Ofsted rating: 1 Outstanding Ofsted reportOpens in a new window Inspected 19 September 2019
LAESTAB: 886 7032
Age range of pupils: 4 to 16
Headteacher's name: Maz Cleave
Has sixth form: No
Has nursery: No
School website: http://www.bower-grove.kent.sch.ukOpens in a new window
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Total expenditure

2022-2023
£5.22m
2022-2023
£5.22m

Staff total

2022-2023
£4.22m
2022-2023
£4.22m

Premises total

2022-2023
£262k
2022-2023
£262k

Occupation total

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These are costs associated with occupying the school building. They include energy, water, sewerage, rates, insurance, and catering.
2022-2023
£213.1k
2022-2023
£213.1k

Supplies and services total

2022-2023
£481k
2022-2023
£481k

Interest charges for loans and banking

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This includes:

  • interest paid on overdrafts and other liabilities

It excludes:

  • interest received
2022-2023
£0
2022-2023
£0

Cost of finance total

2022-2023
£0
2022-2023
£0

Community expenditure total

2022-2023
£0
2022-2023
£0

Special facilities total

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This includes:

  • swimming pools and sports centres
  • boarding provision
  • rural studies and farm units
  • payments by your school to another school for the benefit of pupils at the other school
  • pupil inter-site travel, eg moving between sites
  • expenses relating to before and after school clubs
  • delegated home to school transport
  • indirect employee expenses and agency staff expenses relating to a special facility
  • purchase of trading items for re-sale, eg school uniforms, books, stationery
  • donations paid by the school to a charity
  • community education with a benefit to the pupils at the school

It excludes:

  • staff costs associated with managing and supporting the special facility for directly employed staff
  • staff teaching in the special facility
  • school trips
  • residential special schools
  • any community-focused expenditure
2022-2023
£43.6k
2022-2023
£43.6k

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School workforce (Full Time Equivalent)

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This is the full-time equivalent (Full Time Equivalent) of the total school workforce.

It includes:

  • classroom Teachers (Full Time Equivalent)
  • Senior leadership (Full Time Equivalent)
  • teaching assistants (Full Time Equivalent)
  • non-classroom-based support staff
2022-2023
118.37
2022-2023
118.37

Total number of teachers (Full Time Equivalent)

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This is the full-time equivalent of all classroom and leadership teachers.

2022-2023
36.45
2022-2023
36.45

Teachers with Qualified Teacher Status (%)

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This is the number of teachers with Qualified Teacher Status divided by the total number of teachers in the school.

2022-2023
97.37
2022-2023
97.37

Senior leadership (Full Time Equivalent)

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This is the full-time equivalent of senior leadership roles.

It includes:

  • headteachers
  • deputy headteachers
  • assistant headteachers
2022-2023
6.0
2022-2023
6.0

Teaching assistants (Full Time Equivalent)

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This is the full-time equivalent of teaching assistants.

It includes:

  • teaching assistants
  • higher level teaching assistants
  • minority ethnic and special educational needs support staff
2022-2023
68.59
2022-2023
68.59

Non-classroom support staff - excluding auxiliary staff (Full Time Equivalent)

More about non-classroom support staff - excluding auxiliary staff (full time equivalent)

This is the full-time equivalent of non-classroom-based support staff.

It excludes:

  • auxiliary staff
  • third party support staff
2022-2023
8.47
2022-2023
8.47

Auxiliary staff (Full Time Equivalent)

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This is the full-time equivalent of full and part-time auxiliary staff.

It includes:

  • catering
  • school maintenance staff
2022-2023
4.86
2022-2023
4.86

School workforce (headcount)

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This is the total headcount of the school workforce.

It includes:

  • full and part-time teachers (including school leadership teachers)
  • teaching assistants
  • non-classroom-based support staff
2022-2023
137.0
2022-2023
137.0