Welcome to Ripplevale School

Ripplevale School is a small family of schools with three campuses across Kent and Medway.
Our Lower School campus in Broadstairs welcomes pupils aged 6-11 years; the Upper School campus in Deal caters for pupils aged 11 to 18 years, and Ripplevale School & College, Rochester welcomes children and young people between the ages of 6 and 21+ years old.

Average class size 6-10

Comprehensive therapies including S&LT, OT, drawing & talking

Outdoor education
programme

Don’t take our word for it...

“(my son) tries to recruit everyone he meets! He always says “I go to the best school in the world.”
-Parent

Wellbeing
packages

bespoke to each student

Lower School, Broadstairs & Upper School, Deal.

We provide a caring learning environment where students make meaningful progress, relative to their individual starting points. Our staff team is passionate in their collective goal of helping students to feel safe and secure, whilst fulfilling their potential both academically and socially.

“Pupils thrive at Ripplevale… Throughout the school, committed staff work well to shape pupils’ character, behaviours and academic knowledge so they can achieve highly”. -Ofsted

Students and their needs come first; every student is truly individual and the educational setting aims to nurture those individualities and encourage students to enable them to become confident, independent and aspirational young people ready to enter into adulthood.
“Parents are unanimous in their praise for Ripplevale… They regard the school as transformative for their children in giving them a bright future”. Ofsted.
Jane-Norris-Headteacher-Ripplevale

Jane Norris

Headteacher

Ripplevale School, Rochester

Here at Ripplevale School, Rochester, we have particular experience in supporting autistic students who may also require Speech and Language and Occupational Therapy.

Our team of qualified therapists ensures that every aspect of your child’s holistic journey is met with the right wrap-around care to encourage and maximise their potential in every way possible.

Mirroring a mainstream curriculum whilst providing a ‘homely’ feel, our specialist provision keeps our students’ anxieties to a minimum and allows them enough freedom to enjoy their educational journey right up to the age of 25, where our college provides bespoke learning in many subject areas to give students a natural pathway into employment.

Natalie Christie

Headteacher