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The Rowans

Alternative provision school · Academy alternative provision converter · ages 5 to 16 · Mixed

Silverbank, Churchill Avenue, Chatham, ME5 0LB

  • Pupils54
  • Ages5 to 16
  • Latest Ofsted9 Dec 2025
  • FundingState-funded
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Ofsted inspections

Shown exactly as Ofsted published them, each with its own date. This school has a new report card and an older inspection: Ofsted says “the new grades can’t be compared to the old ones”.

Report card · 9 Dec 2025

  • InclusionStrong standard
  • Curriculum and teachingStrong standard
  • AchievementStrong standard
  • Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
  • Personal development and well-beingStrong standard
  • Leadership and governanceStrong standard
  • SafeguardingMet

Report card grades run from Exceptional to Urgent improvement (five steps, left to right). Ofsted says “expected standard” means the school is doing everything it should — “It’s a high standard”. What the grades mean.

S5 Inspection · report published 1 Mar 2026

Graded inspection · 9 Nov 2021

Overall effectiveness: Outstanding

  • Quality of educationOutstanding
  • Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
  • Personal developmentOutstanding
  • Leadership and managementOutstanding
  • Safeguarding is effectiveYes

Grades run from Outstanding to Inadequate (four steps, left to right).

S5 Inspection · report published 29 Dec 2021

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Source: Ofsted, state-funded school inspections and outcomes: management information (latest inspections as at 30 September 2026). Newer inspections may be on Ofsted’s website. How Ofsted inspections work.

Results

No results for this school are in the performance tables we use. Results are published for schools with pupils at the end of Year 6, Year 11 or 16 to 18 study, and figures are hidden when very few pupils are involved.

Source: Department for Education, school performance tables. England and local authority figures are the DfE’s own, for the same year.

Pupils and attendance

Pupils
54 (capacity 95)
14 girls, 40 boys
Eligible for free school meals
77.8% (currently eligible, census of January 2026)

Pupils with SEN support

Special educational needs, without an education, health and care (EHC) plan.

2024/25

This school
70%

Pupils with an EHC plan

An education, health and care plan sets out the support a child must get.

2024/25

This school
30%

Eligible for free school meals at any time in the last 6 years

2024/25

This school
71.4%

First language not English

This is not a measure of how well pupils speak English.

2024/25

This school
0%

Sources: Get Information about Schools; DfE school census and absence statistics via the performance tables. What these figures mean.

About the school

Type
Academy alternative provision converter (Academies)
Trust
THE HOWARD ACADEMY TRUST
Sponsor
The Howard Academy Trust
Boys, girls or mixed
Mixed
Religious character
Does not apply
Special needs catered for
SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health
Opened
1 June 2017
Local authority
Medway
Parliamentary constituency
Chatham and Aylesford
URN
144134 (the DfE’s reference number for the school)

Source: Get Information about Schools (Department for Education). See the full record (opens in a new tab).

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