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Life Skills Enterprise

Special · ages 10-18MixedIndependent17 pupilsMargateKent
School Chooser ScoreNot scoredWe don't score this type of school.
Places49 spare17 pupils, 66 places
Pupils on roll17Census January 2024

Life Skills Enterprise is an independent special school in Margate for boys and girls aged 10 to 18. It has 17 pupils and room for 66.

Northdown House, Northdown Park Road, Cliftonville, Margate, CT9 3TP01843 260315lifeskillsenterprise.co.ukMr Paul Barrett headteacherAll details

Ofsted

Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet. That is normal for a school that opened in 2025: new schools usually get their first inspection within three years.

Getting a place

Admissions policy not published.

Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Kent council's admissions booklet, send it to us.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll17Census January 2024
Places6626% full
Pupils from low-income families–Get free school meals
Pupils getting extra support0%0 pupils with SEN support
Pupils with an EHC plan100%17 pupils with a plan
Boys and girls11 / 6

The area around the school

Crimes within 500 m8012 months to June 2026, mostly violence and sexual offences
Local crime rate41 per 1,000 people55% lower than the England average
Typical house price£292,500Thanet
Nearest bus stop70 mFriends Corner, 12 stops within 500 m

Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.

Nearby schools

The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored
SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
St Anthony's SchoolFoundation special school660 m110Not inspected–Compare
Northdown Primary SchoolAcademy710 m302Good 202111Compare
Cliftonville Primary SchoolAcademy1000 m845Good 202414Compare
Palm Bay Primary SchoolAcademy0.6 miles407No overall grade 202553Compare
Cross Keys LearningIndependent0.6 miles29Not inspected–Compare
Callis Grange Nursery and Infant SchoolCouncil0.8 miles291Good 202228Compare
St Peter-in-Thanet CofE Junior SchoolChurch of England0.8 miles360Outstanding 202376Compare
Parkview AcademyIndependent1.0 miles4Not inspected–Compare
All schools in KentAll schools in MargateBest primary schools in England

Questions parents ask

Is Life Skills Enterprise a good school?

We don't have enough published data to score Life Skills Enterprise yet.

How many pupils does Life Skills Enterprise have?

17 pupils aged 10 to 18 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 66 places, so it is 26% full.

These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.

Contact and details

Address
Northdown House, Northdown Park Road, Cliftonville, Margate, CT9 3TP
Telephone
01843 260315
Website
www.lifeskillsenterprise.co.uk
Headteacher
Mr Paul Barrett
Type of school
Independent special school (Other independent special school, special schools)
Phase
Special school, ages 10-18
Gender
Mixed
Local authority
Kent
Ward
Cliftonville East
Constituency
East Thanet
Setting
Urban: Further from a major town or city
Opened
11 September 2025 (new provision)
URN
151899 · LAESTAB 8866191
Official recordGovernment performance tablesDownload this school's data (CSV)

Where these figures come from