The Elmley Dray School
The Elmley Dray School is an independent special school in Sheerness for boys and girls aged 9 to 19. It has 26 pupils and room for 40.
18-20 Marina Drive, Minster-on-Sea, Sheerness, ME12 2DP01795 485039elmleydrayschool.co.ukHeadteacher Emily Hollis headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet.
Results
GCSE results, summer 2025
1 pupils sat their GCSEs. Here is how they did against every state secondary in England.
The government hasn't published this school's headline results. Fewer than eleven pupils sat the exams, so the figures could identify individual children.
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.
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 54 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 0% | 0% | 0% | 2% | 9% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 100% | 0% | 0% | 4% | 0% |
The area around the school
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.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minster in Sheppey Primary School | Academy | 870 m | 572 | Report card 2026 | 93 | Compare |
| Leigh Academy Minster | Academy | 940 m | 1,005 | Not inspected | 0 | Compare |
| Thistle Hill Academy | Academy | 0.7 miles | 349 | No overall grade 2024 | 18 | Compare |
| Halfway Houses Primary School | Academy | 0.8 miles | 498 | Good 2024 | 58 | Compare |
| Nore Academy | Free school | 0.8 miles | 67 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| St Georges CofE (Aided) Primary School | Academy | 1.0 miles | 382 | Good 2024 | 27 | Compare |
| EKC Sheppey Secondary | Academy | 1.3 miles | 542 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Richmond Primary School | Academy | 1.3 miles | 246 | Good 2022 | 31 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is The Elmley Dray School a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score The Elmley Dray School yet.
How many pupils does The Elmley Dray School have?
26 pupils aged 9 to 19 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 40 places, so it is 65% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- 18-20 Marina Drive, Minster-on-Sea, Sheerness, ME12 2DP
- Telephone
- 01795 485039
- Website
- elmleydrayschool.co.uk
- Headteacher
- Headteacher Emily Hollis
- Type of school
- Independent special school (Other independent special school, special schools)
- Phase
- Special school, ages 9-19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Local authority
- Kent
- Ward
- Minster Cliffs
- Constituency
- Sittingbourne and Sheppey
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 26 September 1985
- URN
- 119005 · LAESTAB 8866057 · UKPRN 10080528
Recent changes
- New KS4 results for 2024/25
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- GCSE results: DfE key stage 4 performance tables, 2024/25 final.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.