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(updated April 2017)

You will find an article on 2018 oversubscription data for grammar schools here, and for non-selective schools here. For Grammar School Preferences, only grammar qualified are counted. The PAN is the Published Admission Number and refers to the number of places available in the year group for each school. If additional places were offered, I have recorded this under PAN.

A Report on 2017 Appeals Outcomes here. For Attainment 8 and Progress 8 and further information on the performance of all Kent schools with 2017 GCSE scores go to here for explanation.

New Line Learning Academy, Maidstone. Sponsored by the Future Schools Trust. The Academy was formed from the amalgamation of the former Senacre School and Oldborough Manor School, in West Maidstone, and is now in new buildings costing some £31 million. OFSTED February 2015 - Requires Improvement (as in 2013). The academy has struggled to attract students since its formation; in March 2013 - just 122 places were offered out of 210 available, including 41 allocated by KCC (who did not apply). Headteacher claimed on Radio Kent in March 2014 it was built to cater for future rises in number of Maidstone children over next 30 years! This just does not happen. For 2015 entry, 148 places offered, including 35 allocations, all but 15 of those awarded in Maidstone. GCSE 5 A-Cs in 2014, 36%, below government floor standard, slipping form the 40% of the two previous years. Must be worried about the impact of the new Free science and technology school to be run by Valley Invicta Trust and opening in 2018. Third lowest Attainment score in Kent in 2016, and one of the lowest Progress.

INITIAL ALLOCATIONS
	PAN	1st prefs	Vacant places	Local Authority Allocations
2014	210	135	62	5
2015	210	86	62	35
2016	210	96	96	12
2017	210	75	61	50
2018	210	85	33	80

2014 - 2016 no appeals for school admission

2014 - 2017 all first preferences offered

PERFORMANCE DATA
	Progress 8	Attainment 8	% 5A*-C (inc Eng and Maths)
2014	n/a	n/a	37
2015	n/a	n/a	33
2016	-0.53	37.4	Grade 5 or above Eng & Maths
2016	-0.3 (BA)	35.1	15%

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North School, Ashford. Since being rebuilt under a PFI Scheme, the school was initially heavily oversubscribed. March 2013 - still oversubscribed with 39 first choices oversubscribed. OFSTED Dec 2013 - Special Measures. Still oversubscribed for 2014 entry and expanded by 10 places to 225! OFSTED June 2015 - Requires Improvement. In spite of the Special Measures finding in 2013, partly based on government information about GCSE 5A*-C pass rates that was misleadingly low, the school achieved 42% that year, above the government floor standard. This slipped to 36% for 2014. Taken over by Swale Academies Trust, performance dived again for 2015, although both Progress and Attainment have picked up for 2016.

INITIAL ALLOCATIONS
	PAN	1st preferences	1st prefs not offered	Vacant places
2014	225	188	1	0
2015	215	122	0	48
2016	215	122	0	42
2017	215	142	0	32
2018	215	159	2	2

2014 - 2016 no appeals for school admission

PERFORMANCE DATA
	Progress 8	Attainment 8	% 5A*-C (inc Eng and Maths)
2014	n/a	n/a	36
2015	n/a	n/a	24
2016	-0.34	42.9	Grade 5 or above Eng & Maths
2017	-0.36 (BA)	36.7	23%

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Northfleet School for Girls. OFSTED September 2012 - Good. Headteacher retired summer 2014, replaced by Deputy from Northfleet Technology.

INITIAL ALLOCATIONS
	PAN	1stpreferences	Vacantplaces
2014	175	118	26
2015	175	92	36
2016	200	122	0
2017	210	100	66
2018	210	141	9

2014 - 2016 no appeals for school admission

2014 - 2017 all first preferences offered. Sudden slump in popularity for 2017; no obvious reason as 2016 performance data strong with GCSE results consistently above government floor standard.

PERFORMANCE DATA
	Progress 8	Attainment 8	% 5A*-C (inc Eng and Maths)
2014	n/a	n/a	49
2015	n/a	n/a	49
2016	0.01	47.2	Grade 5 or above Eng & Maths
2017	-0.29 (BA)	41.9	31%

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Northfleet Technology College. Completely rebuilt under BSF (Building Schools for the Future, a PFI scheme). OFSTED January 2017 - Good. Full for 2013 and 2014. In 2015 20 first choices were turned away as popularity increased further, expanding to 190 in 2016 with massive pressure on Gravesham places. GCSE results usually around the government floor standard, but exceptional for 2016 in both Progress and Attainment. Fourth highest performing NS school at Level C or better in English and maths 2016, at 70%. Successful HT temporarily seconded to sort out Whitstable Community College in 2015.

INITIAL ALLOCATIONS
	PAN	1st preferences	1st preferences not offered	Vacant places
2014	164	149	3	0
2015	164	156	20	0
2016	190	142	11	0
2017	194	139	0	16
2018	164	128	0	0

APPEALS FOR SCHOOL PLACES
	Appeals Heard	Upheld
2014	3	3
2015	7	7
2016	2	2

PERFORMANCE DATA
	Progress 8	Attainment 8	% 5A*-C (inc Eng and Maths)
2014	n/a	n/a	54
2015	n/a	n/a	48
2016	0.34	49.6	Grade 5 or above Eng & Maths
2017	-0.45 (BA)	36.7	11%

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Norton Knatchbull School, Ashford. This grammar school usually fills but is not regularly oversubscribed. The Headteacher is Ms. Susanne Staab, previously Deputy Head of Folkestone School for Girls, keeping the number of female heads of Kent boys' schools at three, ahead of the number of male heads of girls' schools. OFSTED November 2012 - Good.

INITIAL ALLOCATIONS
	PAN	1st preferences	1st prefs not offered	Vacant places
2014	180	130	0	34
2015	180	111	0	0
2016	180	164	2	0
2017	180	125	0	23
2018	210	130	0	56

For 2013 entry, the school put on an additional form of entry, reflecting pressure on places as Ashford expands. Finished up with 178 children after appeals. The additional form has also been added for 2014 entry, taking it up to 180 capacity again. Just 121 offers were made for 2015 entry, now with a permanent capacity of 180.

APPEALS FOR SCHOOL PLACES
	Appeals Heard	Upheld
2014	42	32
2015	63	53
2016	60	29
2016	66	46

Consistently high proportion of successful appeals historically, as the school aims to fill to capapcity.

PERFORMANCE DATA
	Progress 8	Attainment 8	% 5A*-C (inc Eng and Maths)
2014	n/a	n/a	93
2015	n/a	n/a	95
2016	0.15	65.2	Grade 5 or above Eng & Maths
2017	0.21 (AA)	63.7	91%