Updated January 2021

You will find an initial article on 2020 allocations here, an article on 2020 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 2020 Appeals Outcomes here. For Attainment 8 and Progress 8 and further information on the performance of all Kent schools with 2019 GCSE scores go to here for explanation. In the Individual performance table, under KS5 Progress heading for 2019, you will find a figure like this: -0.37(BA,104,D+, 60). This tells you that the school has a Progress performance level at A Level, of -0,37, which is Below Average, 104 students took at least one A Level with an average Grade of D+, with 60 students taking three A Levels. 

St Anselm's Catholic School, Canterbury. OFSTED March 2017- Good again.  Became an academy in May 2014. Part of the Kent Catholic Schools Partnership.  Increasingly oversubscribed year on year, partly at the expense of Archbishops which has lost popularity, but there is an overall shortage of places in Canterbury since the closure of Chaucer. The replacement Barton Manor School has been delayed again until 2022. Oversubscription criteria place emphasis on Catholic background but most practising Christians have qualified in previous years.  

The oversubscription data for 2017 to 2019 made St Anselm's one of the most popular non-selective schools in Kent, but the number of disappointed first choices fell to some reason in 2020, 2itrh no admission appeals necessary. 

Uses a KCC Independent Appeal Panel, and as in recent years, some grammar schools have admitted high numbers on appeal, most of those persevering to appeal had been awarded places or through the waiting list.  However, the last three years have seen a wide variation in numbers.    

Consistently strong academic performance.  

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St Augustine Academy, Maidstone. OFSTED February 2018 - Good again. The Academy has a Christian ethos and is part of the Woodard Academies Trust. There is no Sixth Form. The academy has had plenty of vacancies in previous years,  but is now regularly full. Word of its progress is clearly getting around. There were just 89 pupils taking GCSE in 2018. However, whilst popularity was maintained for 2019 entry, GCSE performance slumped again, possibly a factor in the high number of fixed term exclusions, at 237, sixth highest in the county, as the school attempted to improve matters (eighth highest in 2019-20). 

2014 - 2017 no appeals for school admission 

For 2020, all appeals heard were 'Paper-Based'. 18 Appeals were scheduled, but only five were heard. 

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St Edmund's Catholic School, Dover. Back in 2013, I wrote an article commenting on failed Ofsted and subsequent events. Full record to 2019 below.  Became a sponsored academy in 2016,  part of the Kent Catholic Schools Partnership. Like each of the Dover non-selectives suffers because of the high proportion of ablest students creamed off to grammar school through the Dover Test. Good attainment score for 2016 but disappointing performance subsequently. Ofsted Stuck School in 2019. Has abandoned Sixth Form, after struggling for numbers. 

 2014 - 2019 all first preferences offered. Popularity improving as a result of OFSTED and performance compared to others. 

2014 - 2016 no appeals for school admission

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St George's CofE Foundation School, Broadstairs. Has become an all through school, recruiting at primary school level now through to Year 5. This development will be popular with parents as it offers priority for entry to secondary school. OFSTED Jun 2019 - Good school for the third time, in spite of disappointing GCSE results through to 2019. In spite of this, popularity has been very high, becoming the most oversubscribed school in the county on allocation in March 2015, slipped to third place by 2020! Appeal success very difficult. 

For 2020, all appeals heard were 'Paper-Based'.

 Small Sixth Form, average 70 over past few years,  10 with at least one A Level in 2019, none with three. 

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Saint George's CofE School, Gravesend. Became an academy, Nov 2011. Became an all-through school for 2019 entry, also admitting children into Year R and Year 1. OFSTED May 2013 found the school to be Good, with outstanding leadership which clearly drove rapid improvements following a disastrous period. Lead school of the Aletheia Anglican Academies Trust.  Heavily oversubscribed. Good GCSE, strong A-Level. 

Has been one of the most popular schools in Kent for some years.  Difficult to win an appeal. All through nature will prove highly successful as pupils will have priority for secondary section when they reach age 11. 

For 2020, all appeals heard were 'Paper-Based'. 

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St Gregory's Catholic School, Tunbridge Wells.  Now an Academy and part of the Kent Catholic Schools Partnership. Oversubscribed.  Priority to Catholics and then other Christians.  OFSTED October 2013 - Outstanding, up from Good.  Not surprisingly after this, popularity soared as school expanded.  In recent years, it appears that most who persisted were probably awarded places one way or another, as there is considerable churning in West Kent. Strong GCSE performance.  

 An extra class added for 2018 and 2019 entry but still oversubscribed. 

 Because of high turnover in West Kent, many appellants are offered places before a hearing each year 

For 2020, all appeals heard were 'Paper-Based'. For 2020 St Gregory's has changed to have its appeal Panel run by KCC. 

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St John's Catholic Comprehensive School, Gravesend. Voluntary Aided. Completely new buildings in 2010 through BSF.  OFSTED May 18 - Short Inspection Good, close to recommending Outstanding. Sound GCSE performance. Popularity soared 2019 entry. One of my favourite schools, through its passion and national reputation  for Military History and Remembrance, interests of my own. 

2014 - 2018 no appeals heard for school admission, although appeals registered; slippage will be due mainly to successful appeals to grammar schools. 

Own Appeal Panel. 2002 Mixture Telephone, Video Conferencing

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St Simon Stock Catholic School, Maidstone. Became an academy January 2014. OFSTED Good November 2016. Successful and regularly heavily oversubscribed school giving priority to Catholic and then other Christian families.  High performer at GCSE: second best non-selective Kent school for Progress, 2018 and 2019. Fourth highest Attainment 2019. Initial numbers fall with high number of successful appeals to grammar school in Maidstone, but just one successful appeal in the last five years.  Part of the Kent Catholic Schools Partnership. From 2017 admission, the school removed priority for religious connections other than Catholicism. 

 For 2016, there were originally 5 appeals submitted, but four withdrew. A similar pattern will have occurred up to 2018, school having changed to a KCC Appeal Panel. 

For 2020, all appeals heard were 'Paper-Based'.

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 Stone Lodge School, Dartford,

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