YYou 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 2019 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 the A Level 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.
The Abbey School, Became a Converter Academy August 2011. Faversham. OFSTED May 2017 - Good. Has been picking up in reputation over past five years, although performance in 2017 and 2018 has fallen.
| INITIAL ALLOCATIONS | ||||
| PAN |
1st
preferences
|
1st preferences
not offered
|
Vacant
places
|
|
|
2016
|
210
|
164
|
0
|
0
|
| 2017 | 230 | 200 | 3 | 0 |
| 2018 | 210 | 199 | 12 | 0 |
| 2019 | 210 | 179 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 210 | 169 | 0 | 0 |
Had been picking up pupils from Whitstable, but with improvement there, first choices have fallen away.
2014 - 2019 no appeals for school admission
| PERFORMANCE DATA | ||||
|
Progress 8
|
Attainment 8
|
% 5A*-C (inc
Eng and Maths)
|
A Level
Progress Score
|
|
| 2014 | n/a | n/a | 38 | |
| 2015 | n/a | n/a | 46 | |
| 2016 | -0.05 | 45.3 |
Grade 5 GCSE
Maths & Eng
|
|
| 2017 | -0.41 (BA) | 37.4 | 12% | -0.77(WBA) |
| 2018 | -0.26 (BA) | 36.6 | 18% | -0.52(BA) |
| 2019 | -0.40 (BA) | 37.3 | 25% | -0.7 (WBA,21,D-,4) |
| Abbey School Ofsted Reports | ||
|
Type of
Inspection
|
Outcome | |
| Mar 2017 | Short | Good |
| May 2013 | Full | Good |
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Angley School, Cranbrook. Now closed and re-opened as High Weald Academy.
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The Archbishop's School, Canterbury. Foundation School. Was the Canterbury school of choice ago but apart from the 2016 Good Ofsted has been sliding downhill ever since.Its reputation lingered until 2018 when it was still oversubscribed, but by 2020 had 66 of 84 Local Authority Allocations in Canterbury District and 30 fewer first choices than any other local school. Sudden decline in GCSE performance 2019 fits the pattern of decline.The headteacher left the school mid June 2019, deciding to 'step away', presumably paying the price for poor performance.
| INITIAL ALLOCATIONS | |||||
|
|
PAN
|
1st
preferences
|
1st preferences
not offered
|
LAAs | Vacancies |
| 2016 | 140 | 101 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 150 | 125 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 140 | 96 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 140 | 64 | 0 | 38 | 0 |
| 2020 | 170 | 71 | 0 | 66 | 4 |
A third of the 140 offers in 2019 found other schools before the October 2019 school census, probably not starting in September. The previous year, 21 of the cohort left after allocations.
| APPEALS FOR SCHOOL PLACES | ||
| Appeals Heard | Upheld | |
| 2014 | 4 | 2 |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 |
| PERFORMANCE DATA | ||||
|
Progress 8
|
Attainment 8
|
% 5A*-C (inc
Eng and Maths)
|
A Level
Progress Score
|
|
| 2014 | n/a | n/a | 48 | |
| 2015 | n/a | n/a | 48 | |
| 2016 | -0.31 | 45.2 |
Grade 5 GCSE
Maths & Eng
|
|
| 2017 | -0.38 (BA) | 38.3 | 19% | -0.42 (BA) |
| 2018 | -0.33 (BA) | 38.9 | 15% | -0.42(BA) |
| 2019 | -0.68 (WBA) | 37.8 | 16% | -0.66(WBA,48,D,21) |
| Archbishop's School Ofsted Reports | ||
|
Type of
Inspection
|
Outcome | |
| Feb 2020 | Full | Requires Improvement |
| Jan 2016 | Full | Good |
| Feb 2014 | Monitoring | Effective Action |
| Oct 2013 | Full | Requires Improvement |
| Feb 2012 | Full | Satisfactory |
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Astor College (A Specialist College for the Arts), Dover. Became a converter academy June 2012. 10% of places awarded on ability in the visual arts if it was oversubscribed, which it hasn't been since then. . The school is lead school of the Dover Federation of the Arts, in conjunction with Shatterlocks Infant School, Barton Junior School and White Cliffs Primary College of the Arts. OFSTED March-July 2015, after a controversial series of events, when the school was initially placed in Special Measures, it was found to Require Improvement, down from Good. Given full warning by government as to its performance in October 2015. Run by controversial Chief Executive Chris Russell, although he retired from his seconded position as Executive Principal of the Duke of York's Royal Military School, also an academy in Dover, in December 2016 and has now retired leaving the school in a difficult place.
| INITIAL ALLOCATIONS | ||||
|
|
PAN
|
1st
preferences
|
Vacant
places
|
LAAs |
| 2016 | 210 | 109 | 86 | 0 |
| 2017 | 210 | 101 | 84 | 0 |
| 2018 | 210 | 120 | 9 | 0 |
| 2019 | 210 | 107 | 88 | 0 |
| 2020 | 210 | 90 | 63 | 34 |
2018 58 LAAs; No admission appeals.
| PERFORMANCE DATA | ||||
|
Progress 8
|
Attainment 8
|
% 5A*-C (inc
Eng and Maths)
|
A Level
Progress Score
|
|
| 2014 | n/a | n/a | 35 | |
| 2015 | n/a | n/a | 29 | |
| 2016 | -0.22 | 40.8 |
Grade 5 GCSE
Maths & Eng
|
|
| 2017 | -0.45 (BA) | 32.8 | 9% | -0.26(BA) |
| 2018 | -0.76 (WBA) | 33.4 | 13% | -0.49(BA) |
| 2019 | -0.81(WBA) | 33.3 | 14% | -0.31(BA,54,D,34) |
You will find the coverage of previous controversy here. Suffers academically from additional pupils being selected locally for grammar school through the Dover Test. Progress 8 sixth lowest in Kent in 2017, Attainment 8 Sixth lowest. Similar in 2018 and 2019.
| Astor College Ofsted Reports | ||
|
Type of
Inspection
|
Outcome | |
| Feb 2020 | Full | Requires Improvement |
| Nov 2018 | Monitoring |
Effective Action on
path to Good
|
| Sep 2017 | Full | Requires Improvement |
| Jan 2016 | Monitoring |
Effective Action on
path to Good
|
| Mar 2015 | Full | Requires Improvement |
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Aylesford School - Sports College. Completely rebuilt around 2010 under a PFI scheme. Has struggled with performance and hence popularity, but has been improving over the past two years following Management takeover by Wrotham School which appears to have been of benefit. 2020, oversubscribed for the first time for many years. Previously dependent on numbers from Medway, coming down Bluebell Hill, but these have been squeezed for 2020. Looks as if a new Ofsted Inspection would be welcome!
| INITIAL ALLOCATIONS | ||||||
|
PAN
|
1st
preferences
|
1st prefs
not offered
|
Medway
Places
|
LAAs |
Vacant
places
|
|
|
2016
|
180
|
120
|
0
|
22 | 7 |
32
|
| 2017 | 180 | 104 | 0 | 25 | 28 | 16 |
| 2018 | 180 | 80 | 0 | 20 | 46 | 24 |
| 2019 | 180 | 118 | 0 | 22 | 25 | 0 |
| 2020 | 180 | 144 | 19 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| APPEALS FOR SCHOOL PLACES | ||
| Appeals Heard | Upheld | |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 5 | 5 |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 |
| PERFORMANCE DATA | ||||
|
|
Progress 8
|
Attainment 8
|
% 5A*-C (inc
Eng and Maths)
|
A Level
Progress Score
|
| 2014 | n/a | n/a | 37 | |
| 2015 | n/a | n/a | 30 | |
|
2016
|
-0.56
|
41.0
|
Grade 5 GCSE
Maths & Eng
|
|
| 2017 | -1.05 (WBA) | 32.1 | 9% | -0.33(BA) |
| 2018 | -0.66 (WBA) | 35.3 | 12% | low numbers |
| 2019 | -0.43 (BA) | 37.3 | 18% | No entries |
Once above government floor standards for GCSE, the school slipped for 2014 and 2015. Progress 8 and Attainment 8 both third lowest in Kent in 2017, as popularity has slumped.
| Aylesford School Ofsted Reports | ||
|
Type of
Inspection
|
Outcome | |
| Nov 2017 | Full | Requires Improvement |
| Jan 2014 | Full | Good |
| Mar 2013 | Full | Requires Improvement |
