updated October 2021
A Report on 2021 Appeals Outcomes here and exclusions 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 an explanation. 2020 GCSE and A-Level outcomes were not published, nor will they be for 2021
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. A gap between the number of students taking one and those taking three A-Levels can be indicative of the number of vocational courses being offered.
In general, the number of first choices for N/S schools fell for 2020 entry, because the delay in the Kent Test due to Covid, saw KCC offering six choices for one year only, instead of the usual four. This allowed parents room to include a grammar school, often in first place, without knowing the Kent Test outcome.
The Canterbury Academy . (previously The Canterbury High School). Is in Federation with Canterbury Primary School, and several sporting centres providing excellent facilities, together forming (slightly confusingly) The Canterbury Academy (a multi-academy trust), set up in 2010. Children at Canterbury Primary (Previously Beauherne Primary) have priority for admission after Children in Care and 15% of places going to children with musical ability. Progress 8 within normal limits. The school has a unique and massive Sixth Form. As well as a high proportion of internal students for a non-selective school staying on at 58% in 2020, each year Canterbury High admits students from a wide range of other schools, including grammar schools, totalling 185 for 2020 entry. These included seven from Simon Langton Girls, six from Barton Court, five from Highworth Grammar in Ashford, and five from Dover Boys Grammar. In addition, there were 19 from St Anselm's, 18 from Folkestone Academy, and 15 from the Abbey school, as well as 16 students as part of an overseas programme, homeschooled students, several having moved from other countries, and others from colleges, and re-starting Year 12. The Canterbury Academy has been named in The Cricketer Magazine’s top 100 senior schools for cricket. for 2021, the list mainly includes some of the country's top private schools, along with Simon Langton Boys and The Judd grammar schools in Kent.
INITIAL ALLOCATIONS | |||
PAN |
1st
preferences
|
1st prefs
not offered
|
|
2016 | 210 | 258 | 76 |
2017 | 210 | 214 | 33 |
2018 | 210 | 214 | 35 |
2019 | 210 | 220 | 33 |
2020 | 240 | 205 | 5 |
2021 | 210 | 238 | 87 |
2022 | 210 | 289 | 103 |
APPEALS FOR SCHOOL PLACES | ||
Appeals Heard | Upheld | |
2016-2019 | No appeals | |
2020 | 5 | 5 |
2021 | 25 | 6 |
PERFORMANCE DATA | ||||
Progress 8 | Attainment 8 |
Grade 5 or
above Eng & Maths
|
A Level
Progress Scores
|
|
2017 | -0.04 (A) | 42 | 23% | -0.22(BA) |
2018 | -0.48(BA) | 38 | 25% | -0.38(BA) |
2019 | -0.51 (WBA) | 37.5 | 25% | -0.34(BA,114,D+,58) |
CANTERBURY OFSTED RECORD | ||
Inspection
Type
|
Outcome | |
Oct 2017 | Full | Good |
May 2016 | Monitoring | Effective Action |
Oct 2015 | Full | Requires Improvement |
Apr 2012 | Full | Good |
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Charles Dickens School, Broadstairs. Had a chequered Ofsted history (see below) until in March 2017 the school became an academy, sponsored by Barton Court Academy Trust. The school is one of four in Thanet, all heavily oversubscribed as families try and avoid two unpopular schools. The school regularly has one of the highest exclusion rates in the county.
INITIAL ALLOCATIONS | |||
PAN |
1st
preferences
|
1st prefs
not offered
|
|
2016 | 232 | 164 | 30 |
2017 | 232 | 198 | 33 |
2018 | 210 | 214 | 35 |
2019 | 232 | 219 | 77 |
2020 | 232 | 191 | 37 |
2021 | 232 | 117 | 21 |
2022 | 232 | 224 | 42 |
APPEALS FOR SCHOOL PLACES | ||
Appeals Heard | Upheld | |
2016 | 15 | 8 |
2017 | 27 | 5 |
2018 | 27 | 6 |
2019 | 32 | 7 |
2020 | 24 | 6 |
2021 | 24 | 6 |
PERFORMANCE DATA | ||||
Progress 8 | Attainment 8 |
Grade 5 or
above Eng & Maths
|
A Level
Progress Scores
|
|
2016 | -0.14 | 44.8 | ||
2017 | -0.21 (BA) | 36.8 | 19% | 0.22(A) |
2018 | -0.66(WBA) | 33.9 | 16% | n/a |
2019 | -0.90 (WBA) | 34.3 | 14% | n/a |
Progress 8 in 2019, fifth lowest in Kent, the last year for which GCSE and A Level results were published.
CHARLES DICKENS OFSTED RECORD | ||
Inspection
Type
|
Outcome | |
Jun 2019 | Full | Requires Improvement* |
Apr 2016 | Monitoring | Effective Measures |
Dec 2015 | Monitoring | Effective Measures |
Apr 2015 | Monitoring | Reasonable Progress |
Dec 2014 | Monitoring | Plans Fit for Purpose |
Sep 2014 | Full | Special Measures |
May 2011 | Full | Good |
* After Academisation
A chequered Ofsted history began with Special Measures September 2014, from Good in May 2011 - see article. In a Monitoring Inspection in December 2014, OFSTED found rapid improvement, casting doubt on the original finding, see article. February 2015, OFSTED found further Reasonable progress. OFSTED April 2016: Effective Action to remove SM. There were 5 monitoring visits by OFSTED before academisation and the Good Report in 2019
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Chatham and Clarendon Grammar School (The Federation of Ramsgate Grammar Schools - not to be confused with Chatham Grammar in Medway). The two Thanet grammar schools become a Federation in the light of falling rolls in Thanet in September 2009. The combined sixth form of some 500 students provides scope for new teaching options and specialisms. The Federation became a single academy in 2012 with both single sex and co-educational lessons in the main school and a fully co-educational sixth form, Mrs Liddicoat having been promoted to become Chief Executive, after a previous disastrous appointment left suddenly. Numbers well up in recent years, with 2020 a bumper year as the pass rate in Thanet soared following a high HTA pass rate following the Kent Test, with some local children denied grammar places. In some years it has added an extra form when selective numbers were high, as can be seen from the census figures below
INITIAL ALLOCATIONS | |||||
PAN |
1st
preferences
|
1st Pref
Not Offered
|
Vacant
places
|
Year 7 Census
Following Year
|
|
2016 | 180 | 145 | 0 | 26 | 180 |
2017 | 180 | 142 | 0 | 23 | 205 |
2018 | 180 | 168 | 0 | 0 | 195 |
2019 | 180 | 154 | 0 | 5 | 210 |
2020 | 180 | 179 | 29 | 0 | 240 |
2021 | 180 | 161 | 0 | 16 | 195 |
2022 | 180 | 144 | 0 | 2 | 103 |
APPEALS FOR SCHOOL PLACES | ||
Appeals Heard | Upheld | |
2016 | 113 | 47 |
2017 | 104 | 66 |
2018 | 82 | 54 |
2019 | 130 | 18 |
2020 | 78 | 6 |
2021 | 93 | 27 |
PERFORMANCE DATA | ||||
Progress 8 | Attainment 8 |
Grade 5 or
above Eng & Maths
|
A Level
Progress Scores
|
|
2016 | 0.19 | 65.0 | ||
2017 | -0.23 (BA) | 58.2 | 74% | -0.33(BA) |
2018 | -0.02(A) | 61.4 | 80% | -0.40(BA) |
2019 | -0.08 (A) | 62.9 | 83% | -0.40(BA,241.C-,215) |
OFSTED RECORD | ||
Inspection
Type
|
Outcome | |
May 2018 | Short | Good |
Sep 2014 | Full | Good |
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Chaucer Technology College Canterbury. CLOSED IN JULY 2014. See article for 2014 update.
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Community College Whitstable - now The Whitstable School
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Cornwallis Academy, Maidstone. Sponsored by the Future Schools Trust. This was formed from the Cornwallis School, previously a heavily oversubscribed successful secondary school in south Maidstone. The Academy was rebuilt at a cost of some £31 million. The Academy places great emphasis on technology. The Academy linked up with the failing Senacre and Oldborough Manor Schools and is now federated with their replacement the New Line Learning Academy (NLL), under one Governing Body. Details are here. OFSTED June 2013 - Good. Issued with Warning Notice November 2015 by DfE, along with NLL relating to poor standards. It was planned that both schools should be re-brokered to Every Child, Every Day Academy Trust. for September 2019, but this was scrapped after performance at both schools finally improved. Recent improvements in GCSE to eighth highest n/s in Kent 2019, Above Average and three consecutive Good Ofsted's most recently in 2017, but very unpopular. Has been hit in 2021 by the opening of the new School of Science and Technology, Maidstone. Had the sixth-highest fallout rate in Kent between allocation of places in Year Seven in 2020 and the October Census that year, losing 30% of its potential pupils (NLL was fourth).
INITIAL ALLOCATIONS | |||||
PAN |
1st
preferences
|
1st prefs
not offered
|
LAAs |
Vacant
places
|
|
2016 | 255 | 196 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
2017 | 255 | 162 | 0 | 11 | 10 |
2018 | 255 | 127 | 0 | 11 | 54 |
2019 | 255 | 144 | 0 | 50 | 0 |
2020 | 255 | 152 | 0 | 48 | 6 |
2021 | 210 | 85 | 7 | 77 | |
2022 | 210 | 201 | 35 | 0 | 0 |
Popularity has slumped in recent years
2014 - 2018 - no appeals for school admission
PERFORMANCE DATA | ||||
Progress 8 | Attainment 8 |
Grade 5 or
above Eng & Maths
|
A Level
Progress Scores
|
|
2016 | -0.04 | 45.2 | ||
2017 | (BA) -0.5 | 35.4 | 19% | -0.35(BA) |
2018 | -0.13(A) | 39.3 | 29% | -0.24(BA) |
2019 | 0.17 (AA) | 43.8 | 38% | -0.13(A,98,D+,33) |
CORNWALLIS OFSTED RECORD | ||
Inspection
Type
|
Outcome | |
Nov 2017 | Full | Good |
Jun 2013 | Full | Good |
Mar 2010 | Full | Good |
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Cranbrook School. Day and Boarding Grammar School, with entry at 13+ only until 2017 when it offered 30 Year Seven places. Became an academy in 2007. Latest Social Care inspection of the boarding provision was in May 2018 where it was found to be Outstanding again.
The school's introduction to admitting children was tapered over several years to counter local pressures, fought hard against by the prep school parents, and offered 30 year 7 places for the first time in September 2017. Because of high demand, the school now takes in 60 children at age 11. 38 day pupils are admitted at Year Nine (2022 entry) following a Cognitive Ability Test, with closing date for applications in line with the National Closing Date for Yer Seven entry of 1st November (2022). There are also 52 boarding places for Year 9 entry in September 2022: 34 boys and 18 girls places. Sharp increase in applications for 2021, possibly as the controversy has settled down.
INITIAL ALLOCATIONS At YEAR 7 | |||
PAN |
1st
preferences
|
1st prefs
not offered
|
|
2017 | 30 | 52 | 24 |
2018 | 60 | 75 | 17 |
2019 | 60 | 74 | 17 |
2020 | 60 | 71 | 21 |
2021 | 60 | 102 | 44 |
2022 | 60 | 95 | 39 |
APPEALS FOR SCHOOL PLACES (year 7) | ||
Appeals Heard | Upheld | |
2017 | 10 | 0 |
2018 | 16 | 2 |
2019 | 26 | 1 |
2020 | 31 | 2 |
2021 | 33 | 4 |
APPEALS FOR SCHOOL PLACES
(year 9)
|
||
Appeals Heard | Upheld | |
2016 | 0 | 0 |
2019 | 3 | 0 |
2020 | 7 | 0 |
2021 | 8 | 1 |
I did not collect Year 9 data for 2017 and 2018
In 2020, all seven Year nine appeals were from grammar qualified children
In 2021, five of the eight appeals were from grammar qualified children of whom one was successful. Another was offered a place before the appeals.
PERFORMANCE DATA | ||||
Progress 8 | Attainment 8 |
Grade 5 or
above Eng & Maths
|
A Level
Progress Scores
|
|
2016 | n/a | 66.4 | ||
2017 |
Low
Coverage
|
63.1 | 67% | 0.09(A) |
2018 |
Low
Coverage
|
68.4 | 87% | -0.12(BA) |
2019 | Low Coverage | 65.6 | 86% | 0.24(AA,140,B,138) |
Low coverage as 11 plus entry has not reached GCSE.
Consistently strong GCSE performance.
OFSTED RECORD | ||
Inspection
Type
|
Outcome | |
Nov 2017 | Full | Good |
Jun 2013 | Full | Good |
Mar 2010 | Full | Good |
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