Graded inspection · Feb 2023 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in KentSelective
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Sixth form provision | Good |
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry58 applications · 28 places offered · 29 named it first
Small intakeFewer than 60 places, so not ranked.
- 2026 2.1; Kent median median 3.1
- 2025 2.4; Kent median median 3.0
- 2024 1.9; Kent median median 3.2
- 2023 2.1; Kent median median 3.2
- 2022 1.5; Kent median median 2.9
- 2021 2.2; Kent median median 3.6
- 2020 2.0; Kent median median 3.1
- 2019 2.2; Kent median median 2.9
- 2018 2.6; Kent median median 3.1
- 2017 3.8; Kent median median 3.0
- 2016 2.5; Kent median median 3.3
- 2015 1.9; Kent median median 3.2
- 2014 2.7; Kent median median 3.1
- This school
- Kent median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 28 | 58 | 2.1 | 29 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2025 | 16 | 39 | 2.4 | 17 | 1.06 |
| Sep 2024 | 17 | 32 | 1.9 | 13 | 0.76 |
| Sep 2023 | 23 | 49 | 2.1 | 24 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2022 | 30 | 44 | 1.5 | 24 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2021 | 24 | 52 | 2.2 | 26 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2020 | 20 | 40 | 2.0 | 25 | 1.25 |
| Sep 2019 | 25 | 54 | 2.2 | 33 | 1.32 |
| Sep 2018 | 21 | 54 | 2.6 | 26 | 1.24 |
| Sep 2017 | 12 | 46 | 3.8 | 25 | 2.08 |
| Sep 2016 | 36 | 89 | 2.5 | 40 | 1.11 |
| Sep 2015 | 35 | 67 | 1.9 | 39 | 1.11 |
| Sep 2014 | 22 | 60 | 2.7 | 32 | 1.45 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 81 | 58.9 | 70% | 88% | – |
| 2024/25 | 80 | 55.0 | 61% | 79% | – |
| 2023/24 | 96 | 55.1 | 60% | 81% | +0.67 |
| 2022/23 | 70 | 50.0 | 46% | 71% | +0.48 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Duke of York's Royal Military SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20232.1applications per place 58.9Attainment 8
- 1.5 km · KentGood20223.4applications per place 33.7Attainment 8
- 1.7 km · KentGraded · no overall grade20252.4applications per place 56.7Attainment 8 Selective
- 2.0 km · Kent20262.7applications per place 35.8Attainment 8
- 3.0 km · KentGraded · no overall grade20252.2applications per place 63.1Attainment 8 Selective
- 3.2 km · Kent20261.9applications per place 30.3Attainment 8
- 9.3 km · KentGraded · no overall grade20251.8applications per place 30.7Attainment 8
- 12.4 km · Kent20262.6applications per place 38.0Attainment 8
- 13.4 km · KentRemains Outstanding20222.4applications per place 65.2Attainment 8 Selective
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 136177 · 886/6918
- Trust
- Dyrms - An Academy With Military Traditions
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 722 pupils · 470 on roll
- Free school meals
- 0.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2010
- Replaced
- Duke of York's Royal Military School (URN 119004)
- Address
- Duke of York's Royal Military School, Dover, CT15 5EQ
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources