Report card · inspected Jan 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Strong standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Strong standard | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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Inspection history
- 6 January 2026Report card · 3 Strong standard, 4 Expected standard
- 21 February 2023Graded inspection: Requires improvement
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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 entry844 applications · 203 places offered · 248 named it first
- 2026 4.2; Kent median median 3.1
- 2025 4.4; Kent median median 3.0
- 2024 4.4; Kent median median 3.2
- 2023 4.1; Kent median median 3.2
- 2022 3.8; Kent median median 2.9
- 2021 4.4; Kent median median 3.6
- 2020 2.6; Kent median median 3.1
- 2019 3.1; Kent median median 2.9
- 2018 3.0; Kent median median 3.1
- 2017 2.9; Kent median median 3.0
- 2016 4.1; Kent median median 3.3
- 2015 4.1; Kent median median 3.2
- 2014 3.1; 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 | 203 | 844 | 4.2 | 248 | 1.22 |
| Sep 2025 | 197 | 859 | 4.4 | 257 | 1.30 |
| Sep 2024 | 198 | 870 | 4.4 | 272 | 1.37 |
| Sep 2023 | 202 | 824 | 4.1 | 294 | 1.46 |
| Sep 2022 | 187 | 714 | 3.8 | 266 | 1.42 |
| Sep 2021 | 206 | 909 | 4.4 | 236 | 1.15 |
| Sep 2020 | 239 | 622 | 2.6 | 205 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2019 | 208 | 643 | 3.1 | 220 | 1.06 |
| Sep 2018 | 210 | 633 | 3.0 | 214 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2017 | 210 | 607 | 2.9 | 214 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2016 | 211 | 872 | 4.1 | 261 | 1.24 |
| Sep 2015 | 180 | 729 | 4.1 | 204 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2014 | 223 | 688 | 3.1 | 253 | 1.13 |
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.) | 228 | 35.2 | 24% | 46% | – |
| 2024/25 | 232 | 39.0 | 34% | 55% | – |
| 2023/24 | 199 | 38.0 | 30% | 53% | −0.67 |
| 2022/23 | 214 | 38.7 | 31% | 53% | −0.55 |
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
- The Canterbury AcademyThis schoolThis school20264.2applications per place 35.2Attainment 8
- 1.9 km · KentGood20232.1applications per place 32.1Attainment 8
- 2.0 km · KentStandards maintained20246.7applications per place 66.1Attainment 8 Selective
- 2.5 km · KentGraded · no overall grade20243.3applications per place 69.4Attainment 8 Selective
- 2.6 km · KentGraded · no overall grade20254.5applications per place
- 2.8 km · KentRemains Good · improving20233.1applications per place 66.0Attainment 8 Selective
- 3.1 km · KentGood20234.8applications per place 45.0Attainment 8
- 7.1 km · KentGood20232.5applications per place 39.2Attainment 8
- 8.3 km · KentGood20242.6applications per place 37.4Attainment 8
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 136302 · 886/5421
- Trust
- The Canterbury Academy Trust
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,300 pupils · 1,984 on roll
- Free school meals
- 33.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- Opened
- 7 October 2010
- Replaced
- The Canterbury High School (URN 118893)
- Address
- Knight Avenue, Canterbury, CT2 8QA
- Local authority
- Kent · Canterbury
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources