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Sandwich Technology School

  • 11–19Ages
  • 1,104Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 136317URN

Deal Road, Sandwich, CT13 0FA · School website

This school is due to be replaced by Sandwich Technology School.

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Category of concern: Special measures

Report card · inspected May 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.6per place
1.4 below Kent median (3.1)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in KentSelective

398 applications for 243 places · 98th of 103 in Kent
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
30.0of 90
99th of 100 in Kent
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Ofsted category of concern: Special measures

Report card · inspected 12 May 2026Published 25 June 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
AchievementUrgent improvement
Attendance and behaviourUrgent improvement
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionNeeds attention
Leadership and governanceUrgent improvement
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 12 May 2026
    Report card · 2 Expected standard, 2 Needs attention, 3 Urgent improvement
  2. 15 May 2024
    Graded inspection: Inadequate

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

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 entry
1.6applications per place, Year 7
1.4 below Kent median (3.1) 0.6 below England median (2.2)

398 applications · 243 places offered · 115 named it first

  1. 2026 1.6; Kent median median 3.1
  2. 2025 1.5; Kent median median 3.0
  3. 2024 2.0; Kent median median 3.2
  4. 2023 2.3; Kent median median 3.2
  5. 2022 2.0; Kent median median 2.9
  6. 2021 2.9; Kent median median 3.6
  7. 2020 2.5; Kent median median 3.1
  8. 2019 2.4; Kent median median 2.9
  9. 2018 2.5; Kent median median 3.1
  10. 2017 2.3; Kent median median 3.0
  11. 2016 3.0; Kent median median 3.3
  12. 2015 2.6; Kent median median 3.2
  13. 2014 2.1; Kent median median 3.1
More applications per place than the Kent median in 0 of 13 years.
  • 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20262433981.61150.47
Sep 20252113211.5900.43
Sep 20242535162.01740.69
Sep 20232545832.32000.79
Sep 20222655192.01980.75
Sep 20212697742.91550.58
Sep 20202566262.52100.82
Sep 20192586292.41990.77
Sep 20182606542.52030.78
Sep 20172646172.32370.90
Sep 20162557713.02841.11
Sep 20152747152.62731.00
Sep 20142745852.12160.79

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

219 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)30.099th of 100 in Kent
Grade 5 or above in English and maths12%98th of 100 in Kent
Grade 4 or above in English and maths25%
  • This school
  • Kent median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.85
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)21930.012%25%–
2024/2523435.322%44%–
2023/2422534.419%41%−0.85
2022/2323537.525%49%−0.70

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

  • 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 converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
136317 · 886/5463
Trust
Sandwich Technology School
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,368 pupils · 1,104 on roll
Free school meals
40.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 November 2010
Replaced
Sandwich Technology School (URN 118935)
Address
Deal Road, Sandwich, CT13 0FA
Local authority
Kent · Dover

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources