Report card · inspected Apr 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 | Needs attention | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Needs attention | ||||
| Achievement | Urgent improvement | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Expected standard | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Urgent improvement | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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Inspection history
- 21 April 2026Report card · 3 Expected standard, 2 Needs attention, 2 Urgent improvement
- 14 November 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 entry910 applications · 204 places offered · 196 named it first
- 2026 4.5; Kent median median 3.1
- 2025 4.4; Kent median median 3.0
- 2024 5.0; Kent median median 3.2
- 2023 4.8; Kent median median 3.2
- 2022 4.0; Kent median median 2.9
- 2021 4.9; Kent median median 3.6
- 2020 4.8; Kent median median 3.1
- 2019 4.4; Kent median median 2.9
- 2018 4.7; Kent median median 3.1
- 2017 4.3; Kent median median 3.0
- 2016 4.7; Kent median median 3.3
- 2015 4.7; Kent median median 3.2
- 2014 4.4; 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 | 204 | 910 | 4.5 | 196 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2025 | 202 | 889 | 4.4 | 221 | 1.09 |
| Sep 2024 | 204 | 1,019 | 5.0 | 235 | 1.15 |
| Sep 2023 | 218 | 1,051 | 4.8 | 300 | 1.38 |
| Sep 2022 | 217 | 877 | 4.0 | 326 | 1.50 |
| Sep 2021 | 207 | 1,016 | 4.9 | 307 | 1.48 |
| Sep 2020 | 206 | 978 | 4.8 | 314 | 1.52 |
| Sep 2019 | 208 | 924 | 4.4 | 341 | 1.64 |
| Sep 2018 | 207 | 970 | 4.7 | 352 | 1.70 |
| Sep 2017 | 209 | 899 | 4.3 | 291 | 1.39 |
| Sep 2016 | 206 | 964 | 4.7 | 282 | 1.37 |
| Sep 2015 | 209 | 982 | 4.7 | 305 | 1.46 |
| Sep 2014 | 208 | 907 | 4.4 | 294 | 1.41 |
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.) | 201 | 36.8 | 22% | 41% | – |
| 2024/25 | 204 | 35.3 | 20% | 49% | – |
| 2023/24 | 204 | 39.0 | 33% | 61% | −0.70 |
| 2022/23 | 207 | 37.7 | 21% | 57% | −0.67 |
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
- Fulston Manor SchoolThis schoolThis schoolSpecial measures 20264.5applications per place 36.8Attainment 8
- 0.1 km · KentGood20233.1applications per place 61.9Attainment 8 Selective
- 0.5 km · Kent20262.8applications per place 62.7Attainment 8 Selective
- 1.4 km · KentGood20232.9applications per place 34.8Attainment 8
- 2.1 km · KentRemains Good20243.6applications per place 42.3Attainment 8
- 8.5 km · MedwayGood20243.9applications per place 44.5Attainment 8
- 10.2 km · KentNot yet inspected2.2applications per place 33.2Attainment 8
- 10.6 km · KentStandards maintained20252.4applications per place 37.3Attainment 8
- 10.6 km · Medway20262.2applications per place 44.8Attainment 8
- 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
- 136324 · 886/5414
- Trust
- Fulston Manor Academies Trust
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,104 pupils · 1,314 on roll
- Free school meals
- 26.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 October 2010
- Replaced
- Fulston Manor School (URN 118886)
- Address
- Brenchley Road, Sittingbourne, ME10 4EG
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources