Graded inspection · May 2022 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 | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Sixth form provision | Outstanding |
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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 entry506 applications · 274 places offered · 249 named it first
- 2026 1.9; Kent median median 3.1
- 2025 1.8; Kent median median 3.0
- 2024 1.9; Kent median median 3.2
- 2023 2.0; Kent median median 3.2
- 2022 1.9; Kent median median 2.9
- 2021 2.4; Kent median median 3.6
- 2020 2.1; Kent median median 3.1
- 2019 2.0; Kent median median 2.9
- 2018 1.8; Kent median median 3.1
- 2017 1.9; Kent median median 3.0
- 2016 2.2; Kent median median 3.3
- 2015 2.0; Kent median median 3.2
- 2014 2.0; 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 | 274 | 506 | 1.9 | 249 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2025 | 260 | 465 | 1.8 | 249 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2024 | 269 | 509 | 1.9 | 270 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 267 | 540 | 2.0 | 295 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2022 | 274 | 520 | 1.9 | 296 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2021 | 272 | 649 | 2.4 | 249 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2020 | 272 | 573 | 2.1 | 328 | 1.21 |
| Sep 2019 | 265 | 534 | 2.0 | 305 | 1.15 |
| Sep 2018 | 265 | 486 | 1.8 | 274 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2017 | 262 | 498 | 1.9 | 303 | 1.16 |
| Sep 2016 | 258 | 563 | 2.2 | 299 | 1.16 |
| Sep 2015 | 258 | 522 | 2.0 | 291 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2014 | 262 | 515 | 2.0 | 290 | 1.11 |
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.) | 240 | 35.5 | 23% | 48% | – |
| 2024/25 | 266 | 36.8 | 22% | 51% | – |
| 2023/24 | 243 | 38.1 | 26% | 55% | −1.02 |
| 2022/23 | 252 | 41.0 | 31% | 63% | −0.94 |
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
- Herne Bay High SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20221.9applications per place 35.5Attainment 8
- 5.3 km · KentGood20242.6applications per place 37.4Attainment 8
- 6.0 km · KentGood20232.5applications per place 39.2Attainment 8
- 8.0 km · KentGood20232.1applications per place 32.1Attainment 8
- 9.6 km · KentStandards maintained20246.7applications per place 66.1Attainment 8 Selective
- 9.8 km · KentGraded · no overall grade20254.5applications per place
- 9.9 km · Kent20264.2applications per place 35.2Attainment 8
- 10.8 km · KentRemains Good · improving20233.1applications per place 66.0Attainment 8 Selective
- 11.0 km · KentGood20234.8applications per place 45.0Attainment 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
- 136465 · 886/5448
- Trust
- Herne Bay High School
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,494 pupils · 1,507 on roll
- Free school meals
- 33.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 March 2011
- Replaced
- Herne Bay High School (URN 118920)
- Address
- Bullockstone Road, Herne Bay, CT6 7NS
- Local authority
- Kent · Canterbury
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources