Graded inspection · Sep 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 | 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 entry412 applications · 120 places offered · 147 named it first
SelectiveApplications include children who did not pass the entrance test.
- 2026 3.4; Kent median median 3.1
- 2025 3.5; Kent median median 3.0
- 2024 3.7; Kent median median 3.2
- 2023 3.2; Kent median median 3.2
- 2022 3.1; Kent median median 2.9
- 2021 5.1; Kent median median 3.6
- 2020 3.3; Kent median median 3.1
- 2019 2.8; Kent median median 2.9
- 2018 3.1; Kent median median 3.1
- 2017 2.7; Kent median median 3.0
- 2016 3.3; Kent median median 3.3
- 2015 3.2; Kent median median 3.2
- 2014 3.6; Kent median median 3.1
- This school
- Kent median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
Selective: register for the entrance test with the school first, usually by the summer before (dates vary). Dates
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 | 120 | 412 | 3.4 | 147 | 1.23 |
| Sep 2025 | 113 | 397 | 3.5 | 137 | 1.21 |
| Sep 2024 | 124 | 455 | 3.7 | 154 | 1.24 |
| Sep 2023 | 137 | 436 | 3.2 | 160 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2022 | 120 | 375 | 3.1 | 138 | 1.15 |
| Sep 2021 | 130 | 663 | 5.1 | 240 | 1.85 |
| Sep 2020 | 144 | 474 | 3.3 | 202 | 1.40 |
| Sep 2019 | 149 | 420 | 2.8 | 159 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2018 | 149 | 462 | 3.1 | 167 | 1.12 |
| Sep 2017 | 143 | 388 | 2.7 | 159 | 1.11 |
| Sep 2016 | 150 | 501 | 3.3 | 194 | 1.29 |
| Sep 2015 | 145 | 461 | 3.2 | 160 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2014 | 120 | 432 | 3.6 | 158 | 1.32 |
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.) | 161 | 59.0 | 76% | 89% | – |
| 2024/25 | 158 | 62.7 | 81% | 97% | – |
| 2023/24 | 159 | 63.2 | 86% | 98% | +0.21 |
| 2022/23 | 147 | 60.0 | 78% | 95% | −0.24 |
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
- Sir Roger Manwood's SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20223.4applications per place 59.0Attainment 8 Selective
- 1.0 km · KentSpecial measures 20261.6applications per place 30.0Attainment 8
- 7.1 km · KentGraded · no overall grade20251.8applications per place 30.7Attainment 8
- 8.7 km · KentGraded · no overall grade20253.8applications per place 62.2Attainment 8 Selective
- 9.3 km · KentRequires significant improvement 20262.3applications per place 31.1Attainment 8
- 10.9 km · KentStandards maintained20244.2applications per place 37.4Attainment 8
- 11.2 km · KentGood20223.5applications per place 67.2Attainment 8 Selective
- 11.3 km · KentGood20233.9applications per place 42.8Attainment 8
- 11.8 km · KentGood20243.6applications per place 38.7Attainment 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
- 136501 · 886/5428
- Trust
- Sir Roger Manwood's School
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Capacity
- 1,070 pupils · 981 on roll
- Free school meals
- 12.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 March 2011
- Replaced
- Sir Roger Manwood's School (URN 118900)
- Address
- Manwood Road, Sandwich, CT13 9JX
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources