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 entry572 applications · 165 places offered · 230 named it first
SelectiveApplications include children who did not pass the entrance test.
- 2026 3.5; Kent median median 3.1
- 2025 3.3; Kent median median 3.0
- 2024 3.5; Kent median median 3.2
- 2023 3.4; Kent median median 3.2
- 2022 3.6; Kent median median 2.9
- 2021 5.7; Kent median median 3.6
- 2020 3.8; Kent median median 3.1
- 2019 3.6; Kent median median 2.9
- 2018 3.3; Kent median median 3.1
- 2017 3.4; Kent median median 3.0
- 2016 3.4; Kent median median 3.3
- 2015 3.3; Kent median median 3.2
- 2014 2.9; 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 | 165 | 572 | 3.5 | 230 | 1.39 |
| Sep 2025 | 163 | 534 | 3.3 | 240 | 1.47 |
| Sep 2024 | 165 | 573 | 3.5 | 223 | 1.35 |
| Sep 2023 | 165 | 568 | 3.4 | 235 | 1.42 |
| Sep 2022 | 164 | 594 | 3.6 | 249 | 1.52 |
| Sep 2021 | 163 | 922 | 5.7 | 355 | 2.18 |
| Sep 2020 | 163 | 621 | 3.8 | 240 | 1.47 |
| Sep 2019 | 165 | 592 | 3.6 | 217 | 1.32 |
| Sep 2018 | 175 | 578 | 3.3 | 203 | 1.16 |
| Sep 2017 | 165 | 554 | 3.4 | 216 | 1.31 |
| Sep 2016 | 164 | 550 | 3.4 | 182 | 1.11 |
| Sep 2015 | 165 | 549 | 3.3 | 201 | 1.22 |
| Sep 2014 | 165 | 480 | 2.9 | 185 | 1.12 |
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.) | 160 | 67.2 | 89% | 98% | – |
| 2024/25 | 195 | 65.3 | 93% | 96% | – |
| 2023/24 | 172 | 68.6 | 94% | 96% | +0.69 |
| 2022/23 | 170 | 69.2 | 94% | 99% | +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
- Dane Court Grammar SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20223.5applications per place 67.2Attainment 8 Selective
- 0.3 km · KentGood20233.9applications per place 42.8Attainment 8
- 0.7 km · KentStandards maintained20244.2applications per place 37.4Attainment 8
- 2.2 km · KentRequires significant improvement 20262.3applications per place 31.1Attainment 8
- 2.7 km · KentGraded · no overall grade20253.8applications per place 62.2Attainment 8 Selective
- 4.0 km · Kent20262.4applications per place 35.3Attainment 8
- 6.6 km · KentGood20222.7applications per place 40.0Attainment 8
- 6.9 km · KentGood20243.6applications per place 38.7Attainment 8
- 11.2 km · KentGood20223.4applications per place 59.0Attainment 8 Selective
- 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
- 136585 · 886/5460
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Capacity
- 1,154 pupils · 1,152 on roll
- Free school meals
- 19.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 April 2011
- Replaced
- Dane Court Grammar School (URN 118932)
- Address
- Broadstairs Road, Broadstairs, CT10 2RT
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources