Report card · inspected Jan 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 | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Expected standard | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- 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
- 20 January 2026Report card · 1 Strong standard, 6 Expected standard
- 12 October 2021Graded inspection: 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 entry688 applications · 230 places offered · 213 named it first
- 2026 3.0; Kent median median 3.1
- 2025 3.1; Kent median median 3.0
- 2024 3.2; Kent median median 3.2
- 2023 3.2; Kent median median 3.2
- 2022 2.7; Kent median median 2.9
- 2021 3.6; Kent median median 3.6
- 2020 3.1; Kent median median 3.1
- 2019 3.2; Kent median median 2.9
- 2018 3.5; Kent median median 3.1
- 2017 2.6; Kent median median 3.0
- 2016 3.3; Kent median median 3.3
- 2015 3.4; Kent median median 3.2
- 2014 3.0; 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 | 230 | 688 | 3.0 | 213 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2025 | 225 | 690 | 3.1 | 205 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2024 | 234 | 744 | 3.2 | 247 | 1.06 |
| Sep 2023 | 233 | 739 | 3.2 | 233 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 230 | 622 | 2.7 | 240 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2021 | 233 | 830 | 3.6 | 212 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2020 | 254 | 783 | 3.1 | 275 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2019 | 255 | 802 | 3.2 | 275 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2018 | 233 | 808 | 3.5 | 340 | 1.46 |
| Sep 2017 | 287 | 742 | 2.6 | 305 | 1.06 |
| Sep 2016 | 251 | 834 | 3.3 | 278 | 1.11 |
| Sep 2015 | 235 | 797 | 3.4 | 234 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 | 232 | 705 | 3.0 | 214 | 0.92 |
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.) | 217 | 36.1 | 17% | 42% | – |
| 2024/25 | 225 | 37.4 | 24% | 48% | – |
| 2023/24 | 222 | 33.3 | 14% | 41% | −1.00 |
| 2022/23 | 225 | 38.4 | 26% | 49% | −0.40 |
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
- Brockhill Park Performing Arts CollegeThis schoolThis school20263.0applications per place 36.1Attainment 8
- 5.9 km · KentGood20223.5applications per place 39.4Attainment 8
- 6.0 km · KentGood20242.2applications per place 62.3Attainment 8 Selective
- 6.4 km · KentRemains Outstanding20222.4applications per place 65.2Attainment 8 Selective
- 7.2 km · Kent20262.6applications per place 38.0Attainment 8
- 13.4 km · KentGood20221.5applications per place 38.7Attainment 8
- 14.2 km · KentGood20232.2applications per place 64.2Attainment 8 Selective
- 14.4 km · KentStandards maintained20243.4applications per place 39.4Attainment 8
- 14.4 km · KentRemains Good20244.5applications per place 45.3Attainment 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
- 137458 · 886/5466
- Trust
- Brockhill Park Performing Arts College
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,384 pupils · 1,314 on roll
- Free school meals
- 33.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2011
- Replaced
- Brockhill Park Performing Arts College (URN 118830)
- Address
- Sandling Road, Saltwood, Hythe, CT21 4HL
- Local authority
- Kent · Folkestone and Hythe
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources