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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Outstanding | |||
| Sixth form provision | Good |
Inspection history
- 20 November 2024Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
- 11 February 2020Graded 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 entry837 applications · 125 places offered · 145 named it first
SelectiveApplications include children who did not pass the entrance test.
- 2026 6.7; Kent median median 3.1
- 2025 8.1; Kent median median 3.0
- 2024 6.7; Kent median median 3.2
- 2023 6.8; Kent median median 3.2
- 2022 5.1; Kent median median 2.9
- 2021 9.0; Kent median median 3.6
- 2020 5.2; Kent median median 3.1
- 2019 5.3; Kent median median 2.9
- 2018 5.3; Kent median median 3.1
- 2017 5.1; Kent median median 3.0
- 2016 6.5; Kent median median 3.3
- 2015 5.7; Kent median median 3.2
- 2014 6.3; 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 | 125 | 837 | 6.7 | 145 | 1.16 |
| Sep 2025 | 94 | 761 | 8.1 | 114 | 1.21 |
| Sep 2024 | 120 | 801 | 6.7 | 126 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2023 | 120 | 812 | 6.8 | 147 | 1.23 |
| Sep 2022 | 150 | 762 | 5.1 | 180 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2021 | 120 | 1,076 | 9.0 | 212 | 1.77 |
| Sep 2020 | 147 | 766 | 5.2 | 157 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2019 | 145 | 764 | 5.3 | 162 | 1.12 |
| Sep 2018 | 150 | 791 | 5.3 | 155 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2017 | 150 | 761 | 5.1 | 142 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2016 | 131 | 855 | 6.5 | 138 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2015 | 136 | 773 | 5.7 | 142 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2014 | 128 | 806 | 6.3 | 122 | 0.95 |
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.) | 142 | 66.1 | 86% | 97% | – |
| 2024/25 | 152 | 66.4 | 85% | 97% | – |
| 2023/24 | 141 | 66.0 | 84% | 96% | +0.38 |
| 2022/23 | 146 | 63.5 | 82% | 97% | +0.15 |
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
- Barton Court Grammar SchoolThis schoolThis schoolStandards maintained20246.7applications per place 66.1Attainment 8 Selective
- 0.7 km · KentGraded · no overall grade20254.5applications per place
- 1.4 km · KentRemains Good · improving20233.1applications per place 66.0Attainment 8 Selective
- 1.7 km · KentGood20234.8applications per place 45.0Attainment 8
- 1.8 km · KentGraded · no overall grade20243.3applications per place 69.4Attainment 8 Selective
- 2.0 km · Kent20264.2applications per place 35.2Attainment 8
- 2.3 km · KentGood20232.1applications per place 32.1Attainment 8
- 5.7 km · KentGood20232.5applications per place 39.2Attainment 8
- 9.1 km · KentGood20242.6applications per place 37.4Attainment 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
- 137474 · 886/5444
- Trust
- Barton Court Academy Trust
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Capacity
- 1,050 pupils · 995 on roll
- Free school meals
- 12.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2011
- Replaced
- Barton Court Grammar School (URN 118916)
- Address
- Longport, Canterbury, CT1 1PH
- Local authority
- Kent · Canterbury
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources