Graded inspection · Mar 2023 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 |
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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 entry887 applications · 227 places offered · 288 named it first
- 2026 3.9; Kent median median 3.1
- 2025 3.9; Kent median median 3.0
- 2024 3.4; Kent median median 3.2
- 2023 3.4; Kent median median 3.2
- 2022 3.1; Kent median median 2.9
- 2021 3.4; Kent median median 3.6
- 2020 3.0; Kent median median 3.1
- 2019 3.3; Kent median median 2.9
- 2018 3.2; Kent median median 3.1
- 2017 3.1; Kent median median 3.0
- 2016 3.4; Kent median median 3.3; as the previous school
- 2015 3.4; Kent median median 3.2; as the previous school
- 2014 3.5; Kent median median 3.1; as the previous school
- This school
- Kent median
Dashed bars: as The Charles Dickens School (URN 118910), the previous school.
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 | 227 | 887 | 3.9 | 288 | 1.27 |
| Sep 2025 | 225 | 868 | 3.9 | 285 | 1.27 |
| Sep 2024 | 225 | 765 | 3.4 | 220 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2023 | 221 | 744 | 3.4 | 225 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2022 | 222 | 684 | 3.1 | 214 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2021 | 230 | 773 | 3.4 | 116 | 0.50 |
| Sep 2020 | 226 | 667 | 3.0 | 186 | 0.82 |
| Sep 2019 | 231 | 750 | 3.3 | 219 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2018 | 229 | 732 | 3.2 | 215 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2017 | 229 | 718 | 3.1 | 198 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2016 * | 228 | 776 | 3.4 | 164 | 0.72 |
| Sep 2015 * | 230 | 784 | 3.4 | 194 | 0.84 |
| Sep 2014 * | 229 | 802 | 3.5 | 229 | 1.00 |
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.) | 200 | 42.8 | 30% | 56% | – |
| 2024/25 | 199 | 42.5 | 29% | 56% | – |
| 2023/24 | 211 | 43.9 | 31% | 59% | +0.22 |
| 2022/23 | 205 | 41.7 | 30% | 50% | +0.06 |
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
- The Charles Dickens SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20233.9applications per place 42.8Attainment 8
- 0.3 km · KentGood20223.5applications per place 67.2Attainment 8 Selective
- 0.9 km · KentStandards maintained20244.2applications per place 37.4Attainment 8
- 2.4 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
- 4.2 km · Kent20262.4applications per place 35.3Attainment 8
- 6.8 km · KentGood20222.7applications per place 40.0Attainment 8
- 7.2 km · KentGood20243.6applications per place 38.7Attainment 8
- 11.3 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 sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 144015 · 886/4016
- Trust
- Barton Court Academy Trust
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,104 pupils · 1,117 on roll
- Free school meals
- 42.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- Opened
- 1 March 2017
- Replaced
- The Charles Dickens School (URN 118910)
- Address
- Broadstairs Road, Broadstairs, CT10 2RL
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources