Graded inspection · Dec 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 |
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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 entry587 applications · 168 places offered · 174 named it first
- 2026 3.5; Kent median median 3.1
- 2025 3.4; Kent median median 3.0
- 2024 3.7; Kent median median 3.2
- 2023 3.6; Kent median median 3.2
- 2022 3.5; Kent median median 2.9
- 2021 3.5; Kent median median 3.6
- 2020 3.0; Kent median median 3.1
- 2019 2.8; Kent median median 2.9
- 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 | 168 | 587 | 3.5 | 174 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2025 | 170 | 577 | 3.4 | 192 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2024 | 170 | 628 | 3.7 | 184 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2023 | 169 | 611 | 3.6 | 185 | 1.09 |
| Sep 2022 | 171 | 591 | 3.5 | 228 | 1.33 |
| Sep 2021 | 177 | 622 | 3.5 | 140 | 0.79 |
| Sep 2020 | 175 | 526 | 3.0 | 174 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2019 | 179 | 502 | 2.8 | 149 | 0.83 |
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.) | 175 | 39.4 | 30% | 55% | – |
| 2024/25 | 167 | 37.6 | 25% | 47% | – |
| 2023/24 | 171 | 35.4 | 17% | 44% | −0.55 |
| 2022/23 | 121 | 37.4 | 22% | 51% | −0.59 |
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
- Turner Free SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20223.5applications per place 39.4Attainment 8
- 0.8 km · KentRemains Outstanding20222.4applications per place 65.2Attainment 8 Selective
- 1.3 km · Kent20262.6applications per place 38.0Attainment 8
- 1.5 km · KentGood20242.2applications per place 62.3Attainment 8 Selective
- 5.9 km · Kent20263.0applications per place 36.1Attainment 8
- 10.6 km · Kent20261.9applications per place 30.3Attainment 8
- 10.8 km · KentGraded · no overall grade20252.2applications per place 63.1Attainment 8 Selective
- 12.1 km · KentGraded · no overall grade20252.4applications per place 56.7Attainment 8 Selective
- 12.3 km · KentGood20223.4applications per place 33.7Attainment 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
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 145923 · 886/4021
- Trust
- Turner Schools
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,260 pupils · 997 on roll
- Free school meals
- 46.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- Opened
- 1 September 2018
- Address
- Tile Kiln Lane, Cheriton, Folkestone, CT19 4PB
- Local authority
- Kent · Folkestone and Hythe
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources