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Goodwin Academy

  • 11–18Ages
  • 780Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 146624URN

Hamilton Road, Deal, CT14 9BD · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jan 2025 Previous framework

No overall grade given
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.8per place
1.3 below Kent median (3.1)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in KentSelective

261 applications for 145 places · 96th of 103 in Kent
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
30.7of 90
97th of 100 in Kent
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded inspection · 21 January 2025Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024). Between September 2024 and November 2025 Ofsted graded areas but gave no overall grade.
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth form provisionGood

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

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 entry
1.8applications per place, Year 7
1.3 below Kent median (3.1) 0.4 below England median (2.2)

261 applications · 145 places offered · 124 named it first

  1. 2026 1.8; Kent median median 3.1
  2. 2025 1.8; Kent median median 3.0
  3. 2024 2.3; Kent median median 3.2
  4. 2023 1.8; Kent median median 3.2
  5. 2022 1.7; Kent median median 2.9
  6. 2021 1.9; Kent median median 3.6
  7. 2020 1.7; Kent median median 3.1
  8. 2019 1.6; Kent median median 2.9
  9. 2018 1.7; Kent median median 3.1; as the previous school
  10. 2017 2.1; Kent median median 3.0; as the previous school
  11. 2016 1.9; Kent median median 3.3; as the previous school
  12. 2015 2.3; Kent median median 3.2; as the previous school
  13. 2014 2.0; Kent median median 3.1; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Kent median in 0 of 8 years.
  • This school
  • Kent median

Dashed bars: as The Goodwin Academy (URN 144497), SchoolsCompany The Goodwin Academy (URN 136300), Castle Community College (URN 118825), 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261452611.81240.86
Sep 20251142101.8900.79
Sep 20241092502.3990.91
Sep 20231643011.81320.80
Sep 20221752931.71690.97
Sep 20211653161.91260.76
Sep 20201722941.71630.95
Sep 20191692701.61490.88
Sep 2018 *1953251.71730.89
Sep 2017 *982082.1840.86
Sep 2016 *1172211.9730.62
Sep 2015 *872042.3600.69
Sep 2014 *1492972.01230.83

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

154 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)30.797th of 100 in Kent
Grade 5 or above in English and maths10%100th of 100 in Kent
Grade 4 or above in English and maths31%
  • This school
  • Kent median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.80
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)15430.710%31%–
2024/2517130.518%30%–
2023/2416335.021%47%−0.80
2022/2317033.919%41%−0.85

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

  • 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
146624 · 886/4023
Trust
The Thinking Schools Academy Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,150 pupils · 780 on roll
Free school meals
48.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
Resourced provision
Opened
1 September 2018
Replaced
The Goodwin Academy (URN 144497); SchoolsCompany The Goodwin Academy (URN 136300); Castle Community College (URN 118825)
Address
Hamilton Road, Deal, CT14 9BD
Local authority
Kent · Dover

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources