Graded inspection · May 2025 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 | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
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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 entry654 applications · 147 places offered · 147 named it first
- 2026 4.5; Kent median median 3.1
- 2025 4.5; Kent median median 3.0
- 2024 4.3; Kent median median 3.2
- 2023 4.7; Kent median median 3.2
- 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 | 147 | 654 | 4.5 | 147 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 144 | 641 | 4.5 | 151 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2024 | 144 | 614 | 4.3 | 156 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2023 | 138 | 646 | 4.7 | 131 | 0.95 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Barton Manor SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20254.5applications per place
- 0.7 km · KentStandards maintained20246.7applications per place 66.1Attainment 8 Selective
- 1.0 km · KentRemains Good · improving20233.1applications per place 66.0Attainment 8 Selective
- 1.2 km · KentGood20234.8applications per place 45.0Attainment 8
- 1.8 km · KentGraded · no overall grade20243.3applications per place 69.4Attainment 8 Selective
- 2.6 km · Kent20264.2applications per place 35.2Attainment 8
- 2.9 km · KentGood20232.1applications per place 32.1Attainment 8
- 5.5 km · KentGood20232.5applications per place 39.2Attainment 8
- 9.6 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
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 149039 · 886/4028
- Trust
- Barton Court Academy Trust
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,050 pupils · 596 on roll
- Free school meals
- 41.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2022
- Address
- Spring Lane, Canterbury, CT1 1SU
- Local authority
- Kent · Canterbury
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources