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The Royal Harbour Academy

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,045Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 149554URN

Marlowe Way, Ramsgate, CT12 6FA · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Category of concern: Requires significant improvement

Report card · inspected May 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.3per place
0.8 below Kent median (3.1)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in KentSelective

489 applications for 212 places · 78th of 103 in Kent
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
31.1of 90
96th of 100 in Kent
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Ofsted category of concern: Requires significant improvement

Report card · inspected 19 May 2026Published 12 July 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
AchievementUrgent improvement
Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionExpected standard
Leadership and governanceNeeds attention
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 19 May 2026
    Report card · 3 Expected standard, 3 Needs attention, 1 Urgent improvement

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
2.3applications per place, Year 7
0.8 below Kent median (3.1) close to England median (2.2)

489 applications · 212 places offered · 233 named it first

  1. 2026 2.3; Kent median median 3.1
  2. 2025 2.1; Kent median median 3.0
  3. 2024 1.8; Kent median median 3.2
  4. 2023 1.6; Kent median median 3.2; as the previous school
  5. 2022 1.4; Kent median median 2.9; as the previous school
  6. 2021 1.5; Kent median median 3.6; as the previous school
  7. 2020 1.0; Kent median median 3.1; as the previous school
  8. 2019 0.9; Kent median median 2.9; as the previous school
  9. 2018 1.1; Kent median median 3.1; as the previous school
  10. 2017 1.0; Kent median median 3.0; as the previous school
  11. 2016 1.3; Kent median median 3.3; as the previous school
  12. 2015 3.0; Kent median median 3.2; as the previous school
  13. 2014 2.8; Kent median median 3.1; as the previous school
  • This school
  • Kent median

Dashed bars: as The Royal Harbour Academy (URN 135826), 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 20262124892.32331.10
Sep 20252134462.12121.00
Sep 20242073721.81650.80
Sep 2023 *1903121.61490.78
Sep 2022 *2082841.41530.74
Sep 2021 *1722561.5870.51
Sep 2020 *2442391.01010.41
Sep 2019 *2412170.9920.38
Sep 2018 *2002151.1980.49
Sep 2017 *2312211.0850.37
Sep 2016 *1962451.31020.52
Sep 2015 *1203603.01130.94
Sep 2014 *1203342.81020.85

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

148 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)31.196th of 100 in Kent
Grade 5 or above in English and maths16%95th of 100 in Kent
Grade 4 or above in English and maths33%
  • This school
  • Kent median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−1.02
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)14831.116%33%–
2024/2518028.916%34%–
2023/2416829.812%36%−1.02
2022/23–

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
149554 · 886/4030
Trust
Coastal Academies Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
916 pupils · 1,045 on roll
Free school meals
64.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 April 2023
Replaced
The Royal Harbour Academy (URN 135826)
Address
Marlowe Way, Ramsgate, CT12 6FA
Local authority
Kent · Thanet

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