Report card · inspected Jun 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Strong standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Needs attention | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Strong standard | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Strong standard | ||||
- 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
- 16 June 2026Report card · 5 Strong standard, 1 Expected standard, 1 Needs attention
- 18 October 2022Graded inspection: Requires improvement · as Dover Christ Church Academy, URN 136175
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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 entry349 applications · 131 places offered · 137 named it first
- 2026 2.7; Kent median median 3.1
- 2025 2.6; Kent median median 3.0
- 2024 2.4; Kent median median 3.2
- 2023 2.4; Kent median median 3.2; as the previous school
- 2022 2.3; Kent median median 2.9; as the previous school
- 2021 2.3; Kent median median 3.6; as the previous school
- 2020 1.9; Kent median median 3.1; as the previous school
- 2019 2.0; Kent median median 2.9; as the previous school
- 2018 1.9; Kent median median 3.1; as the previous school
- 2017 2.4; Kent median median 3.0; as the previous school
- 2016 3.0; Kent median median 3.3; as the previous school
- 2015 2.7; Kent median median 3.2; as the previous school
- 2014 3.3; Kent median median 3.1; as the previous school
- This school
- Kent median
Dashed bars: as Dover Christ Church Academy (URN 136175), Archers Court Maths and Computing College (URN 118808), 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 | 131 | 349 | 2.7 | 137 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2025 | 128 | 327 | 2.6 | 112 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2024 | 128 | 311 | 2.4 | 100 | 0.78 |
| Sep 2023 * | 143 | 343 | 2.4 | 117 | 0.82 |
| Sep 2022 * | 131 | 297 | 2.3 | 127 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2021 * | 144 | 329 | 2.3 | 126 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2020 * | 168 | 315 | 1.9 | 147 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2019 * | 139 | 273 | 2.0 | 119 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2018 * | 140 | 272 | 1.9 | 116 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2017 * | 146 | 350 | 2.4 | 167 | 1.14 |
| Sep 2016 * | 116 | 345 | 3.0 | 104 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2015 * | 116 | 313 | 2.7 | 99 | 0.85 |
| Sep 2014 * | 85 | 282 | 3.3 | 75 | 0.88 |
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.) | 139 | 35.8 | 27% | 49% | – |
| 2024/25 | 133 | 30.4 | 8% | 28% | – |
| 2023/24 | 129 | 27.7 | 9% | 24% | −1.13 |
| 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
- Dover Christ Church AcademyThis schoolThis school20262.7applications per place 35.8Attainment 8
- 1.7 km · KentGood20223.4applications per place 33.7Attainment 8
- 1.9 km · KentGraded · no overall grade20252.4applications per place 56.7Attainment 8 Selective
- 2.0 km · KentGood20232.1applications per place 58.9Attainment 8
- 2.6 km · KentGraded · no overall grade20252.2applications per place 63.1Attainment 8 Selective
- 2.7 km · Kent20261.9applications per place 30.3Attainment 8
- 9.7 km · KentGraded · no overall grade20251.8applications per place 30.7Attainment 8
- 11.3 km · Kent20262.6applications per place 38.0Attainment 8
- 12.3 km · KentRemains Outstanding20222.4applications per place 65.2Attainment 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
- 150278 · 886/4034
- Trust
- Turner Schools
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 990 pupils · 761 on roll
- Free school meals
- 53.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- SEN unit
- Opened
- 1 September 2023
- Replaced
- Dover Christ Church Academy (URN 136175); Archers Court Maths and Computing College (URN 118808)
- Address
- Melbourne Avenue, Dover, CT16 2EG
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources