The Canterbury Academy
Ofsted: Expected
Score
D47
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Canterbury, CT2 8QA
- Distance
- 1.9km away
The Archbishop's School
St Stephens Hill, Canterbury, CT2 7AP
Local ranking90th of 102 secondary schools in Kent
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
900
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 22 November 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 32.1 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 19.3% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 38.6% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 140
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 88.0%
- Continued in education
- 84.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 1.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 81.0%
- Higher education
- 46.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 0.0%
- Employment
- 35.0%
- Not sustained
- 11.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
D+
Avg A-Level Grade
22.4
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
16.4
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
30
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 7.7% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 30.3
- 16-18 Cohort
- 139
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 791
- Boys
- 387 (50%)
- Girls
- 383 (50%)
- Capacity
- 900 (86% full)
- SEND
- 18.5%
- FSM Eligible
- 55.3%
- EAL
- 27.3%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.3%
- SEN Support
- 14.2%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 14.7:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 54.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,748/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 15.3% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 44.3% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Church of England
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 54.4%
- White Other: 10.4%
- Black African: 9.6%
- Other: 8.6%
- Mixed Other: 5.1%
- Asian Indian: 3.3%
- Asian Other: 2.6%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.1%
54.4%
White British
10.4%
White Other
9.6%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
St Stephens Hill
Canterbury, South East
Administrative
- URN
- 118898
- UKPRN
- 10006581
- Establishment No.
- 5426
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