Astor Secondary School
Ofsted: Needs attention
Score
F29
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Dover, CT17 0AS
- Distance
- 0.2km away
Dover Grammar School for Boys
Astor Avenue, Dover, CT17 0DQ
Local ranking21st of 102 secondary schools in Kent
Ofsted: Strong
Secondary
Phase
905
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Boys
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 21 January 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership & management
- Good
- Sixth form provision
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 65.4 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 93.0% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 97.4% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 71.9% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 5.9 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 114
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 98.0%
- Continued in education
- 95.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 1.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 2.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 85.0%
- Higher education
- 62.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 0.0%
- Employment
- 23.0%
- Not sustained
- 9.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25C-
Avg A-Level Grade
28.2
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
27.2
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
89
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 5.6% nat17.5%
- 16-18 Cohort
- 192
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 899
- Boys
- 875 (97%)
- Girls
- 24 (3%)
- Capacity
- 905 (99% full)
- SEND
- 3.1%
- FSM Eligible
- 21.8%
- EAL
- 7.5%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 0.7%
- SEN Support
- 2.5%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.6:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 51.2
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,655/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 5.9% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 16.2% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 85.6%
- Asian Other: 3.9%
- White Other: 2.6%
- Mixed Other: 1.9%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.3%
- Asian Indian: 1.3%
- Black African: 0.9%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.7%
85.6%
White British
3.9%
Asian Other
2.6%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 118931
- UKPRN
- 10002017
- Establishment No.
- 5459
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