The Archbishop's School
Ofsted: Good
Score
D42
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Canterbury, CT2 7AP
- Distance
- 1.9km away
The Canterbury Academy
Knight Avenue, Canterbury, CT2 8QA
Local ranking74th of 102 secondary schools in Kent
Ofsted: Expected
Secondary
Phase
1300
Capacity
11-19
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Expected standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership & governance
- Expected standard
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Post-16 provision
- Strong standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 39.0 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 33.6% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 54.7% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 11.2% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 3.3 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 232
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 89.0%
- Continued in education
- 84.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 8.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 74.0%
- Higher education
- 31.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 6.0%
- Employment
- 33.0%
- Not sustained
- 14.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25C-
Avg A-Level Grade
26.6
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
24.9
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
161
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 1.5% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 28.6
- 16-18 Cohort
- 830
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1984
- Boys
- 979 (49%)
- Girls
- 1005 (51%)
- Capacity
- 1300 (153% full)
- SEND
- 19.3%
- FSM Eligible
- 34.0%
- EAL
- 8.4%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 7.5%
- SEN Support
- 11.8%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 15.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 125.6
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,235/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 10.9% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 29.5% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 80.0%
- White Other: 5.7%
- Black African: 3.2%
- Mixed Other: 2.6%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.6%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.3%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.1%
- Gypsy/Roma: 0.9%
80.0%
White British
5.7%
White Other
3.2%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Knight Avenue
Canterbury, South East
Administrative
- URN
- 136302
- UKPRN
- 10031579
- Establishment No.
- 5421
- Trust
- THE CANTERBURY ACADEMY TRUST
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