The Whitstable School
Ofsted: Good
Score
D52
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Whitstable, CT5 1PX
- Distance
- 5.3km away
Herne Bay High School
Bullockstone Road, Herne Bay, CT6 7NS
Local ranking83rd of 102 secondary schools in Kent
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1494
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 24 May 2022. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 35.5 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 22.9% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 47.5% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 240
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 90.0%
- Continued in education
- 83.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 81.0%
- Higher education
- 37.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 6.0%
- Employment
- 38.0%
- Not sustained
- 13.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C
Avg A-Level Grade
30.8
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
30.9
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
83
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 0.0% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 36.5
- 16-18 Cohort
- 219
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1545
- Boys
- 805 (53%)
- Girls
- 702 (47%)
- Capacity
- 1494 (101% full)
- SEND
- 13.7%
- FSM Eligible
- 33.3%
- EAL
- 1.9%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.9%
- SEN Support
- 10.7%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.0:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 96.9
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,901/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
- 9.7% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 28.7% 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
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- White British: 93.2%
- White Other: 2.1%
- Mixed Other: 1.3%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.8%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.6%
- Asian Indian: 0.4%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.3%
- Black Caribbean: 0.2%
93.2%
White British
2.1%
White Other
1.3%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Bullockstone Road
Herne Bay, South East
Administrative
- URN
- 136465
- UKPRN
- 10032981
- Establishment No.
- 5448
- Trust
- HERNE BAY HIGH SCHOOL
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