Homewood School and Sixth Form Centre
Ofsted: Good
Score
D49
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Tenterden, TN30 6LT
- Distance
- 11.1km away
Cranbrook School
Waterloo Road, Cranbrook, TN17 3JD
Local ranking50th of 102 secondary schools in Kent
Ofsted: ExpectedUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
954
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 6 May 2026. Figures last updated .
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Strong standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Expected standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership & governance
- Expected standard
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Post-16 provision
- Strong standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 68.3 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 88.9% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 96.5% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 144
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 95.0%
- Continued in education
- 94.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 1.0%
- Employment
- 0.0%
- Not sustained
- 1.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 81.0%
- Higher education
- 51.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 1.0%
- Employment
- 27.0%
- Not sustained
- 10.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
B
Avg A-Level Grade
40.6
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
39.9
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
152
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 21.7% nat17.5%
- 16-18 Cohort
- 310
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 918
- Boys
- 501 (52%)
- Girls
- 457 (48%)
- Capacity
- 954 (100% full)
- SEND
- 1.5%
- FSM Eligible
- 6.2%
- EAL
- 7.4%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 0.2%
- SEN Support
- 1.3%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 51.2
- Budget per Pupil
- £11,863/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
- 5.0% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 11.2% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Christian
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- Boarding school
- Admissions
- Selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 76.4%
- Asian Chinese: 5.7%
- White Other: 5.2%
- Black African: 4.3%
- Mixed Other: 2.6%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.1%
- Asian Indian: 1.1%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.0%
76.4%
White British
5.7%
Asian Chinese
5.2%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Waterloo Road
Cranbrook, South East
Administrative
- URN
- 137739
- UKPRN
- 10035657
- Establishment No.
- 5416
- Trust
- CRANBROOK SCHOOL ACADEMY TRUST
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