Herne Bay High School
Ofsted: Good
Score
D43
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Herne Bay, CT6 7NS
- Distance
- 5.3km away
The Whitstable School
Bellevue Road, Whitstable, CT5 1PX
Local ranking56th of 102 secondary schools in Kent
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1220
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 12 March 2024. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 37.4 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 26.7% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 54.5% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 202
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 85.0%
- Continued in education
- 80.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 7.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 76.0%
- Higher education
- 39.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 34.0%
- Not sustained
- 15.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C+
Avg A-Level Grade
33.8
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
7
A-Level Students
- Applied General Avg Points
- 20.6
- 16-18 Cohort
- 116
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1109
- Boys
- 553 (50%)
- Girls
- 559 (50%)
- Capacity
- 1220 (91% full)
- SEND
- 15.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 27.0%
- EAL
- 1.8%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.0%
- SEN Support
- 12.9%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 15.5:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 71.7
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,182/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
- 9.1% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 27.4% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 91.8%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.8%
- White Other: 1.7%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.1%
- Mixed Other: 1.1%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.6%
- Gypsy/Roma: 0.4%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 0.4%
91.8%
White British
1.8%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean
1.7%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 144354
- UKPRN
- 10068468
- Establishment No.
- 4091
- Trust
- SWALE ACADEMIES TRUST
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