The Archbishop's School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Nov 23 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Church of England
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Kent
Unique reference
118898
Address
St Stephens Hill, CT2 7AP

Pupils

Number of Pupils
731 (87% of total capacity)
Boys
52.0%
Girls
48.0%
First language not English
25.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
47.9%
Persistent absence
42.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
22.8%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 56.2%
Other White 11.4%
Mixed 9.2%
African 8.6%
Other 7.8%
Other Asian 1.9%
Indian 1.6%
Unclassified 1.2%
Caribbean 0.7%
Bangladeshi 0.4%
Irish 0.3%
Other Black 0.3%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Pakistani 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.43
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.12
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 16%
Local authority average 40%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 23%
Local authority average 47%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 37.8
Local authority average 47
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.11
Local authority average 4.12
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award42
TourismTechnical Award12
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award21
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award52
Art & DesignGCSE33
BengaliGCSE1
ChineseGCSE2
Classical CivilisationGCSE7
English LanguageGCSE113
English LiteratureGCSE100
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

The Archbishop's School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
127
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
51
2nd preference
45
3rd preference
52
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
51
2nd preference
16
3rd preference
7
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes21
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
113
58
55
Year 8
107
48
59
Year 9
147
75
72
Year 10
137
70
67
Year 11
130
71
59
Year 12
51
33
18
Year 13
46
25
21
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
83.0%
87.7%
86.5%
Further education
27.0%
25.6%
34.7%
School sixth form
56.0%
60.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
1.1%
0.9%
Entering employment
3.0%
4.0%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
2.7%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
10.0%
4.8%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
0.8%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
53.0%
61.7%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
0.0%
19.5%
19.7%
Russell Group
0.0%
16.6%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
1.3%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
3.0%
2.0%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.4%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020