Skinners' Kent Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
May 10 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Kent
Unique reference
135888
Address
Sandown Park, TN2 4PY

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1036 (93% of total capacity)
Boys
55.2%
Girls
44.8%
First language not English
11.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
23.6%
Persistent absence
21.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
21.8%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 77%
Other White 9%
Mixed 7.1%
Unclassified 2.2%
Other 1%
Indian 0.9%
Chinese 0.7%
Bangladeshi 0.6%
Other Asian 0.6%
Pakistani 0.3%
African 0.3%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.24
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.12
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 88%
Local authority average 40%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 33%
Local authority average 47%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 39.5
Local authority average 47
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.6
Local authority average 4.12
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award16
Additional Mathematics FSMQOther General Qualification (Level 3)3
ArabicGCSE1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE56
Art & DesignGCSE4
BiologyGCSE28
Business Studies:SingleGCSE51
ChemistryGCSE22
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE2
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE16
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Skinners' Kent Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
177
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
169
2nd preference
163
3rd preference
180
From another Local Authority
23
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
162
2nd preference
11
3rd preference
4
To another Local Authority
1
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 classes23.3
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
183
95
88
Year 8
178
95
83
Year 9
169
92
77
Year 10
179
109
70
Year 11
196
107
89
Year 12
59
39
20
Year 13
72
35
37
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
80.0%
87.7%
86.5%
Further education
31.0%
25.6%
34.7%
School sixth form
47.0%
60.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
1.0%
0.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
2.0%
1.1%
0.9%
Entering employment
10.0%
4.0%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
2.7%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
7.0%
4.8%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
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
70.0%
61.7%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
19.0%
19.5%
19.7%
Russell Group
7.0%
16.6%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
1.3%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
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