Duke of York's Royal Military School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Feb 8 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
136177
Address
Duke of York's Royal Military School, CT15 5EQ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
487 (n/a of total capacity)
Boys
60.0%
Girls
40.0%
First language not English
13.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
0%
Persistent absence
n/a
Special education needs (SEN)
11.7%
Pupil ethnicities
Mixed 43.5%
White British 26.1%
African 12.1%
Other Asian 9.7%
Other White 2.7%
Other 1.4%
Caribbean 1.2%
Other Black 1.2%
Chinese 0.8%
Unclassified 0.8%
Irish 0.2%
Indian 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.48
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.12
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 23%
Local authority average 40%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 46%
Local authority average 47%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 50
Local authority average 47
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.23
Local authority average 4.12
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award9
Speech & DramaTechnical Award12
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE5
BiologyGCSE32
Business Studies:SingleGCSE41
ChemistryGCSE32
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE7
Design & TechnologyGCSE11
English LanguageGCSE68
English LiteratureGCSE68
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Duke of York's Royal Military School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
17
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
13
2nd preference
10
3rd preference
1
From another Local Authority
18
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
12
2nd preference
3
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
11
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 classes13.6
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
49
27
22
Year 8
62
40
22
Year 9
88
48
40
Year 10
87
53
34
Year 11
96
65
31
Year 12
49
26
23
Year 13
56
33
23
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
84.0%
87.7%
86.5%
Further education
16.0%
25.6%
34.7%
School sixth form
62.0%
60.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
6.0%
0.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
1.1%
0.9%
Entering employment
7.0%
4.0%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
2.7%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
4.8%
5.2%
Destination unknown
3.0%
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
81.0%
61.7%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
25.0%
19.5%
19.7%
Russell Group
19.0%
16.6%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
2.0%
1.3%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
2.0%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
5.0%
1.4%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020