Fulston Manor School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Nov 15 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Kent
Unique reference
136324
Address
Brenchley Road, ME10 4EG

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1328 (98% of total capacity)
Boys
47.3%
Girls
52.7%
First language not English
5.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
18.9%
Persistent absence
36.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
11.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 84.8%
Mixed 5.8%
Other White 3.5%
African 3.2%
Unclassified 0.6%
Bangladeshi 0.4%
Caribbean 0.4%
Indian 0.3%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Other Asian 0.2%
Other Black 0.2%
Other 0.2%
Irish 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
-0.67
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.12
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 3%
Local authority average 40%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 21%
Local authority average 47%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 37.7
Local authority average 47
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 2.94
Local authority average 4.12
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award25
Sports LeadershipTechnical Award45
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE10
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE41
BiologyGCSE16
Business Studies:SingleGCSE110
ChemistryGCSE16
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE36
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE39
Design & TechnologyGCSE42
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Fulston Manor School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
204
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
235
2nd preference
382
3rd preference
276
From another Local Authority
7
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
167
2nd preference
36
3rd preference
0
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 classes21.7
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
222
101
121
Year 8
214
112
102
Year 9
203
97
106
Year 10
207
103
104
Year 11
203
100
103
Year 12
150
59
91
Year 13
129
56
73
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
82.0%
87.7%
86.5%
Further education
31.0%
25.6%
34.7%
School sixth form
50.0%
60.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
SP
0.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.1%
0.9%
Entering employment
6.0%
4.0%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
2.7%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
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
56.0%
61.7%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
4.0%
19.5%
19.7%
Russell Group
2.0%
16.6%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
1.0%
1.3%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
2.0%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
1.4%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020