Fulston Manor School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Nov 14 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
1325 (98% of total capacity)
Boys
45.8%
Girls
54.2%
First language not English
8.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
21.4%
Persistent absence
30.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
10.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 81%
African 5.7%
Other White 5.1%
Mixed 4.6%
Other Black 0.7%
Unclassified 0.7%
Indian 0.5%
Caribbean 0.5%
Gypsy/Roma 0.4%
Bangladeshi 0.4%
Other 0.4%
Irish 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Pakistani 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 22%
Local authority average 47%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 20%
Local authority average 47%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 35.1
Local authority average 46.6
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 2.89
Local authority average 4.17
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award34
Sports StudiesTechnical Award47
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE56
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE7
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE40
AstronomyGCSE2
BiologyGCSE23
Business Studies:SingleGCSE79
ChemistryGCSE22
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE29
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Fulston Manor School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
202
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
221
2nd preference
329
3rd preference
223
From another Local Authority
5
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
175
2nd preference
25
3rd preference
2
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes20.8
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
209
93
116
Year 8
216
97
119
Year 9
215
111
104
Year 10
204
97
107
Year 11
203
100
103
Year 12
142
54
88
Year 13
136
55
81
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
77.0%
86.9%
85.5%
Further education
33.0%
28.4%
36.9%
School sixth form
43.0%
57.3%
35.2%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.4%
12.9%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.8%
0.5%
Entering employment
2.0%
2.5%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
10.0%
2.7%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
4.9%
5.7%
Destination unknown
5.0%
3.0%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
55.0%
58.3%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
8.0%
19.8%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
2.1%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
3.0%
2.5%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022