Sir Roger Manwood's School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Sept 27 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Kent
Unique reference
136501
Address
Manwood Road, CT13 9JX

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1016 (95% of total capacity)
Boys
49.4%
Girls
50.6%
First language not English
6%
Free school meals (FSM)
10.3%
Persistent absence
16.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.8%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 83.2%
Mixed 5.7%
Other White 5.5%
Indian 1.5%
Unclassified 1.3%
Chinese 0.8%
African 0.6%
Bangladeshi 0.5%
Irish 0.3%
Other Asian 0.3%
Other 0.3%
Pakistani 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 79%
Local authority average 47%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 80%
Local authority average 47%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 62.6
Local authority average 46.6
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 5.89
Local authority average 4.17
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE22
BiologyGCSE113
Business Studies:SingleGCSE78
ChemistryGCSE113
ChineseGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE22
Design & TechnologyGCSE50
English LanguageGCSE158
English LiteratureGCSE158
FrenchGCSE49
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Sir Roger Manwood's School

Admission Policy
Selective
Total available places
113
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
137
2nd preference
129
3rd preference
92
From another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
106
2nd preference
7
3rd preference
0
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 classes22.4
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
141
68
73
Year 8
156
69
87
Year 9
156
81
75
Year 10
159
87
72
Year 11
158
81
77
Year 12
122
61
61
Year 13
124
55
69
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
96.0%
86.9%
85.5%
Further education
10.0%
28.4%
36.9%
School sixth form
86.0%
57.3%
35.2%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.4%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.8%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
2.5%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
2.7%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
1.0%
4.9%
5.7%
Destination unknown
1.0%
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
70.0%
58.3%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
31.0%
19.8%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
2.1%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
4.0%
2.5%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022