Hartsdown Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Dec 8 2021 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
136571
Address
George V Avenue, CT9 5RE

Pupils

Number of Pupils
833 (65% of total capacity)
Boys
51.9%
Girls
48.1%
First language not English
22%
Free school meals (FSM)
60.7%
Persistent absence
45.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
38.5%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 66.1%
Other White 13.3%
Mixed 7.4%
Gypsy/Roma 6.6%
African 1.8%
Other 1.6%
Unclassified 0.8%
Indian 0.6%
Other Asian 0.6%
Caribbean 0.6%
Other Black 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.4
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.12
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 0%
Local authority average 40%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 25%
Local authority average 47%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 33.5
Local authority average 47
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 2.64
Local authority average 4.12
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award18
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award31
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award9
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award20
Speech & DramaTechnical Award7
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE31
BiologyGCSE2
English LanguageGCSE94
English LiteratureGCSE96
GeographyGCSE64
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Hartsdown Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
172
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
84
2nd preference
53
3rd preference
65
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
84
2nd preference
17
3rd preference
9
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 classes22.5
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
201
117
84
Year 8
141
64
77
Year 9
158
79
79
Year 10
161
93
68
Year 11
130
61
69
Year 12
24
8
16
Year 13
18
10
8
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
77.0%
87.7%
86.5%
Further education
45.0%
25.6%
34.7%
School sixth form
31.0%
60.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.1%
0.9%
Entering employment
7.0%
4.0%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
2.7%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
14.0%
4.8%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
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
21.0%
61.7%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
0.0%
19.5%
19.7%
Russell Group
0.0%
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