King Ethelbert School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Jun 4 2024 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
136584
Address
Canterbury Road, CT7 9BL

Pupils

Number of Pupils
794 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
52.9%
Girls
47.1%
First language not English
6.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
31.4%
Persistent absence
27.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
24.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 87%
Mixed 5.3%
Other White 3.7%
Other 0.8%
Irish 0.4%
Gypsy/Roma 0.4%
Indian 0.4%
Bangladeshi 0.4%
Caribbean 0.4%
African 0.4%
Chinese 0.4%
Unclassified 0.4%
Pakistani 0.3%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 35%
Local authority average 47%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

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

Attainment 8 score

School 36.6
Local authority average 46.6
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.09
Local authority average 4.17
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award63
Health StudiesTechnical Award21
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award7
Speech & DramaTechnical Award1
Sports StudiesTechnical Award36
TourismTechnical Award31
ArabicGCSE1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE2
Art & DesignGCSE44
BiologyGCSE3
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

King Ethelbert School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
151
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
164
2nd preference
123
3rd preference
135
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
143
2nd preference
6
3rd preference
1
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 classes23.4
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
148
85
63
Year 8
151
83
68
Year 9
151
77
74
Year 10
150
79
71
Year 11
141
70
71
Year 12
53
26
27
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
87.0%
86.9%
85.5%
Further education
32.0%
28.4%
36.9%
School sixth form
54.0%
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
5.0%
2.7%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
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