Barton Court Grammar School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Feb 11 2020 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
137474
Address
Longport, CT1 1PH

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1002 (94% of total capacity)
Boys
57.4%
Girls
42.6%
First language not English
13.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
10.2%
Persistent absence
10.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
8.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 69.3%
Other White 8.3%
Mixed 6.9%
African 3.6%
Other Asian 2.8%
Indian 2.5%
Unclassified 1.8%
Other 1.7%
Pakistani 1%
Chinese 0.7%
Bangladeshi 0.6%
Other Black 0.4%
Irish 0.2%
Caribbean 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.15
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.12
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 99%
Local authority average 40%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 82%
Local authority average 47%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 63.5
Local authority average 47
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 6.04
Local authority average 4.12
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignGCSE47
BiologyGCSE146
ChemistryGCSE146
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE47
Design & TechnologyGCSE34
English LanguageGCSE146
English LiteratureGCSE146
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE19
FrenchGCSE55
GeographyGCSE68
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Barton Court Grammar School

Admission Policy
Selective
Total available places
120
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
126
2nd preference
346
3rd preference
211
From another Local Authority
7
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
99
2nd preference
13
3rd preference
4
To another Local Authority
2
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 classes24.3
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
141
90
51
Year 8
155
87
68
Year 9
139
85
54
Year 10
153
87
66
Year 11
141
72
69
Year 12
143
70
73
Year 13
130
84
46
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
97.0%
87.7%
86.5%
Further education
6.0%
25.6%
34.7%
School sixth form
91.0%
60.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
1.1%
0.9%
Entering employment
2.0%
4.0%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
2.7%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
1.0%
4.8%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
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
83.0%
61.7%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
20.0%
19.5%
19.7%
Russell Group
19.0%
16.6%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
2.0%
1.3%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
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