Saint George's Church of England School

General Info

Education Phase
All-through
Ofsted rating
Good
Oct 17 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
4 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Church of England
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Kent
Unique reference
137609
Address
Meadow Road, DA11 7LS

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1572 (96% of total capacity)
Boys
52.6%
Girls
47.4%
First language not English
13.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
19.7%
Persistent absence
15.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
14.6%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 65.2%
Indian 10%
African 7.6%
Mixed 6.5%
Other White 5.5%
Other 1.3%
Other Asian 1%
Caribbean 0.8%
Unclassified 0.8%
Other Black 0.7%
Pakistani 0.3%
Bangladeshi 0.3%
Irish 0.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 29%
Local authority average 47%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 28%
Local authority average 47%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 41.2
Local authority average 46.6
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.6
Local authority average 4.17
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Animal Care (Non-Agricultural)Technical Award1
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award9
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award13
Sports StudiesTechnical Award42
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE6
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE8
Art & DesignGCSE1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE15
BiologyGCSE16
Business Studies:SingleGCSE51
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Saint George's Church of England School

Admission Policy
n/a
Total available places
60
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
64
2nd preference
65
3rd preference
33
From another Local Authority
5
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
58
2nd preference
1
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
3
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 classes23.9
Average size of key stage 1 classes taught by one teacher30.4
Average size of key stage 2 classes taught by one teacher31.3
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Reception, Full-time
61
29
32
Year 1
60
30
30
Year 2
31
14
17
Year 3
32
12
20
Year 4
31
15
16
Year 5
32
17
15
Year 6
30
17
13
Year 7
209
106
103
Year 8
235
131
104
Year 9
206
125
81
Year 10
207
106
101
Year 11
202
99
103
Year 12
125
65
60
Year 13
111
61
50
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
33.0%
28.4%
36.9%
School sixth form
53.0%
57.3%
35.2%
Sixth form college
SP
0.4%
12.9%
Other education destinations
SP
0.8%
0.5%
Entering employment
2.0%
2.5%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
2.7%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
4.9%
5.7%
Destination unknown
3.0%
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
58.0%
58.3%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
6.0%
19.8%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
3.0%
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