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
1473 (92% of total capacity)
Boys
53.2%
Girls
46.8%
First language not English
13%
Free school meals (FSM)
19%
Persistent absence
18.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
13.8%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 65.6%
Indian 10.1%
African 7.2%
Mixed 6.3%
Other White 5.6%
Other 1.2%
Unclassified 1%
Caribbean 0.8%
Other Asian 0.6%
Pakistani 0.5%
Bangladeshi 0.5%
Other Black 0.5%
Irish 0.1%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.01
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.12
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 29%
Local authority average 40%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 35%
Local authority average 47%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 41
Local authority average 47
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.5
Local authority average 4.12
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music Studies (General)Technical Award10
Sports LeadershipTechnical Award53
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE4
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE12
Art & DesignGCSE2
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE11
BiologyGCSE25
Business Studies:SingleGCSE37
ChemistryGCSE25
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE1
Year 2022-2023

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
82
2nd preference
72
3rd preference
43
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
57
2nd preference
3
3rd preference
0
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 classes23.8
Average size of key stage 1 classes taught by one teacher30
Average size of key stage 2 classes taught by one teacher30.7
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Reception, Full-time
58
29
29
Year 1
31
14
17
Year 2
31
11
20
Year 3
30
15
15
Year 4
31
17
14
Year 5
31
18
13
Year 7
238
130
108
Year 8
207
125
82
Year 9
210
107
103
Year 10
205
101
104
Year 11
179
98
81
Year 12
114
63
51
Year 13
108
55
53
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
93.0%
87.7%
86.5%
Further education
31.0%
25.6%
34.7%
School sixth form
61.0%
60.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
1.0%
0.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
1.1%
0.9%
Entering employment
1.0%
4.0%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
2.7%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
4.8%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
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
64.0%
61.7%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
4.0%
19.5%
19.7%
Russell Group
3.0%
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
4.0%
1.4%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020