Astor Secondary School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Nov 1 2023 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
138167
Address
Astor Avenue, CT17 0AS

Pupils

Number of Pupils
782 (56% of total capacity)
Boys
44.5%
Girls
55.5%
First language not English
15.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
50.5%
Persistent absence
46.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
20.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 76.2%
Other White 7.7%
Mixed 4.8%
Gypsy/Roma 4.5%
Other 3.1%
African 2.2%
Other Asian 0.5%
Indian 0.4%
Unclassified 0.4%
Irish 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-1.37
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.12
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 4%
Local authority average 40%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 9%
Local authority average 47%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 26.8
Local authority average 47
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 2.21
Local authority average 4.12
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award25
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE14
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE14
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE22
Art & DesignGCSE4
BiologyGCSE15
ChemistryGCSE11
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE3
Design & TechnologyGCSE15
DanceGCSE8
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Astor Secondary School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
100
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
83
2nd preference
77
3rd preference
68
From another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
83
2nd preference
11
3rd preference
2
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 classes13.4
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
133
69
64
Year 8
136
66
70
Year 9
153
75
78
Year 10
139
54
85
Year 11
130
58
72
Year 12
54
15
39
Year 13
37
11
26
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
78.0%
87.7%
86.5%
Further education
34.0%
25.6%
34.7%
School sixth form
44.0%
60.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
1.1%
0.9%
Entering employment
4.0%
4.0%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
2.7%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
14.0%
4.8%
5.2%
Destination unknown
3.0%
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
47.0%
61.7%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
3.0%
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