The Royal Harbour Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
School rating
No rating
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
149554
Address
Newlands Lane, CT12 6RH

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1013 (80% of total capacity)
Boys
53.0%
Girls
47.0%
First language not English
10.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
60.9%
Persistent absence
41.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
29.8%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 84.6%
Other White 7.2%
Mixed 3.6%
African 1.3%
Other 0.8%
Unclassified 0.7%
Gypsy/Roma 0.3%
Indian 0.3%
Caribbean 0.3%
Irish 0.2%
Pakistani 0.2%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
Chinese 0.2%
Other Asian 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 9%
Local authority average 47%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 14%
Local authority average 47%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 28.8
Local authority average 46.6
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 2.31
Local authority average 4.17
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award30
Speech & DramaTechnical Award10
TourismTechnical Award8
ArabicGCSE1
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE47
BiologyGCSE4
Business Studies:SingleGCSE1
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE33
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE39
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

The Royal Harbour Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
213
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
212
2nd preference
85
3rd preference
96
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
172
2nd preference
25
3rd preference
13
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 classes20.8
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
214
111
103
Year 8
203
119
84
Year 9
191
96
95
Year 10
154
81
73
Year 11
180
101
79
Year 12
43
17
26
Year 13
28
12
16
Year 2024-2025