Dover Christ Church 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
Not available
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Kent
Unique reference
150278
Address
Melbourne Avenue, CT16 2EG

Pupils

Number of Pupils
722 (82% of total capacity)
Boys
51.2%
Girls
48.8%
First language not English
4.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
48.2%
Persistent absence
26.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
18.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 88.8%
Mixed 3.6%
Other White 3%
Unclassified 1.7%
Other Asian 0.8%
Gypsy/Roma 0.7%
African 0.7%
Other 0.6%
Caribbean 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 1%
Local authority average 47%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 8%
Local authority average 47%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 30.4
Local authority average 46.6
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 2.35
Local authority average 4.17
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Childcare SkillsTechnical Award1
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award20
Speech & DramaTechnical Award9
Sports StudiesTechnical Award1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE27
BiologyGCSE59
ChemistryGCSE53
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE1
English LanguageGCSE128
English LiteratureGCSE122
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Dover Christ Church Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
128
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
112
2nd preference
89
3rd preference
73
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
107
2nd preference
12
3rd preference
8
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 classes16.1
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
132
67
65
Year 8
145
69
76
Year 9
147
82
65
Year 10
143
73
70
Year 11
133
65
68
Year 12
4
2
2
Year 13
18
12
6
Year 2024-2025