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The Archbishop's School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 32 32.1 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL D+ D+ 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
32.1 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
19.3% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
1.4% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.79 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[5]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 35.2[6] 21.4%[6]
2023/24 36.6[4] 30.9%[4] -0.79[4]
2022/23 37.8[7] 23%[7] -0.43[7]
2021/22 37.8[8] 20%[8] -0.72[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
D+ 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
7.7% 2024/25[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 D+[10] 0%[10]
2022/23 D-[11] 0%[11]
2021/22 D+[12]
2018/19 D[13] 4.8%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
89% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
58% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
1% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
26% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
1% 2022/23[14]
Employment
3% 2022/23[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 92%[15] 55%[15] 0%[15] 33%[15] 0%[15] 3%[15]
2020/21 88%[16] 56%[16] 0%[16] 27%[16] 3%[16] 3%[16]
2019/20 95%[17] 46%[17] 0%[17] 41%[17] 2%[17] 2%[17]
2018/19 90%[18] 45%[18] 0%[18] 37%[18] 3%[18] 2%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
81% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
46% 2022/23[19]
Education
46% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
0% 2022/23[19]
Employment
35% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 83%[20] 42%[20] 58%[20] 0%[20] 25%[20]
2020/21 91%[21] 66%[21] 66%[21] 3%[21] 22%[21]
2019/20 80%[22] 41%[22] 52%[22] 2%[22] 25%[22]
2018/19 83%[23] 39%[23] 46%[23] 0%[23] 37%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
57% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
0% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
0% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
0% 2019/20[25]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 71%[26] 3%[26]
2019/20 53%[25] 0%[25] 0%[25] 0%[25]
2018/19 44%[27] 0%[27] 0%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 54%[28] 2%[28] 2%[28] 0%[28]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
22 Nov 2023[29]
Type
Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1[29]
Report published
18 Jan 2024[29]
Personal development
Good[29]
Quality of education
Good[29]
Overall effectiveness
Good[29]
Behaviour and attitudes
Good[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Requires improvement[29]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
4 Feb 2020[30] S5 Inspection[30] Requires improvement[30]
Date not published[31] Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1[31] Good[31]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.1 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Applications (any preference)
275 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences
64 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Places offered
133 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences per place
0.5 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 302[32] 68[32] 142[32] 2.1[32] 0.5[32]
Entry Sept 2024 214[32] 51[32] 127[32] 1.7[32] 0.4[32]
Entry Sept 2023 195[32] 53[32] 160[32] 1.2[32] 0.3[32]
Entry Sept 2022 170[32] 45[32] 220[32] 0.8[32] 0.2[32]

Admissions

Places (published admission number)
120 Entry Sept 2027[33]

Character & practicalities

Type
Foundation school[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Faith
Church of England[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
900[1]
Local authority
Kent[1]
Website
http://www.archbishops-school.co.uk/[1]
District
Canterbury[34]
Postcode
CT2 7AP[1]
URN
118898[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
791 2024/25[35]
English as an additional language
27.3% 2024/25[35]
SEN support
14.2% 2024/25[35]
EHC plan
4.3% 2024/25[35]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
55.3% 2024/25[35]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
63.2%[36]
Mixed
7.9%[36]
Asian
7.9%[36]
Black
11.2%[36]
Any other ethnic group
8.1%[36]
Unclassified
1.7%[36]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
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    Quote
    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
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    Quote
    The Published Admission Number (PAN) for each Year Group is 120. (p. 4)
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