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Knole Academy[1]

Secondary · ages 11–19

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 41 41.3 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL D+ D+ 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
41.3 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
35.7% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
9.4% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.49 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 44.3[6] 44.4%[6]
2023/24 42.7[4] 43.3%[4] -0.49[4]
2022/23 42.8[7] 35%[7] -0.44[7]
2021/22 43.6[8] 36%[8] -0.37[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
D+ 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
0% 2022/23[9]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[10]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[10]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2022/23 B-[9] 0%[9]
2018/19 C[11] 5%[11]
2017/18 D+[12] 0%[12]
2016/17 C-[13] 0%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
93% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
47% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
1% 2018/19[15]
Further education college
35% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
5% 2022/23[14]
Employment
5% 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 96%[16] 41%[16] 39%[16] 6%[16] 10%[16]
2020/21 94%[17] 51%[17] 32%[17] 3%[17] 6%[17]
2019/20 93%[18] 44%[18] 42%[18] 2%[18] 4%[18]
2018/19 92%[15] 45%[15] 1%[15] 37%[15] 4%[15] 5%[15]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
84% 2022/23[19]
Education
34% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
7% 2022/23[19]
Employment
44% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 84%[20] 45%[20] 5%[20] 34%[20]
2020/21 90%[21] 51%[21] 6%[21] 33%[21]
2019/20 82%[22] 46%[22] 5%[22] 31%[22]
2018/19 88%[23] 42%[23] 11%[23] 36%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
51% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
15% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
2% 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 61%[26] 9%[26]
2019/20 52%[25] 2%[25] 2%[25] 0%[25]
2018/19 53%[27] 1%[27] 3%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 37%[28] 5%[28] 5%[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 2022[29]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[29]
Report published
18 Jan 2023[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
School remains Good[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
20 Sep 2017[30] Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1[30] Good[30]
Date not published[31] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[31] Requires improvement[31]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
3.9 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Applications (any preference)
931 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences
199 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Places offered
237 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences per place
0.8 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 919[32] 241[32] 227[32] 4.0[32] 1.1[32]
Entry Sept 2024 951[32] 252[32] 235[32] 4.0[32] 1.1[32]
Entry Sept 2023 924[32] 250[32] 240[32] 3.9[32] 1.0[32]
Entry Sept 2022 891[32] 261[32] 228[32] 3.9[32] 1.1[32]

Admissions

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

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy sponsor led[1]
Ages
11–19[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1550[1]
Trust
ALETHEIA ACADEMIES TRUST[1]
Local authority
Kent[1]
Website
www.knoleacademy.org[1]
District
Sevenoaks[34]
Postcode
TN13 3LE[1]
URN
136128[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1410 2024/25[35]
English as an additional language
5.7% 2024/25[35]
SEN support
17.7% 2024/25[35]
EHC plan
4.5% 2024/25[35]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
22.2% 2024/25[35]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
86.9%[36]
Mixed
6.7%[36]
Asian
2.8%[36]
Black
2.1%[36]
Any other ethnic group
0.9%[36]
Unclassified
0.7%[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

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    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 Admissions Number (PAN) is: 240 (p. 1)
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