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Hartsdown Academy[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 35 35.3 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
35.3 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
27.2% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
1.4% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.39 2023/24[3]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[4]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[4]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 32.1[5] 19.7%[5]
2023/24 33.1[3] 17.1%[3] -0.39[3]
2022/23 33.5[6] 25%[6] -0.40[6]
2021/22 25[7] 15%[7] -1.34[7]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
D- 2017/18[8]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
YearA-level average grade
2016/17 D+[10]
2015/16 E+[11]
2013/14 U[12]
2012/13 U[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
80% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
27% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
1% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
51% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
1% 2022/23[14]
Employment
1% 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 78%[15] 22%[15] 0%[15] 46%[15] 1%[15] 5%[15]
2020/21 84%[16] 31%[16] 0%[16] 45%[16] 0%[16] 7%[16]
2019/20 86%[17] 34%[17] 0%[17] 49%[17] 1%[17] 2%[17]
2018/19 74%[18] 26%[18] 0%[18] 38%[18] 1%[18] 6%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
62% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
29% 2022/23[19]
Education
29% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
12% 2022/23[19]
Employment
21% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 39%[20] 17%[20] 17%[20] 0%[20] 22%[20]
2020/21 56%[21] 22%[21] 33%[21] 6%[21] 17%[21]
2019/20 53%[22] 13%[22] 27%[22] 7%[22] 20%[22]
2018/19 37%[23] 16%[23] 16%[23] 5%[23] 16%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
38% 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 33%[26] 7%[26]
2019/20 21%[25] 0%[25] 0%[25] 0%[25]
2018/19 63%[27] 0%[27] 0%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 47%[28] 0%[28] 0%[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
24 Feb 2026[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
28 Apr 2026[29]
Inclusion
Strong standard[29]
Achievement
Needs attention[29]
Safeguarding standards
Met[29]
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard[29]
Attendance and behaviour
Needs attention[29]
Leadership and governance
Expected standard[29]
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard[29]
Post-16 provision (where applicable)
Expected standard[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
7 Dec 2021[30] Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1[30] Good[30]
8 Mar 2018[31] S5 Inspection[31] Requires improvement[31]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.4 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Applications (any preference)
345 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences
103 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Places offered
144 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences per place
0.7 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 262[32] 84[32] 167[32] 1.6[32] 0.5[32]
Entry Sept 2024 249[32] 84[32] 172[32] 1.4[32] 0.5[32]
Entry Sept 2023 258[32] 84[32] 242[32] 1.1[32] 0.3[32]
Entry Sept 2022 183[32] 82[32] 142[32] 1.3[32] 0.6[32]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1175[1]
Trust
COASTAL ACADEMIES TRUST[1]
Local authority
Kent[1]
Website
http://hartsdown.org/[1]
District
Thanet[33]
Postcode
CT9 5RE[1]
URN
136571[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
837 2024/25[34]
English as an additional language
22.8% 2024/25[34]
SEN support
42.1% 2024/25[34]
EHC plan
3.1% 2024/25[34]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
64.3% 2024/25[34]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
83.3%[35]
Mixed
9%[35]
Asian
1.5%[35]
Black
4.6%[35]
Any other ethnic group
1%[35]
Unclassified
0.6%[35]

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.

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    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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