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King Ethelbert School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 39 38.7 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
38.7 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
25.5% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
2.8% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.43 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 36.8[5] 22%[5]
2023/24 35.2[3] 19.6%[3] -0.43[3]
2022/23 42.6[6] 29%[6] -0.16[6]
2021/22 40.4[7] 24%[7] -0.42[7]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
94% 2022/23[8]
School sixth form
54% 2022/23[8]
Sixth-form college
0% 2022/23[8]
Further education college
32% 2022/23[8]
Apprenticeship
5% 2022/23[8]
Employment
2% 2022/23[8]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 93%[9] 39%[9] 0%[9] 43%[9] 3%[9] 7%[9]
2020/21 90%[10] 44%[10] 0%[10] 34%[10] 5%[10] 7%[10]
2019/20 95%[11] 53%[11] 0%[11] 34%[11] 3%[11] 3%[11]
2018/19 95%[12] 44%[12] 0%[12] 41%[12] 5%[12] 5%[12]

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
4 Jun 2024[13]
Type
S5 Inspection[13]
Report published
7 Jul 2024[13]
Personal development
Good[13]
Quality of education
Good[13]
Overall effectiveness
Good[13]
Behaviour and attitudes
Good[13]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[13]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[13]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
2 Oct 2018[14] S5 Inspection[14] Good[14]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
3.6 Entry Sept 2026[15]
Applications (any preference)
537 Entry Sept 2026[15]
First preferences
144 Entry Sept 2026[15]
Places offered
150 Entry Sept 2026[15]
First preferences per place
1.0 Entry Sept 2026[15]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 542[15] 164[15] 151[15] 3.6[15] 1.1[15]
Entry Sept 2024 597[15] 189[15] 151[15] 4.0[15] 1.3[15]
Entry Sept 2023 633[15] 190[15] 148[15] 4.3[15] 1.3[15]
Entry Sept 2022 587[15] 179[15] 147[15] 4.0[15] 1.2[15]

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
870[1]
Trust
COASTAL ACADEMIES TRUST[1]
Local authority
Kent[1]
Website
http://www.kingethelbert.com/[1]
District
Thanet[16]
Postcode
CT7 9BL[1]
URN
136584[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
794 2024/25[17]
English as an additional language
6.9% 2024/25[17]
SEN support
24.7% 2024/25[17]
EHC plan
4.9% 2024/25[17]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
35.1% 2024/25[17]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
91.1%[18]
Mixed
5.1%[18]
Asian
1.9%[18]
Black
0.6%[18]
Any other ethnic group
0.6%[18]
Unclassified
0.7%[18]

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.
  2. Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  4. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    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.
  5. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2020/21, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2019/20, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  12. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  13. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2023/24. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  14. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2018/19. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  15. Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  16. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  17. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  18. Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.