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Astor Secondary School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 30 30.3 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL D+ D+ 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
30.3 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
11.9% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
1.4% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-1.04 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 27.9[6] 10.1%[6]
2023/24 28.6[4] 8.7%[4] -1.04[4]
2022/23 26.8[7] 9%[7] -1.37[7]
2021/22 31.9[8] 18%[8] -1.20[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
D+ 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
0% 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] 0%[12]
2018/19 D[13] 0%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
78% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
26% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
0% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
45% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
3% 2022/23[14]
Employment
4% 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 85%[15] 36%[15] 0%[15] 41%[15] 1%[15] 6%[15]
2020/21 83%[16] 44%[16] 0%[16] 34%[16] 1%[16] 4%[16]
2019/20 92%[17] 46%[17] 0%[17] 40%[17] 1%[17] 3%[17]
2018/19 92%[18] 39%[18] 0%[18] 46%[18] 3%[18] 3%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
68% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
28% 2022/23[19]
Education
28% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
8% 2022/23[19]
Employment
32% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 75%[20] 28%[20] 32%[20] 1%[20] 41%[20]
2020/21 73%[21] 40%[21] 40%[21] 7%[21] 27%[21]
2019/20 74%[22] 32%[22] 38%[22] 4%[22] 32%[22]
2018/19 71%[23] 25%[23] 35%[23] 6%[23] 30%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
52% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
4% 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 59%[26] 4%[26]
2019/20 47%[25] 3%[25] 0%[25] 0%[25]
2018/19 42%[27] 4%[27] 4%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 40%[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
10 Mar 2026[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
12 May 2026[29]
Inclusion
Needs attention[29]
Achievement
Needs attention[29]
Safeguarding standards
Met[29]
Curriculum and teaching
Needs attention[29]
Attendance and behaviour
Needs attention[29]
Leadership and governance
Needs attention[29]
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard[29]
Post-16 provision (where applicable)
Expected standard[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
31 Oct 2023[30] Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 3[30] Requires improvement[30]
6 Jul 2021[31] Requires Improvement monitoring Visit 1[31] No overall grade[31]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
1.9 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Applications (any preference)
224 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences
66 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Places offered
117 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences per place
0.6 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 282[32] 82[32] 135[32] 2.1[32] 0.6[32]
Entry Sept 2024 264[32] 83[32] 100[32] 2.6[32] 0.8[32]
Entry Sept 2023 314[32] 83[32] 137[32] 2.3[32] 0.6[32]
Entry Sept 2022 242[32] 103[32] 146[32] 1.7[32] 0.7[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
1230[1]
Trust
SAMPHIRE STAR EDUCATION TRUST[1]
Local authority
Kent[1]
Website
http://www.astorschool.com[1]
District
Dover[33]
Postcode
CT17 0AS[1]
URN
138167[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
770 2024/25[34]
English as an additional language
16.5% 2024/25[34]
SEN support
22.3% 2024/25[34]
EHC plan
1.7% 2024/25[34]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
62% 2024/25[34]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
83.6%[35]
Mixed
6.4%[35]
Asian
1.9%[35]
Black
3.6%[35]
Any other ethnic group
4%[35]
Unclassified
0.5%[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.

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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