Astor Secondary School is a secondary school located in Dover. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness requires improvement. The school inspection was carried out on 20/09/2017. The overall pupil absence from this school is 6.7%, which is 2.7 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Astor Avenue, Dover, CT17 0AS
Website: http://www.astorschool.com
Telephone: 01304201151
School Type: Academy converter
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Kent
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Lee Kane
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 138167

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 20/09/2017

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 18
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1400
Number of Pupils: 807
Number of Boys: 354
Number of Girls: 453

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 6.7% 4%
Persistent absence: 23.1% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Well Below Average: -0.81 Confidence interval -1.02 to -0.6
Of the 153 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 145 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:14%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:90%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:14%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:33.3
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:2.82
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St Martin's School
Markland Road , CT17 9LY
3out of 4 365 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Vale View Community School
Vale View Road , Elms Vale CT17 9NP
3out of 4 546 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
Priory Fields School
Astor Avenue , CT17 0FS
3out of 4 694 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
White Cliffs Primary School
St Radigund's Road , CT17 0LB
3out of 4 733 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Barton Junior School
Barton Road , CT16 2ND
3out of 4 1,530 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Astor Secondary School
Astor Avenue , CT17 0AS
2out of 4 0 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Dover Grammar School for Boys
Astor Avenue , CT17 0DQ
3out of 4 218 yd Foundation school No Boys More About School
Dover Grammar School for Girls
Frith Road , CT16 2PZ
4out of 4 1,648 yd Community school No Girls More About School
St Edmund's Catholic School
Old Charlton Road , CT16 2QB
2out of 4 1,844 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
Dover Christ Church Academy
Melbourne Avenue , Whitfield CT16 2EG
2out of 4 2,914 yd Academy sponsor led Not Applicable Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Elms School
Elms Vale Road , CT17 9PS
3out of 4 943 yd Foundation special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Dover College
Effingham Crescent , CT17 9RH
- not rated 1,444 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School
The Sallygate School
Channels & Choices , Kearsney Manor CT16 3EQ
- not rated 2,958 yd Other independent special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.