High Weald Academy is a secondary school located in Cranbrook. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's management effectiveness good, overall effectiveness, quality of education and outcomes for pupils requires improvement. The school inspection was carried out on 03/04/2019. The overall pupil absence from this school is 8.8%, which is 4.8 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Angley Road, Cranbrook, TN17 2PJ
Website: www.highwealdacademy.kent.sch.uk
Telephone: 01580712754
School Type: Academy sponsor led
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Kent
Headteacher / Principal: Ms Nicola Taylor
Religious character: None
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 138236

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 03/04/2019

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 18
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1020
Number of Pupils: 257
Number of Boys: 149
Number of Girls: 108

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 8.8% 4%
Persistent absence: 26.5% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Well Below Average: -0.69 Confidence interval -1.05 to -0.33
Of the 50 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 49 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:44%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:83%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:10%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:32
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:2.56
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Cranbrook Church of England Primary School
Carriers Road , TN17 3JZ
3out of 4 608 yd Voluntary controlled school No Mixed More About School
Sissinghurst Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary School
Common Road , Sissinghurst TN17 2BH
3out of 4 2,588 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Colliers Green Church of England Primary School
Colliers Green , TN17 2LR
3out of 4 2,855 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
High Weald Academy
Angley Road , TN17 2PJ
2out of 4 0 yd Academy sponsor led Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Cranbrook School
Waterloo Road , TN17 3JD
4out of 4 907 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Belle Vue School
Jockey Lane , Cranbrook TN17 3JN
- not rated 684 yd Other independent special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Dulwich Prep Cranbrook
Coursehorn , TN17 3NP
- not rated 2,492 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.