Homewood School and Sixth Form Centre is a secondary school located in Tenterden. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 28/09/2012. The overall pupil absence from this school is 7.2%, which is 3.2 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Ashford Road, Tenterden, TN30 6LT
Website: http://www.homewood-school.co.uk/
Telephone: 01580764222
School Type: Academy converter
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Kent
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Jeremy Single
Religious character: None
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 137484

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 28/09/2012

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 18
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 2156
Number of Pupils: 2068
Number of Boys: 965
Number of Girls: 1103

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 7.2% 4%
Persistent absence: 22% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Below Average: -0.4 Confidence interval -0.54 to -0.26
Of the 340 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 328 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:19%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:93%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:28%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:37.8
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:3.08
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Tenterden Church of England Junior School
Recreation Ground Road , TN30 6RA 		3out of 4 1,165 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Tenterden Infant School
Recreation Ground Road , TN30 6RA 		3out of 4 1,197 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
St Michael's Church of England Primary School
Ashford Road , St Michael's TN30 6PU 		3out of 4 1,371 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Homewood School and Sixth Form Centre
Ashford Road , TN30 6LT 		3out of 4 0 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Little Acorns School
London Beach Farm , Ashford Road TN30 6SR 		- not rated 2,391 yd Other independent special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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