The Archbishop's School is a secondary school located in Canterbury. 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 28/01/2016. The overall pupil absence from this school is 10.4%, which is 6.4 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: St Stephens Hill, Canterbury, CT2 7AP
Website: http://www.archbishops-school.co.uk/
Telephone: 01227765805
School Type: Foundation school
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Kent
Headteacher / Principal: Mr David Elliott
Religious character: Church of England
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 118898

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 28/01/2016

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 18
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 867
Number of Pupils: 587
Number of Boys: 322
Number of Girls: 265

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 10.4% 4%
Persistent absence: 32.8% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Well Below Average: -0.68 Confidence interval -0.89 to -0.46
Of the 143 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 140 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:29%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:98%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:16%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:37.8
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:3.1
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St Stephen's Junior School
Hales Drive , St Stephens CT2 7AD 		3out of 4 488 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
St Stephen's Infant School
Hales Drive , St Stephen's CT2 7AB 		- not rated 517 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
St Johns Church of England Primary School
St John's Place , Northgate CT1 1BD 		3out of 4 1,413 yd Voluntary controlled school Yes Mixed More About School
St Peter's Methodist Primary School
St Peter's Grove , CT1 2DH 		3out of 4 1,740 yd Voluntary controlled school No Mixed More About School
Blean Primary School
Whitstable Road , Blean CT2 9ED 		4out of 4 1,789 yd Community school No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
The Archbishop's School
St Stephens Hill , CT2 7AP 		3out of 4 0 yd Foundation school No Mixed More About School
The Canterbury Academy
Knight Avenue , CT2 8QA 		3out of 4 2,060 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Barton Court Grammar School
Longport , CT1 1PH 		4out of 4 2,471 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
University of Kent
The Registry , CT2 7NZ 		- not rated 585 yd Higher education institutions Not Applicable Mixed More About School
St Edmund's School Canterbury
St Thomas Hill , CT2 8HU 		- not rated 1,146 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School
Bemix
Roper Road , CT2 7ER 		- not rated 1,167 yd Special post 16 institution Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Kent College International Study Centre
Whitstable Road , CT2 9DT 		- not rated 1,421 yd Other independent school No Mixed More About School
Kent College (Canterbury)
Whitstable Road , CT2 9DT 		- not rated 1,421 yd Other independent school Not Applicable Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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