The Canterbury Academy 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 12/10/2017. The overall pupil absence from this school is 9.2%, which is 5.2 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Knight Avenue, Canterbury, CT2 8QA
Website: http://www.canterbury.kent.sch.uk/
Telephone: 01227463971
School Type: Academy converter
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Kent
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Jon Watson
Religious character: None
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 136302

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 12/10/2017

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 19
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1300
Number of Pupils: 1833
Number of Boys: 949
Number of Girls: 884

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 9.2% 4%
Persistent absence: 27.3% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Well Below Average: -0.51 Confidence interval -0.67 to -0.34
Of the 237 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 228 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:22%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:94%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:25%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:37.5
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:3.02
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
The Canterbury Primary School
City View , Franklyn Road CT2 8PT
3out of 4 270 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
St Peter's Methodist Primary School
St Peter's Grove , CT1 2DH
3out of 4 1,053 yd Voluntary controlled school No Mixed More About School
Wincheap Foundation Primary School
Hollow Lane , CT1 3SD
3out of 4 1,160 yd Foundation school No Mixed More About School
St Johns Church of England Primary School
St John's Place , Northgate CT1 1BD
3out of 4 1,615 yd Voluntary controlled school Yes Mixed More About School
St Thomas' Catholic Primary School, Canterbury
99 Military Road , CT1 1NE
4out of 4 1,821 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
The Canterbury Academy
Knight Avenue , CT2 8QA
3out of 4 0 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School
The Archbishop's School
St Stephens Hill , CT2 7AP
3out of 4 2,060 yd Foundation school No Mixed More About School
Barton Court Grammar School
Longport , CT1 1PH
4out of 4 2,141 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys
Langton Lane , Nackington Road CT4 7AS
4out of 4 2,703 yd Foundation school No Boys More About School
Simon Langton Girls' Grammar School
Old Dover Road , CT1 3EW
3out of 4 3,044 yd Voluntary controlled school No Girls More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Bemix
Roper Road , CT2 7ER
- not rated 1,052 yd Special post 16 institution Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Kent College Nursery, Infant and Junior School
Harbledown , Canterbury CT2 9AQ
- not rated 1,477 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School
The Orchard School
Cambridge Road , CT1 3QQ
3out of 4 1,547 yd Foundation special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School
St Edmund's School Canterbury
St Thomas Hill , CT2 8HU
- not rated 1,624 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School
St Nicholas' School
Holm Oak Close , Nunnery Fields CT1 3JJ
3out of 4 1,629 yd Community special school Yes Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.