Secondary school

Skinners' Kent Academy

  • Academy Sponsor Led
  • ages 11–18
  • Mixed
  • Kent
  • TN2 4PY
  • Sixth form
Ofsted Good · inspected May 2023

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 2,800 of 3,280 secondaries in England · top 86%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 77%77%2016/17: top 84%2017/18: top 42%42% · 2017/182018/19: top 60%2021/22: top 69%2022/23: top 81%2023/24: top 55%2024/25: top 86%No exams

Against South East

Attainment 838.4 · South East 462/10 Well below South East−14.7 pts since 21/22
Grade 5+ English and maths25% · South East 44.8%2/10 Well below South East−14.1 pts since 21/22
EBacc point score3.59 · South East 4.034/10 Below−14.7 pts since 21/22
Progress 8 · 2023/24+0.00 · South East +0.015/10 Middle−23.1 pts since 18/19
A level points per entryNot enough data · South East 33.5Suppressed in 2024/25 (too few pupils to publish)
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No exams 2019/20–21

Attainment 8
2015/16: 45.8 · 93 pupils · South East 50.92016/17: 39.8 · 131 pupils · South East 46.72017/18: 47.3 · 139 pupils · South East 46.72018/19: 44.3 · 171 pupils · South East 47.12021/22: 44.7 · 177 pupils · South East 49.12022/23: 39.5 · 189 pupils · South East 46.52023/24: 44.8 · 194 pupils · South East 46.22024/25: 38.4 · 176 pupils · South East 4647.338.4No exams
Grade 5+ English and maths
2016/17: 31% · 131 pupils · South East 43%2017/18: 54% · 139 pupils · South East 43.5%2018/19: 43% · 171 pupils · South East 43%2021/22: 38% · 177 pupils · South East 51%2022/23: 33% · 189 pupils · South East 45%2023/24: 47.9% · 194 pupils · South East 45.9%2024/25: 25% · 176 pupils · South East 44.8%54%25%No exams
A level points per entry
2015/16: 27.24 · 17 pupils · South East 28.942016/17: 25.33 · 17 pupils · South East 29.962017/18: withheld2018/19: withheld2021/22: withheld2022/23: withheld2023/24: withheld2024/25: withheld27.2425.33No exams

Withheld 2017/18, 2018/19, 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in84.3%
140 of 166 who put it first2014 · 75.4%2026 · 84.3%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st166140
2nd14719
3rd1669

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2008–2023

  1. 2008Satisfactoryas predecessor
  2. 2012Good
  3. 2016Outstanding
  4. 2022Remains Outstanding
  5. 2023Good

5 strong areas

  • Personal development
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Sixth form provision
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management

0 weak areas

5 areas graded · safeguarding effective

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 20261,017
Free school meals (past 6 years)31.1%
First language not English10.8%
SEN support24.4%
EHC plan3.1%
Absence (sessions missed)8.0%
Persistently absent pupils22.8%

Girls 44.5%Boys 55.5%

88.4% full · 1,150 places · 155 in sixth form

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher17.3
Pupils per adult11.8
  • Classroom teachers 48
  • Leadership 10.7
  • Teaching assistants 9.9
  • Other support 35.2

Teachers 58.7 FTE · Whole workforce 103.9 · 117 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£7,730
Spend per pupil£8,087
Staff spend per pupil£6,313
Reserve per pupil£437
  • +£453,000revenue reserve
  • −£370,000in-year balance

Grants £7,599 · self-generated £248 · premises £490 per pupil

Multi-academy trust: SKINNERS' ACADEMIES TRUST (6 academies) · trust reserve £5,522,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it

Destinations · 2023/24 leavers

After Year 11

194 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained90.2%
  • Education85.6%
  • Apprenticeship3.6%
  • Employment1%
  • Not sustained6.2%
  • Unknown3.6%

After sixth form (16–18)

75 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained81.3%
  • Education38.7%
  • Higher education34.7%
  • Apprenticeship2.7%
  • Employment40%
  • Not sustained12%
  • Unknown6.7%