Secondary school

Knole Academy

  • Academy Sponsor Led
  • ages 11–19
  • Mixed
  • Kent
  • TN13 3LE
  • Sixth form
Ofsted Good · inspected Sep 2017

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 1,894 of 3,280 secondaries in England · top 58%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 68%68%2016/17: top 76%2017/18: top 88%2018/19: top 68%2021/22: top 74%2022/23: top 66%2023/24: top 65%2024/25: top 58%No exams

Against South East

Attainment 844.3 · South East 465/10 Middle+14.9 pts since 21/22
Grade 5+ English and maths44.4% · South East 44.8%5/10 Middle+26.6 pts since 21/22
EBacc point score4 · South East 45/10 Middle+17.7 pts since 21/22
Progress 8 · 2023/24-0.49 · South East +0.012/10 Well below South East−5.3 pts since 18/19
A level points per entry23.2 · South East 33.5Small cohort: 16 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
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No exams 2019/20–21

Attainment 8
2015/16: 47.6 · 204 pupils · South East 50.92016/17: 41.3 · 226 pupils · South East 46.72017/18: 38 · 194 pupils · South East 46.72018/19: 43 · 229 pupils · South East 47.12021/22: 43.6 · 236 pupils · South East 49.12022/23: 42.8 · 229 pupils · South East 46.52023/24: 42.7 · 240 pupils · South East 46.22024/25: 44.3 · 234 pupils · South East 4647.638No exams
Grade 5+ English and maths
2016/17: 28% · 226 pupils · South East 43%2017/18: 22% · 194 pupils · South East 43.5%2018/19: 32% · 229 pupils · South East 43%2021/22: 36% · 236 pupils · South East 51%2022/23: 35% · 229 pupils · South East 45%2023/24: 43.3% · 240 pupils · South East 45.9%2024/25: 44.4% · 234 pupils · South East 44.8%44.4%22%No exams
A level points per entry
2015/16: 26.77 · 59 pupils · South East 28.942016/17: 27.6 · 85 pupils · South East 29.962017/18: 24.33 · 77 pupils · South East 30.252018/19: 30.28 · 72 pupils · South East 31.762021/22: withheld (1 pupils)2022/23: 37.04 · 10 pupils · South East 32.822023/24: withheld (5 pupils)2024/25: 23.2 · 16 pupils · South East 33.4737.0423.2No exams

Withheld 2021/22, 2023/24

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in70.8%
141 of 199 who put it first2014 · 78.2%2026 · 70.9%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st199141
2nd26258
3rd21625

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2006–2022

  1. 2006Satisfactoryas predecessor
  2. 2009Satisfactoryas predecessor
  3. 2009Goodas predecessor
  4. 2012Good
  5. 2015Requires improvement
  6. 2016Ungraded visit
  7. 2017Good
  8. 2022Remains Good

5 strong areas

  • Outcomes for pupils
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management
  • Personal development, behaviour and welfare
  • 16 to 19 study programmes
  • Quality of teaching, learning and assessment

0 weak areas

5 areas graded

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 20261,410
Free school meals (past 6 years)22.1%
First language not English5.7%
SEN support17.7%
EHC plan4.5%
Absence (sessions missed)10.8%
Persistently absent pupils31.4%

Girls 53%Boys 47%

91% full · 1,550 places · 200 in sixth form

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher18.1
Pupils per adult12.7
  • Classroom teachers 75.8
  • Leadership 2
  • Teaching assistants 17.5
  • Other support 32.2

Teachers 77.8 FTE · Whole workforce 127.5 · 144 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£7,436
Spend per pupil£7,198
Staff spend per pupil£5,421
Reserve per pupil£719
  • +£1,016,000revenue reserve
  • +£336,000in-year balance

Grants £7,275 · self-generated £179 · premises £490 per pupil

Multi-academy trust: ALETHEIA ACADEMIES TRUST (15 academies) · trust reserve £6,690,000 · 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

240 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained88.8%
  • Education81.7%
  • Apprenticeship3.3%
  • Employment3.8%
  • Not sustained6.3%
  • Unknown5%

After sixth form (16–18)

66 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained86.4%
  • Education62.1%
  • Higher education56.1%
  • Apprenticeship1.5%
  • Employment22.7%
  • Not sustained9.1%
  • Unknown4.5%