Secondary school

The Sittingbourne School

  • Academy Sponsor Led
  • ages 11–19
  • Mixed
  • Kent
  • ME10 4NL
  • Sixth form
Ofsted Good · inspected Mar 2023

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 3,120 of 3,280 secondaries in England · top 96%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 94%94%2016/17: top 97%2017/18: top 87%87% · 2017/182018/19: top 97%2021/22: top 91%2022/23: top 90%2023/24: top 96%2024/25: top 96%No exams

A-level results

#370 of 394 South East sixth forms, state and independent, 2024/25

Independent and selective (grammar) schools choose their pupils, so high results partly reflect who gets in, not only teaching. Some independent schools don't publish results.

Against South East

Attainment 834.1 · South East 461/10 Well below South East
Grade 5+ English and maths23.6% · South East 44.8%2/10 Well below South East
EBacc point score2.71 · South East 4.031/10 Well below South East
Progress 8 · 2023/24-0.70 · South East +0.012/10 Well below South East
A level points per entry24.02 · South East 33.471/10 Well below South East
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No exams 2019/20–21

Attainment 8
2015/16: 41 · 186 pupils · South East 50.92016/17: 34.2 · 179 pupils · South East 46.72017/18: 38.2 · 200 pupils · South East 46.72018/19: 33.5 · 184 pupils · South East 47.12021/22: 38.5 · 268 pupils · South East 49.12022/23: 36.6 · 264 pupils · South East 46.52023/24: 33.2 · 257 pupils · South East 46.22024/25: 34.1 · 271 pupils · South East 464133.2No exams
Grade 5+ English and maths
2016/17: 15% · 179 pupils · South East 43%2017/18: 21% · 200 pupils · South East 43.5%2018/19: 21% · 184 pupils · South East 43%2021/22: 31% · 268 pupils · South East 51%2022/23: 22% · 264 pupils · South East 45%2023/24: 20.6% · 257 pupils · South East 45.9%2024/25: 23.6% · 271 pupils · South East 44.8%31%15%No exams
A level points per entry
2015/16: 25.26 · 30 pupils · South East 28.942016/17: 31.69 · 23 pupils · South East 29.962017/18: 17.46 · 18 pupils · South East 30.252018/19: 25.71 · 22 pupils · South East 31.762021/22: 30.65 · 27 pupils · South East 36.42022/23: 25.08 · 28 pupils · South East 32.822023/24: 28.95 · 39 pupils · South East 32.832024/25: 24.02 · 34 pupils · South East 33.4731.6917.46No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in100.0%
187 of 187 who put it first2014 · 99.0%2026 · 100.0%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st187187
2nd19228
3rd24621

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2007–2023

  1. 2007Goodas predecessor
  2. 2010Satisfactoryas predecessor
  3. 2013Good
  4. 2017Good
  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 20261,556
Free school meals (past 6 years)40.9%
First language not English7.0%
SEN support17.6%
EHC plan7.8%
Absence (sessions missed)10.8%
Persistently absent pupils31.3%

Girls 49.4%Boys 50.6%

115.3% full · 1,350 places · 162 in sixth form

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher15.4
Pupils per adult9.7
  • Classroom teachers 85.2
  • Leadership 16
  • Teaching assistants 37.8
  • Other support 44.7

Teachers 101.2 FTE · Whole workforce 183.7 · 206 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£8,740
Spend per pupil£8,046
Staff spend per pupil£6,565
Reserve per pupil£0
  • £0revenue reserve
  • +£1,104,000in-year balance

Grants £8,658 · self-generated £124 · premises £446 per pupil

Multi-academy trust: SWALE ACADEMIES TRUST (19 academies) · trust reserve £5,566,000 · 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

257 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained81.7%
  • Education77%
  • Apprenticeship2.3%
  • Employment2.3%
  • Not sustained10.5%
  • Unknown7.8%

After sixth form (16–18)

108 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained77.8%
  • Education36.1%
  • Higher education33.3%
  • Apprenticeship2.8%
  • Employment38.9%
  • Not sustained18.5%
  • Unknown3.7%