Secondary school

The Royal Harbour Academy

  • Academy Sponsor Led
  • ages 11–18
  • Mixed
  • Kent
  • CT12 6FA
  • Sixth form
Ofsted report card · inspected May 2026

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 3,256 of 3,280 secondaries in England · top 100%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 100%100%2016/17: top 100%2017/18: top 99%99% · 2017/182018/19: top 100%2021/22: top 99%2022/23: top 99%2023/24: top 99%2024/25: top 100%No exams

Against South East

Attainment 828.9 · South East 461/10 Well below South East
Grade 5+ English and maths15.6% · South East 44.8%1/10 Well below South East
EBacc point score2.32 · South East 4.031/10 Well below South East
Progress 8 · 2023/24-1.02 · South East +0.011/10 Well below South East
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: 31.8 · 221 pupils · South East 50.92016/17: 25.4 · 151 pupils · South East 46.72017/18: 31.1 · 154 pupils · South East 46.72018/19: 28 · 135 pupils · South East 47.12021/22: 32.4 · 154 pupils · South East 49.12022/23: 30.7 · 141 pupils · South East 46.52023/24: 29.8 · 168 pupils · South East 46.22024/25: 28.9 · 180 pupils · South East 4632.425.4No exams
Grade 5+ English and maths
2016/17: 5% · 151 pupils · South East 43%2017/18: 14% · 154 pupils · South East 43.5%2018/19: 12% · 135 pupils · South East 43%2021/22: 13% · 154 pupils · South East 51%2022/23: 16% · 141 pupils · South East 45%2023/24: 11.9% · 168 pupils · South East 45.9%2024/25: 15.6% · 180 pupils · South East 44.8%16%5%No exams
A level points per entry
2015/16: withheld (3 pupils)2016/17: withheld2017/18: withheld (1 pupils)2018/19: withheld2021/22: withheld2022/23: withheld2023/24: withheld2024/25: withheldNo exams

Withheld 2015/16, 2016/17, 2017/18, 2018/19, 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in75.5%
176 of 233 who put it first2014 · 95.1%2026 · 75.5%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st233176
2nd10225
3rd8911

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2006–2026

  • InclusionExpected
  • AchievementUrgent improvement
  • Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
  • Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
  • Leadership and governanceNeeds attention
  • Personal development and wellbeingExpected
  • Post-16 provisionExpected
  • SafeguardingMet
  1. 2006Goodas predecessor
  2. 2011Satisfactoryas predecessor
  3. 2012Goodas predecessor
  4. 2016Ungraded visitas predecessor
  5. 2018Inadequateas predecessor
  6. 2019Ungraded visitas predecessor
  7. 2020Requires improvementas predecessor
  8. 2026Lowest Urgent improvement

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 20261,045
Free school meals (past 6 years)63.6%
First language not English10.2%
SEN support29.8%
EHC plan6.9%
Absence (sessions missed)15.8%
Persistently absent pupils43.3%

Girls 47%Boys 53%

114.1% full · 916 places · 72 in sixth form

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher15.3
Pupils per adult10.0
  • Classroom teachers 61.3
  • Leadership 6.8
  • Teaching assistants 27
  • Other support 37.6

Teachers 68.1 FTE · Whole workforce 132.7 · 150 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£10,114
Spend per pupil£9,946
Staff spend per pupil£6,949
Reserve per pupil£66
  • +£67,000revenue reserve
  • +£171,000in-year balance

Grants £9,980 · self-generated £134 · premises £1,631 per pupil

Multi-academy trust: COASTAL ACADEMIES TRUST (6 academies) · trust reserve £3,389,000 · 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

168 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained80.4%
  • Education76.2%
  • Apprenticeship2.4%
  • Employment1.8%
  • Not sustained10.1%
  • Unknown9.5%

After sixth form (16–18)

15 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained86.7%
  • Education53.3%
  • Higher education40%
  • Apprenticeship0%
  • Employment33.3%
  • Not sustained13.3%
  • Unknown0%