Secondary school

Dover Christ Church Academy

  • Academy Sponsor Led
  • ages 11–18
  • Mixed
  • Kent
  • CT16 2EG
  • Sixth form
Ofsted Requires improvement · inspected Oct 2022

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 3,232 of 3,280 secondaries in England · top 99%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 93%93%2016/17: top 90%90% · 2016/172017/18: top 100%2018/19: top 99%2021/22: top 100%2022/23: top 100%2023/24: top 100%2024/25: top 99%No exams

Against South East

Attainment 830.4 · South East 461/10 Well below South East
Grade 5+ English and maths8.3% · South East 44.8%1/10 Well below South East
EBacc point score2.35 · South East 4.031/10 Well below South East
Progress 8 · 2023/24-1.13 · 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: 41.2 · 115 pupils · South East 50.92016/17: 37.9 · 111 pupils · South East 46.72017/18: 30.3 · 113 pupils · South East 46.72018/19: 30.9 · 102 pupils · South East 47.12021/22: 29.6 · 162 pupils · South East 49.12022/23: 26.7 · 120 pupils · South East 46.52023/24: 27.7 · 129 pupils · South East 46.22024/25: 30.4 · 133 pupils · South East 4641.226.7No exams
Grade 5+ English and maths
2016/17: 16% · 111 pupils · South East 43%2017/18: 11% · 113 pupils · South East 43.5%2018/19: 7% · 102 pupils · South East 43%2021/22: 7% · 162 pupils · South East 51%2022/23: 4% · 120 pupils · South East 45%2023/24: 9.3% · 129 pupils · South East 45.9%2024/25: 8.3% · 133 pupils · South East 44.8%16%4%No exams
A level points per entry
2015/16: 20.9 · 31 pupils · South East 28.942016/17: 20.49 · 24 pupils · South East 29.962017/18: 16.58 · 32 pupils · South East 30.252018/19: 15.29 · 10 pupils · South East 31.762021/22: withheld2022/23: withheld2023/24: withheld2024/25: withheld20.915.29No exams

Withheld 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in85.4%
117 of 137 who put it first2014 · 100.0%2026 · 85.4%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st137117
2nd10513
3rd691

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2007–2022

  1. 2007Goodas predecessor
  2. 2012Requires improvementas predecessor
  3. 2014Requires improvementas predecessor
  4. 2016Requires improvementas predecessor
  5. 2018Ungraded visitas predecessor
  6. 2019Requires improvementas predecessor
  7. 2021Ungraded visitas predecessor
  8. 2022Requires improvementas predecessor

2 strong areas

  • Personal development
  • Sixth form provision

3 weak areas

  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management

5 areas graded · safeguarding effective · inspected as predecessor

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026761
Free school meals (past 6 years)50.6%
First language not English4.8%
SEN support18.1%
EHC plan11.6%
Absence (sessions missed)8.1%
Persistently absent pupils28.0%

Girls 48.8%Boys 51.3%

76.9% full · 990 places · 23 in sixth form

Parent View

Not published for this school

Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher14.0
Pupils per adult7.6
  • Classroom teachers 50.5
  • Leadership 4
  • Teaching assistants 32.8
  • Other support 30

Teachers 54.5 FTE · Whole workforce 117.3 · 136 people

Financials

No AAR return published for this school

Destinations · 2023/24 leavers

After Year 11

129 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained86%
  • Education81.4%
  • Apprenticeship2.3%
  • Employment2.3%
  • Not sustained9.3%
  • Unknown4.7%

After sixth form (16–18)

28 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained75%
  • Education25%
  • Higher education25%
  • Apprenticeship0%
  • Employment50%
  • Not sustained25%
  • Unknown0%