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Cornwallis Academy[1]

Secondary · ages 11–19

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 37 37.2 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL D D 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
37.2 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
27.4% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
3% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.33 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[5]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 38.6[6] 35.8%[6]
2023/24 37.9[4] 29.8%[4] -0.33[4]
2022/23 38.7[7] 30%[7] -0.46[7]
2021/22 39.9[8] 34%[8] -0.30[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
D 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
0% 2024/25[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 D-[10] 0%[10]
2022/23 D+[11] 2.6%[11]
2021/22 D+[12] 0%[12]
2018/19 D+[13] 6.1%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
88% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
41% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
0% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
37% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
6% 2022/23[14]
Employment
4% 2022/23[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 88%[15] 49%[15] 0%[15] 26%[15] 5%[15] 8%[15]
2020/21 92%[16] 49%[16] 30%[16] 4%[16] 8%[16]
2019/20 93%[17] 43%[17] 0%[17] 38%[17] 3%[17] 9%[17]
2018/19 94%[18] 53%[18] 0%[18] 32%[18] 4%[18] 3%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
76% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
27% 2022/23[19]
Education
34% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
8% 2022/23[19]
Employment
34% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 81%[20] 20%[20] 31%[20] 10%[20] 40%[20]
2020/21 86%[21] 18%[21] 28%[21] 13%[21] 45%[21]
2019/20 72%[22] 17%[22] 23%[22] 12%[22] 37%[22]
2018/19 75%[23] 23%[23] 28%[23] 13%[23] 34%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
35% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
1% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
0% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
0% 2019/20[25]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 25%[26] 4%[26]
2019/20 31%[25] 0%[25] 0%[25] 0%[25]
2018/19 33%[27] 3%[27] 2%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 33%[28] 1%[28] 1%[28] 0%[28]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
11 Jan 2023[29]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[29]
Report published
5 Mar 2023[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
School remains Good[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
28 Nov 2017[30] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[30] Good[30]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
3.2 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Applications (any preference)
635 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences
283 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Places offered
201 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences per place
1.4 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 638[31] 246[31] 230[31] 2.8[31] 1.1[31]
Entry Sept 2024 619[31] 274[31] 208[31] 3.0[31] 1.3[31]
Entry Sept 2023 569[31] 236[31] 237[31] 2.4[31] 1.0[31]
Entry Sept 2022 413[31] 196[31] 206[31] 2.0[31] 1.0[31]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy sponsor led[1]
Ages
11–19[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1825[1]
Trust
FUTURE SCHOOLS TRUST[1]
Local authority
Kent[1]
Website
http://www.futureschoolstrust.com/[1]
District
Maidstone[32]
Postcode
ME17 4HX[1]
URN
135371[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
1328 2024/25[33]
English as an additional language
11% 2024/25[33]
SEN support
15.4% 2024/25[33]
EHC plan
2.6% 2024/25[33]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
35.4% 2024/25[33]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
88.1%[34]
Mixed
5.5%[34]
Asian
1.5%[34]
Black
4.2%[34]
Any other ethnic group
0.7%[34]
Unclassified
0%[34]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

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