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Knole Academy[1]

Secondary · ages 11–19

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 41 41.3 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL D+ D+ 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
41.3 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
35.7% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
9.4% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.49 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 44.3[6] 44.4%[6]
2023/24 42.7[4] 43.3%[4] -0.49[4]
2022/23 42.8[7] 35%[7] -0.44[7]
2021/22 43.6[8] 36%[8] -0.37[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
D+ 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
YearA-level average grade
2022/23 B-[10]
2018/19 C[11]
2017/18 D+[12]
2016/17 C-[13]

Ofsted

Latest inspection
22 Nov 2022[14]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[14]
Report published
18 Jan 2023[14]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[14]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
School remains Good[14]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
20 Sep 2017[15] Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1[15] Good[15]
Date not published[16] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[16] Requires improvement[16]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
3.9 Entry Sept 2026[17]
Applications (any preference)
931 Entry Sept 2026[17]
First preferences
199 Entry Sept 2026[17]
Places offered
237 Entry Sept 2026[17]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place
Entry Sept 2025 919[17] 241[17] 227[17] 4.0[17]
Entry Sept 2024 951[17] 252[17] 235[17] 4.0[17]
Entry Sept 2023 924[17] 250[17] 240[17] 3.9[17]
Entry Sept 2022 891[17] 261[17] 228[17] 3.9[17]

Admissions

Places (published admission number)
240 Entry Sept 2027[18]

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
1550[1]
Trust
ALETHEIA ACADEMIES TRUST[1]
Local authority
Kent[1]
Website
www.knoleacademy.org[1]
District
Sevenoaks[19]
Postcode
TN13 3LE[1]
URN
136128[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1410 2024/25[20]
English as an additional language
5.7% 2024/25[20]
SEN support
17.7% 2024/25[20]
EHC plan
4.5% 2024/25[20]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
22.2% 2024/25[20]

Sources

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  2. Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  4. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  5. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Department for Education: A level and other 16 to 18 results 2020/21. Period 2020/21. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
  10. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  12. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2017/18, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  13. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2016/17, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  14. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2022/23. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  15. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2017/18. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  16. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2015/16. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  17. Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  18. knoleacademy.org: knoleacademy.org — Admissions. Period 2026-10-16. Licence: copyright-quoted.
    Quote
    The Published Admissions Number (PAN) is: 240 (p. 1)
  19. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  20. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.