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The Canterbury Academy[1]

Secondary · ages 11–19

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 35 35.2 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C- C- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
35.2 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
24.1% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
0.4% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.67 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 39[6] 33.6%[6]
2023/24 38[4] 30.2%[4] -0.67[4]
2022/23 38.7[7] 31%[7] -0.55[7]
2021/22 40[8] 31%[8] -0.57[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C- 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
1.5% 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] 3.1%[10]
2022/23 C-[11] 1.8%[11]
2021/22 C+[12] 4.8%[12]
2018/19 D+[13] 3.4%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
89% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
62% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
0% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
21% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
3% 2022/23[14]
Employment
2% 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 93%[15] 71%[15] 0%[15] 14%[15] 4%[15] 3%[15]
2020/21 95%[16] 67%[16] 0%[16] 16%[16] 6%[16] 4%[16]
2019/20 90%[17] 66%[17] 0%[17] 21%[17] 1%[17] 2%[17]
2018/19 94%[18] 59%[18] 0%[18] 25%[18] 4%[18] 4%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
75% 2022/23[19]
Education
35% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
6% 2022/23[19]
Employment
33% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 72%[20] 39%[20] 5%[20] 28%[20]
2020/21 77%[21] 40%[21] 7%[21] 30%[21]
2019/20 77%[22] 48%[22] 4%[22] 25%[22]
2018/19 75%[23] 40%[23] 7%[23] 29%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
53% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
5% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
1% 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 52%[26] 10%[26]
2019/20 53%[25] 2%[25] 1%[25] 0%[25]
2018/19 53%[27] 4%[27] 2%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 52%[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
6 Jan 2026[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
28 May 2026[29]
Inclusion
Strong standard[29]
Achievement
Expected standard[29]
Safeguarding standards
Met[29]
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard[29]
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard[29]
Leadership and governance
Expected standard[29]
Personal development and wellbeing
Strong standard[29]
Post-16 provision (where applicable)
Strong standard[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
21 Feb 2023[30] S5 Inspection[30] Requires improvement[30]
11 Oct 2017[31] Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1[31] Good[31]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
4.2 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Applications (any preference)
844 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences
248 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Places offered
203 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences per place
1.2 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 859[32] 257[32] 197[32] 4.4[32] 1.3[32]
Entry Sept 2024 870[32] 272[32] 198[32] 4.4[32] 1.4[32]
Entry Sept 2023 824[32] 294[32] 202[32] 4.1[32] 1.5[32]
Entry Sept 2022 714[32] 266[32] 187[32] 3.8[32] 1.4[32]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–19[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1300[1]
Trust
THE CANTERBURY ACADEMY TRUST[1]
Local authority
Kent[1]
Website
http://www.canterbury.kent.sch.uk/[1]
District
Canterbury[33]
Postcode
CT2 8QA[1]
URN
136302[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1984 2024/25[34]
English as an additional language
8.4% 2024/25[34]
SEN support
11.8% 2024/25[34]
EHC plan
7.5% 2024/25[34]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
34% 2024/25[34]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
86.6%[35]
Mixed
6.4%[35]
Asian
1.9%[35]
Black
4%[35]
Any other ethnic group
0.9%[35]
Unclassified
0.2%[35]

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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    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.
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    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.
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