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Sandwich Technology School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–19

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 30 30.0 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C- C- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
30 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
11.9% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
0.5% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.85 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 35.3[6] 22.2%[6]
2023/24 34.4[4] 19.1%[4] -0.85[4]
2022/23 37.5[7] 25%[7] -0.70[7]
2021/22 38.3[8] 22%[8] -0.89[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C- 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
3.7% 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 C-[10] 0%[10]
2022/23 D+[11] 0%[11]
2021/22 C[12] 0%[12]
2018/19 D+[13] 0%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
94% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
29% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
0% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
57% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
3% 2022/23[14]
Employment
5% 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 89%[15] 34%[15] 0%[15] 47%[15] 3%[15] 4%[15]
2020/21 92%[16] 31%[16] 0%[16] 48%[16] 6%[16] 7%[16]
2019/20 91%[17] 40%[17] 0%[17] 44%[17] 4%[17] 3%[17]
2018/19 93%[18] 46%[18] 0%[18] 39%[18] 5%[18] 2%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
79% 2022/23[19]
Education
45% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
5% 2022/23[19]
Employment
29% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 78%[20] 40%[20] 5%[20] 33%[20]
2020/21 86%[21] 60%[21] 7%[21] 19%[21]
2019/20 76%[22] 52%[22] 1%[22] 24%[22]
2018/19 84%[23] 52%[23] 5%[23] 27%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
46% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
5% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
5% 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 58%[26] 4%[26]
2019/20 63%[25] 6%[25] 5%[25] 0%[25]
2018/19 57%[27] 4%[27] 4%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 35%[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
12 May 2026[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
25 Jun 2026[29]
Inclusion
Expected standard[29]
Achievement
Urgent improvement[29]
Category of concern
SM[29]
Safeguarding standards
Met[29]
Curriculum and teaching
Needs attention[29]
Attendance and behaviour
Urgent improvement[29]
Leadership and governance
Urgent improvement[29]
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard[29]
Post-16 provision (where applicable)
Needs attention[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
1 Apr 2025[30] Schools into Special Measures Visit 1[30] No overall grade[30]
15 May 2024[31] S5 Inspection[31] Inadequate[31]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
1.6 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Applications (any preference)
398 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences
115 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Places offered
243 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences per place
0.5 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 321[32] 90[32] 211[32] 1.5[32] 0.4[32]
Entry Sept 2024 516[32] 174[32] 253[32] 2.0[32] 0.7[32]
Entry Sept 2023 583[32] 200[32] 254[32] 2.3[32] 0.8[32]
Entry Sept 2022 519[32] 198[32] 265[32] 2.0[32] 0.7[32]

Admissions

Places (published admission number), 11+ entry
245 Entry Sept 2027[33]

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
1368[1]
Trust
SANDWICH TECHNOLOGY SCHOOL[1]
Local authority
Kent[1]
Website
http://www.sandwich-tech.kent.sch.uk[1]
District
Dover[34]
Postcode
CT13 0FA[1]
URN
136317[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1235 2024/25[35]
English as an additional language
5% 2024/25[35]
SEN support
21.2% 2024/25[35]
EHC plan
1.2% 2024/25[35]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
38.6% 2024/25[35]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
90.8%[36]
Mixed
2.5%[36]
Asian
1.4%[36]
Black
0.6%[36]
Any other ethnic group
0.8%[36]
Unclassified
3.8%[36]

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

  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.
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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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    Quote
    The school's published admissions number f or Year 7 in the academic year commencing 1 September 2027 will be 245. (p. 1)
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