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Fulston Manor School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 37 36.8 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C- C- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
36.8 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
22.4% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
2% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.70 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] 19.6%[6]
2023/24 39[4] 33.3%[4] -0.70[4]
2022/23 37.7[7] 21%[7] -0.67[7]
2021/22 41[8] 28%[8] -0.62[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C- 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
1.8% 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] 3.5%[10]
2022/23 D+[11] 0%[11]
2021/22 C[12] 3.1%[12]
2018/19 D+[13] 2%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
90% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
43% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
0% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
33% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
10% 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 92%[15] 48%[15] 30%[15] 3%[15] 7%[15]
2020/21 94%[16] 50%[16] 31%[16] 5%[16] 6%[16]
2019/20 95%[17] 56%[17] 0%[17] 32%[17] 4%[17] 3%[17]
2018/19 92%[18] 40%[18] 37%[18] 6%[18] 8%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
85% 2022/23[19]
Education
50% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
6% 2022/23[19]
Employment
29% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 86%[20] 52%[20] 6%[20] 28%[20]
2020/21 88%[21] 60%[21] 4%[21] 24%[21]
2019/20 81%[22] 47%[22] 8%[22] 26%[22]
2018/19 83%[23] 45%[23] 11%[23] 26%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
55% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
8% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
2% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
1% 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 62%[26] 6%[26]
2019/20 56%[25] 4%[25] 2%[25] 1%[25]
2018/19 51%[27] 2%[27] 2%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 55%[28] 6%[28] 3%[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
14 Nov 2023[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
11 Jan 2024[29]
Personal development
Good[29]
Quality of education
Requires improvement[29]
Overall effectiveness
Requires improvement[29]
Behaviour and attitudes
Good[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Good[29]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
13 Dec 2017[30] S5 Inspection[30] Good[30]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
4.5 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Applications (any preference)
910 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences
196 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Places offered
204 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences per place
1.0 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 889[31] 221[31] 202[31] 4.4[31] 1.1[31]
Entry Sept 2024 1019[31] 235[31] 204[31] 5.0[31] 1.2[31]
Entry Sept 2023 1051[31] 300[31] 218[31] 4.8[31] 1.4[31]
Entry Sept 2022 877[31] 326[31] 217[31] 4.0[31] 1.5[31]

Admissions

Places (published admission number), 11+ entry
210 Entry Sept 2027[32]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1104[1]
Trust
FULSTON MANOR ACADEMIES TRUST[1]
Local authority
Kent[1]
Website
http://www.fulstonmanor.kent.sch.uk[1]
District
Swale[33]
Postcode
ME10 4EG[1]
URN
136324[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1325 2024/25[34]
English as an additional language
8.5% 2024/25[34]
SEN support
10.9% 2024/25[34]
EHC plan
4.2% 2024/25[34]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
25.3% 2024/25[34]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
83.9%[35]
Mixed
5.2%[35]
Asian
1.1%[35]
Black
8.4%[35]
Any other ethnic group
0.6%[35]
Unclassified
0.8%[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

  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.
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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.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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  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 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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  32. fulstonmanor.kent.sch.uk: fulstonmanor.kent.sch.uk document (PDF). Period 2026-10-16. Licence: copyright-quoted.
    Quote
    The Published Admissions Number for the school is 210 in each year group. (p. 2)
  33. 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.
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