Herne Bay High School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

Headline results

Attainment 8: A8 36 35.5 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade: AL C C 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8: 35.5 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 22.9% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths: 4.2% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8: -1.02 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	Progress 8
2024/25	36.8[6]	22.2%[6]
2023/24	38.1[4]	25.5%[4]	-1.02[4]
2022/23	41[7]	31%[7]	-0.94[7]
2021/22	41.4[8]	30%[8]	-0.99[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade: C 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	C[10]	3%[10]
2022/23	C-[11]	0%[11]
2021/22	C+[12]	1.9%[12]
2018/19	C[13]	0%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 90% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form: 50% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college: 0% 2022/23[14]
Further education college: 33% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship: 5% 2022/23[14]
Employment: 3% 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	94%[15]	50%[15]	0%[15]	35%[15]	3%[15]	6%[15]
2020/21	92%[16]	49%[16]	0%[16]	33%[16]	5%[16]	5%[16]
2019/20	93%[17]	54%[17]	0%[17]	32%[17]	3%[17]	3%[17]
2018/19	91%[18]	54%[18]	0%[18]	28%[18]	4%[18]	5%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 81% 2022/23[19]
Education: 37% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship: 6% 2022/23[19]
Employment: 38% 2022/23[19]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	Education	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	83%[20]	53%[20]	8%[20]	22%[20]
2020/21	86%[21]	48%[21]	8%[21]	30%[21]
2019/20	88%[22]	52%[22]	2%[22]	34%[22]
2018/19	82%[23]	45%[23]	7%[23]	30%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education: 60% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities: 2% 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	50%[26]	4%[26]
2019/20	58%[25]	4%[25]	2%[25]	1%[25]
2018/19	53%[27]	4%[27]	3%[27]	0%[27]
2017/18	41%[28]	3%[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: 24 May 2022[29]
Type: S8 No Formal Designation Visit[29]
Report published: 21 Sep 2022[29]
Personal development: Good[29]
Quality of education: Good[29]
Overall effectiveness: Good[29]
Behaviour and attitudes: Good[29]
Safeguarding is effective: Yes[29]
Sixth form provision (where applicable): Outstanding[29]
Effectiveness of leadership and management: Good[29]

Earlier inspections
Inspection	Type	Overall
23 Jan 2018[30]	S5 Inspection[30]	Good[30]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place: 1.8 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Applications (any preference): 506 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences: 249 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Places offered: 274 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences per place: 0.9 Entry Sept 2026[31]

Earlier years
Entry	Applications	First preferences	Places offered	Per place	First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025	465[31]	249[31]	260[31]	1.8[31]	1.0[31]
Entry Sept 2024	509[31]	270[31]	269[31]	1.9[31]	1.0[31]
Entry Sept 2023	540[31]	295[31]	267[31]	2.0[31]	1.1[31]
Entry Sept 2022	520[31]	296[31]	274[31]	1.9[31]	1.1[31]

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: 1494[1]
Trust: HERNE BAY HIGH SCHOOL[1]
Local authority: Kent[1]
Website: http://www.hernebayhigh.org [1]
District: Canterbury [32]
Postcode: CT6 7NS[1]
URN: 136465[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll: 1545 2024/25[33]
English as an additional language: 1.9% 2024/25[33]
SEN support: 10.7% 2024/25[33]
EHC plan: 2.9% 2024/25[33]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 33.3% 2024/25[33]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 86.7%[34]
Mixed: 3.2%[34]
Asian: 0.7%[34]
Black: 0.5%[34]
Any other ethnic group: 0.3%[34]
Unclassified: 8.7%[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.

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