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Sir Roger Manwood's School[1]

Grammar · Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 59 59.0 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL B- B- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
59 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
75.8% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
19.3% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.21 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 62.7[6] 81%[6]
2023/24 63.2[4] 86.2%[4] +0.21[4]
2022/23 60[7] 78%[7] -0.24[7]
2021/22 67[8] 86%[8] +0.05[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
B- 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
14.8% 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 B-[10] 15.4%[10]
2022/23 B-[11] 21.3%[11]
2021/22 B[12] 23.8%[12]
2018/19 C+[13] 16.8%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
97% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
86% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
0% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
10% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
1% 2022/23[14]
Employment
1% 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 99%[15] 82%[15] 0%[15] 11%[15] 3%[15] 1%[15]
2020/21 98%[16] 79%[16] 0%[16] 14%[16] 2%[16] 2%[16]
2019/20 99%[17] 88%[17] 1%[17] 8%[17] 0%[17] 0%[17]
2018/19 99%[18] 81%[18] 0%[18] 12%[18] 1%[18] 1%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
86% 2022/23[19]
Education
62% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
5% 2022/23[19]
Employment
20% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 90%[20] 57%[20] 4%[20] 29%[20]
2020/21 83%[21] 60%[21] 2%[21] 22%[21]
2019/20 88%[22] 69%[22] 3%[22] 17%[22]
2018/19 83%[23] 64%[23] 5%[23] 14%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
70% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
31% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
36% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
3% 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 81%[26] 35%[26]
2019/20 85%[25] 39%[25] 36%[25] 3%[25]
2018/19 79%[27] 27%[27] 17%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 72%[28] 32%[28] 25%[28] 2%[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
27 Sep 2022[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
10 Nov 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)
Good[29]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[29]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
3.4 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Applications (any preference)
412 Entry Sept 2026[30]
First preferences
147 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Places offered
120 Entry Sept 2026[30]
First preferences per place
1.2 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 397[30] 137[30] 113[30] 3.5[30] 1.2[30]
Entry Sept 2024 455[30] 154[30] 124[30] 3.7[30] 1.2[30]
Entry Sept 2023 436[30] 160[30] 137[30] 3.2[30] 1.2[30]
Entry Sept 2022 375[30] 138[30] 120[30] 3.1[30] 1.1[30]

Priority areas

Pupil Premium priority area (CT3, CT11–CT16 and within 8.5 miles)
Within 13.7 km (8.5 miles), postcodes CT11, CT12, CT13, CT14, CT15, CT16, CT3 · Children in receipt of Pupil Premium who live within a CT3, CT11, CT12, CT13, CT14, CT15 or CT16 postcode and within 8.5 miles of the school come after looked-after children and siblings (criterion 3); the school's Supplementary Information Form is due by 31 October. Entry Sept 2027[31]

Admissions

Places (published admission number), 11+ entry
150 Entry Sept 2027[31]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1070[1]
Trust
SIR ROGER MANWOOD'S SCHOOL[1]
Local authority
Kent[1]
Website
http://www.manwoods.co.uk[1]
District
Dover[32]
Postcode
CT13 9JX[1]
URN
136501[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1016 2024/25[33]
English as an additional language
6% 2024/25[33]
SEN support
12.8% 2024/25[33]
EHC plan
0.4% 2024/25[33]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
11.4% 2024/25[33]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
86.9%[34]
Mixed
6.7%[34]
Asian
3.6%[34]
Black
1%[34]
Any other ethnic group
0.5%[34]
Unclassified
1.3%[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.

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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  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.
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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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  31. manwoods.co.uk: manwoods.co.uk document (PDF). Period 2026-10-16. Licence: copyright-quoted.
    Quotes (2)
    Children in receipt of Pupil Premium who live within a CT3, CT11, CT12, CT13, CT14, CT15 or CT16 postcode and who live within a radius of 8.5 miles from Sir Roger Manwood's School. (p. 4)
    The school's Published Admissions Number for Year 7 is 150. (p. 3)
  32. 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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