Dane Court Grammar School[1]

Grammar · Secondary · ages 11–18

Headline results

Attainment 8: A8 67 67.2 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8: 67.2 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 89.4% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths: 53.1% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8: +0.69 2023/24[3]
Progress 8, 2025/26: Not calculated[4]
Progress 8, 2024/25: Not calculated[4]

Earlier years
Year	Attainment 8	Grade 5+ in English & maths	Progress 8
2024/25	65.3[5]	92.8%[5]
2023/24	68.6[3]	93.6%[3]	+0.69[3]
2022/23	69.2[6]	94%[6]	+0.67[6]
2021/22	67.5[7]	95%[7]	+0.27[7]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade: D- 2017/18[8]
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
2016/17	C[10]
2015/16	E+[11]
2014/15	C-[12]
2013/14	C-[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 96% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form: 87% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college: 0% 2022/23[14]
Further education college: 8% 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]	86%[15]	0%[15]	7%[15]	3%[15]	2%[15]
2020/21	99%[16]	86%[16]	0%[16]	10%[16]	0%[16]	1%[16]
2019/20	99%[17]	97%[17]	0%[17]	1%[17]	0%[17]	0%[17]
2018/19	98%[18]	92%[18]	0%[18]	3%[18]	0%[18]	1%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 84% 2022/23[19]
Education: 53% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship: 5% 2022/23[19]
Employment: 27% 2022/23[19]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	Education	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	88%[20]	59%[20]	4%[20]	26%[20]
2020/21	85%[21]	51%[21]	4%[21]	30%[21]
2019/20	89%[22]	65%[22]	4%[22]	20%[22]
2018/19	88%[23]	64%[23]	5%[23]	19%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education: 65% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities: 21% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities: 20% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge: 2% 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	61%[26]	19%[26]
2019/20	75%[25]	24%[25]	20%[25]	2%[25]
2018/19	71%[27]	15%[27]	14%[27]	1%[27]
2017/18	66%[28]	17%[28]	17%[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: 10 May 2022[29]
Type: S5 Inspection[29]
Report published: 6 Jul 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]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place: 3.5 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Applications (any preference): 572 Entry Sept 2026[30]
First preferences: 230 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Places offered: 165 Entry Sept 2026[30]
First preferences per place: 1.4 Entry Sept 2026[30]

Earlier years
Entry	Applications	First preferences	Places offered	Per place	First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025	534[30]	240[30]	163[30]	3.3[30]	1.5[30]
Entry Sept 2024	573[30]	223[30]	165[30]	3.5[30]	1.4[30]
Entry Sept 2023	568[30]	235[30]	165[30]	3.4[30]	1.4[30]
Entry Sept 2022	594[30]	249[30]	164[30]	3.6[30]	1.5[30]

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: 1154[1]
Trust: COASTAL ACADEMIES TRUST[1]
Local authority: Kent[1]
Website: http://danecourt.kent.sch.uk/[1]
District: Thanet [31]
Postcode: CT10 2RT[1]
URN: 136585[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll: 1227 2024/25[32]
English as an additional language: 10.6% 2024/25[32]
SEN support: 4.4% 2024/25[32]
EHC plan: 0.5% 2024/25[32]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 21.1% 2024/25[32]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 78.7%[33]
Mixed: 8.6%[33]
Asian: 7.6%[33]
Black: 2%[33]
Any other ethnic group: 1.9%[33]
Unclassified: 1.2%[33]

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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