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Brockhill Park Performing Arts College[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 36 36.1 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
36.1 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
16.6% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
0.5% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-1.00 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 Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 37.4[5] 24%[5]
2023/24 33.3[3] 14.4%[3] -1.00[3]
2022/23 38.4[6] 26%[6] -0.40[6]
2021/22 38.5[7] 19%[7] -0.69[7]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
D- 2024/25[8]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
0% 2024/25[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 AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 D[10] 3.7%[10]
2022/23 D[11] 0%[11]
2021/22 D+[12] 2.8%[12]
2018/19 D[13] 0%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
95% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
41% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
0% 2021/22[15]
Further education college
44% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
7% 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 95%[15] 45%[15] 0%[15] 38%[15] 3%[15] 7%[15]
2020/21 90%[16] 37%[16] 0%[16] 44%[16] 4%[16] 4%[16]
2019/20 94%[17] 48%[17] 0%[17] 38%[17] 4%[17] 4%[17]
2018/19 92%[18] 45%[18] 0%[18] 40%[18] 5%[18] 1%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
83% 2022/23[19]
Education
44% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
4% 2022/23[19]
Employment
35% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 84%[20] 45%[20] 3%[20] 36%[20]
2020/21 79%[21] 33%[21] 6%[21] 40%[21]
2019/20 77%[22] 45%[22] 4%[22] 28%[22]
2018/19 89%[23] 54%[23] 5%[23] 30%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
49% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
3% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
2% 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 47%[26] 0%[26]
2019/20 57%[25] 2%[25] 2%[25] 0%[25]
2018/19 62%[27] 0%[27] 0%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 54%[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
20 Jan 2026[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
22 Mar 2026[29]
Inclusion
Expected standard[29]
Achievement
Expected standard[29]
Safeguarding standards
Met[29]
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard[29]
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard[29]
Leadership and governance
Expected standard[29]
Personal development and wellbeing
Strong standard[29]
Post-16 provision (where applicable)
Expected standard[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
12 Oct 2021[30] S5 Inspection[30] Good[30]
Date not published[31] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[31] Good[31]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
3.0 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Applications (any preference)
688 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences
213 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Places offered
230 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences per place
0.9 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 690[32] 205[32] 225[32] 3.1[32] 0.9[32]
Entry Sept 2024 744[32] 247[32] 234[32] 3.2[32] 1.1[32]
Entry Sept 2023 739[32] 233[32] 233[32] 3.2[32] 1.0[32]
Entry Sept 2022 622[32] 240[32] 230[32] 2.7[32] 1.0[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
1384[1]
Trust
BROCKHILL PARK PERFORMING ARTS COLLEGE[1]
Local authority
Kent[1]
Website
http://www.brockhill.kent.sch.uk/[1]
District
Folkestone and Hythe[33]
Postcode
CT21 4HL[1]
URN
137458[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1358 2024/25[34]
English as an additional language
4.5% 2024/25[34]
SEN support
16% 2024/25[34]
EHC plan
1.6% 2024/25[34]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
33.6% 2024/25[34]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
91.7%[35]
Mixed
5%[35]
Asian
0.8%[35]
Black
0.5%[35]
Any other ethnic group
0.5%[35]
Unclassified
1.5%[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

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