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Barton Court Grammar School[1]

Grammar · Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 66 66.1 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL B- B- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
66.1 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
85.9% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
43% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.38 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 66.4[6] 84.9%[6]
2023/24 66[4] 83.7%[4] +0.38[4]
2022/23 63.5[7] 82%[7] +0.15[7]
2021/22 67.3[8] 86%[8] +0.46[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
B- 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
23.9% 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] 21.3%[10]
2022/23 C+[11] 19.3%[11]
2021/22 B+[12] 37.7%[12]
2018/19 B-[13] 26.4%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
99% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
85% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
0% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
12% 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 97%[15] 88%[15] 0%[15] 8%[15] 1%[15] 0%[15]
2020/21 99%[16] 91%[16] 0%[16] 6%[16] 1%[16] 2%[16]
2019/20 99%[17] 85%[17] 0%[17] 12%[17] 0%[17] 0%[17]
2018/19 99%[18] 87%[18] 0%[18] 8%[18] 1%[18] 2%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
87% 2022/23[19]
Education
63% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
1% 2022/23[19]
Employment
23% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 94%[20] 69%[20] 3%[20] 22%[20]
2020/21 88%[21] 64%[21] 2%[21] 23%[21]
2019/20 80%[22] 58%[22] 2%[22] 20%[22]
2018/19 79%[23] 55%[23] 1%[23] 23%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
83% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
29% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
19% 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 78%[26] 31%[26]
2019/20 83%[25] 20%[25] 19%[25] 2%[25]
2018/19 72%[27] 25%[27] 21%[27] 4%[27]
2017/18 75%[28] 20%[28] 16%[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
19 Nov 2024[29]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[29]
Report published
16 Dec 2024[29]
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes[29]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
Standards maintained[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
11 Feb 2020[30] S8 No Formal Designation Visit[30] Good[30]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
6.7 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Applications (any preference)
837 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences
145 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Places offered
125 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences per place
1.2 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 761[31] 114[31] 94[31] 8.1[31] 1.2[31]
Entry Sept 2024 801[31] 126[31] 120[31] 6.7[31] 1.1[31]
Entry Sept 2023 812[31] 147[31] 120[31] 6.8[31] 1.2[31]
Entry Sept 2022 762[31] 180[31] 150[31] 5.1[31] 1.2[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
1050[1]
Trust
BARTON COURT ACADEMY TRUST[1]
Local authority
Kent[1]
Website
http://www.bartoncourt.org[1]
District
Canterbury[32]
Postcode
CT1 1PH[1]
URN
137474[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1005 2024/25[33]
English as an additional language
13.5% 2024/25[33]
SEN support
6.1% 2024/25[33]
EHC plan
0.6% 2024/25[33]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
11.4% 2024/25[33]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
77.2%[34]
Mixed
7.2%[34]
Asian
7.8%[34]
Black
4.6%[34]
Any other ethnic group
1.3%[34]
Unclassified
1.8%[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

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    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.
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