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Homewood School and Sixth Form Centre[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 38 37.7 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C- C- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
37.7 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
21.1% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
1.4% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.35 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 39.7[6] 27%[6]
2023/24 39.8[4] 35.7%[4] -0.35[4]
2022/23 40[7] 27%[7] -0.28[7]
2021/22 44.4[8] 40%[8] -0.18[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C- 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
12.2% 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] 6%[10]
2022/23 C-[11] 3%[11]
2021/22 C-[12] 2%[12]
2018/19 C-[13] 2.3%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
95% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
49% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
2% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
32% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
6% 2022/23[14]
Employment
5% 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 93%[15] 54%[15] 2%[15] 27%[15] 3%[15] 5%[15]
2020/21 96%[16] 60%[16] 1%[16] 21%[16] 6%[16] 8%[16]
2019/20 96%[17] 55%[17] 2%[17] 29%[17] 5%[17] 4%[17]
2018/19 96%[18] 52%[18] 32%[18] 6%[18] 4%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
81% 2022/23[19]
Education
40% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
5% 2022/23[19]
Employment
37% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 85%[20] 32%[20] 12%[20] 41%[20]
2020/21 85%[21] 43%[21] 7%[21] 36%[21]
2019/20 74%[22] 38%[22] 8%[22] 28%[22]
2018/19 81%[23] 42%[23] 6%[23] 32%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
41% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
2% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
6% 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 52%[26] 7%[26]
2019/20 53%[25] 7%[25] 6%[25] 1%[25]
2018/19 49%[27] 3%[27] 4%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 39%[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
25 Apr 2023[29]
Type
Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1[29]
Report published
18 Jun 2023[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]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
24 Sep 2019[30] S8 No Formal Designation Visit[30] Requires improvement[30]
23 May 2017[31] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[31] No overall grade[31]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
1.9 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Applications (any preference)
599 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences
269 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Places offered
314 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 601[32] 276[32] 338[32] 1.8[32] 0.8[32]
Entry Sept 2024 518[32] 196[32] 328[32] 1.6[32] 0.6[32]
Entry Sept 2023 618[32] 250[32] 375[32] 1.6[32] 0.7[32]
Entry Sept 2022 525[32] 278[32] 379[32] 1.4[32] 0.7[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
2156[1]
Trust
TENTERDEN SCHOOLS TRUST[1]
Local authority
Kent[1]
Website
http://www.homewood-school.co.uk/[1]
District
Ashford[33]
Postcode
TN30 6LT[1]
URN
137484[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1863 2024/25[34]
English as an additional language
5% 2024/25[34]
SEN support
8.7% 2024/25[34]
EHC plan
4.2% 2024/25[34]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
31.5% 2024/25[34]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
86.9%[35]
Mixed
4.5%[35]
Asian
1.4%[35]
Black
1.5%[35]
Any other ethnic group
1.1%[35]
Unclassified
4.7%[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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    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.
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    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.
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