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The Sittingbourne School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–19

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 35 34.8 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL D+ D+ 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
34.8 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
24.2% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
1.8% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.70 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 34.1[6] 23.6%[6]
2023/24 33.2[4] 20.6%[4] -0.70[4]
2022/23 36.6[7] 22%[7] -0.53[7]
2021/22 38.5[8] 31%[8] -0.54[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
D+ 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
0% 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] 0%[10]
2022/23 C-[11] 0%[11]
2021/22 C[12] 0%[12]
2018/19 C-[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
85% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
39% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
0% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
35% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
3% 2022/23[14]
Employment
4% 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 90%[15] 44%[15] 0%[15] 32%[15] 3%[15] 6%[15]
2020/21 93%[16] 46%[16] 0%[16] 36%[16] 3%[16] 6%[16]
2019/20 90%[17] 51%[17] 0%[17] 31%[17] 2%[17] 3%[17]
2018/19 90%[18] 43%[18] 1%[18] 34%[18] 5%[18] 4%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
76% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
26% 2022/23[19]
Education
26% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
5% 2022/23[19]
Employment
45% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 80%[20] 27%[20] 27%[20] 5%[20] 48%[20]
2020/21 79%[21] 28%[21] 28%[21] 12%[21] 39%[21]
2019/20 76%[22] 25%[22] 41%[22] 6%[22] 30%[22]
2018/19 74%[23] 23%[23] 38%[23] 7%[23] 29%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
39% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
1% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
2% 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 52%[26] 2%[26]
2019/20 52%[25] 2%[25] 2%[25] 2%[25]
2018/19 40%[27] 0%[27] 0%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 37%[28] 0%[28] 0%[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
21 Mar 2023[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
21 May 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
21 Nov 2017[30] S5 Inspection[30] Good[30]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.9 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Applications (any preference)
808 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences
187 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Places offered
275 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences per place
0.7 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 809[31] 202[31] 265[31] 3.1[31] 0.8[31]
Entry Sept 2024 890[31] 202[31] 257[31] 3.5[31] 0.8[31]
Entry Sept 2023 868[31] 210[31] 270[31] 3.2[31] 0.8[31]
Entry Sept 2022 693[31] 194[31] 276[31] 2.5[31] 0.7[31]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy sponsor led[1]
Ages
11–19[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1350[1]
Trust
SWALE ACADEMIES TRUST[1]
Local authority
Kent[1]
Website
http://www.thesittingbourneschool.org.uk[1]
District
Swale[32]
Postcode
ME10 4NL[1]
URN
137687[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1587 2024/25[33]
English as an additional language
7% 2024/25[33]
SEN support
17.6% 2024/25[33]
EHC plan
7.8% 2024/25[33]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
40.9% 2024/25[33]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
85%[34]
Mixed
4.2%[34]
Asian
1%[34]
Black
7.7%[34]
Any other ethnic group
0.8%[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

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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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