St Anselm's Catholic School, Canterbury[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

Headline results

Attainment 8: A8 45 45.0 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade: AL C C 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8: 45 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 36.6% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths: 6.6% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8: -0.02 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	Progress 8
2024/25	39.4[6]	21.3%[6]
2023/24	42.4[4]	34.6%[4]	-0.02[4]
2022/23	42.8[7]	35%[7]	-0.12[7]
2021/22	45.6[8]	43%[8]	-0.03[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade: C 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects: 2.4% 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]	7.9%[10]
2022/23	C-[11]	0%[11]
2021/22	B-[12]	2.4%[12]
2018/19	C-[13]	2.6%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 94% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form: 65% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college: 0% 2022/23[14]
Further education college: 23% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship: 4% 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	98%[15]	60%[15]	0%[15]	33%[15]	2%[15]	3%[15]
2020/21	96%[16]	64%[16]	0%[16]	26%[16]	3%[16]	2%[16]
2019/20	96%[17]	61%[17]	0%[17]	31%[17]	3%[17]	1%[17]
2018/19	96%[18]	61%[18]	0%[18]	27%[18]	3%[18]	3%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 86% 2022/23[19]
Education: 59% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship: 5% 2022/23[19]
Employment: 21% 2022/23[19]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	Education	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	89%[20]	52%[20]	4%[20]	32%[20]
2020/21	79%[21]	60%[21]	3%[21]	16%[21]
2019/20	92%[22]	72%[22]	2%[22]	18%[22]
2018/19	84%[23]	50%[23]	6%[23]	28%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education: 65% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities: 7% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities: 3% 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	63%[26]	6%[26]
2019/20	70%[25]	5%[25]	3%[25]	0%[25]
2018/19	64%[27]	5%[27]	6%[27]	1%[27]
2017/18	69%[28]	1%[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: 12 Sep 2023[29]
Type: S5 Inspection[29]
Report published: 11 Oct 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
Inspection	Type	Overall
29 Mar 2017[30]	Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[30]	No overall grade[30]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place: 4.8 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Applications (any preference): 793 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences: 202 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Places offered: 166 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	825[31]	218[31]	167[31]	4.9[31]	1.3[31]
Entry Sept 2024	733[31]	189[31]	170[31]	4.3[31]	1.1[31]
Entry Sept 2023	563[31]	138[31]	158[31]	3.6[31]	0.9[31]
Entry Sept 2022	588[31]	216[31]	166[31]	3.5[31]	1.3[31]

Character & practicalities

Type: Academy converter[1]
Ages: 11–18[1]
Boys / girls: Mixed[1]
Faith: Roman Catholic[1]
Admissions: Non-selective[1]
Sixth form: Yes[1]
Boarding: No boarders[1]
Capacity: 1325[1]
Trust: KENT CATHOLIC SCHOOLS' PARTNERSHIP[1]
Local authority: Kent[1]
Website: http://www.stanselmscanterbury.org.uk/[1]
District: Canterbury [32]
Postcode: CT1 3EN[1]
URN: 140874[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll: 1107 2024/25[33]
English as an additional language: 10% 2024/25[33]
SEN support: 15.7% 2024/25[33]
EHC plan: 7.9% 2024/25[33]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 24.1% 2024/25[33]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 80.6%[34]
Mixed: 6.9%[34]
Asian: 4.6%[34]
Black: 5.6%[34]
Any other ethnic group: 2%[34]
Unclassified: 0.3%[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.

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