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Ursuline College[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 40 40.0 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL D+ D+ 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
40 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
35.6% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
0.7% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.19 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 36.1[6] 20.4%[6]
2023/24 39.4[4] 24.2%[4] -0.19[4]
2022/23 36.7[7] 18%[7] -0.53[7]
2021/22 41.7[8] 28%[8] -0.31[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
D+ 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
3.8% 2018/19[9]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[10]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[10]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 D[11]
2022/23 C-[12]
2021/22 D+[13]
2018/19 E+[9] 3.8%[9]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
91% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
44% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
0% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
45% 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 96%[15] 52%[15] 0%[15] 34%[15] 3%[15] 7%[15]
2020/21 93%[16] 54%[16] 0%[16] 27%[16] 6%[16] 5%[16]
2019/20 91%[17] 46%[17] 0%[17] 38%[17] 2%[17] 3%[17]
2018/19 94%[18] 58%[18] 0%[18] 33%[18] 1%[18] 2%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
88% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
45% 2022/23[19]
Education
47% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
7% 2022/23[19]
Employment
34% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 91%[20] 54%[20] 54%[20] 4%[20] 34%[20]
2020/21 83%[21] 56%[21] 60%[21] 1%[21] 22%[21]
2019/20 91%[22] 43%[22] 55%[22] 5%[22] 31%[22]
2018/19 78%[23] 24%[23] 33%[23] 13%[23] 32%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
55% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
0% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
3% 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 67%[26] 2%[26]
2019/20 59%[25] 4%[25] 3%[25] 1%[25]
2018/19 41%[27] 2%[27] 2%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 48%[28] 2%[28] 2%[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
27 Sep 2023[29]
Type
S8 No Formal Designation Visit[29]
Report published
12 Nov 2023[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Met[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
8 Nov 2022[30] S5 Inspection[30] Good[30]
25 Apr 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
2.7 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Applications (any preference)
455 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences
121 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Places offered
168 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences per place
0.7 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 487[32] 117[32] 165[32] 3.0[32] 0.7[32]
Entry Sept 2024 517[32] 111[32] 148[32] 3.5[32] 0.8[32]
Entry Sept 2023 572[32] 125[32] 148[32] 3.9[32] 0.8[32]
Entry Sept 2022 504[32] 121[32] 182[32] 2.8[32] 0.7[32]

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]
Capacity
763[1]
Trust
KENT CATHOLIC SCHOOLS' PARTNERSHIP[1]
Local authority
Kent[1]
Website
http://www.ursuline.kent.sch.uk/[1]
District
Thanet[33]
Postcode
CT8 8LX[1]
URN
141628[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
937 2024/25[34]
English as an additional language
12.9% 2024/25[34]
SEN support
9% 2024/25[34]
EHC plan
1.7% 2024/25[34]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
37.6% 2024/25[34]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
81.9%[35]
Mixed
7.6%[35]
Asian
3.9%[35]
Black
3%[35]
Any other ethnic group
2.1%[35]
Unclassified
1.6%[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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