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The Whitstable School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 37 37.4 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C+ C+ 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
37.4 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
26.7% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
3.5% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.52 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 39.3[6] 29%[6]
2023/24 37.6[4] 29.4%[4] -0.52[4]
2022/23 40.8[7] 35%[7] -0.56[7]
2021/22 43.9[8] 42%[8] -0.43[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C+ 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
YearA-level average grade
2023/24 C+[10]
2022/23 C-[11]
2021/22 C-[12]
2018/19 D[13]

Ofsted

Latest inspection
12 Mar 2024[14]
Type
S5 Inspection[14]
Report published
24 Apr 2024[14]
Personal development
Good[14]
Quality of education
Good[14]
Overall effectiveness
Good[14]
Behaviour and attitudes
Good[14]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[14]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Good[14]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[14]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
13 Dec 2022[15] Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[15] No overall grade[15]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.6 Entry Sept 2026[16]
Applications (any preference)
513 Entry Sept 2026[16]
First preferences
170 Entry Sept 2026[16]
Places offered
197 Entry Sept 2026[16]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place
Entry Sept 2025 473[16] 169[16] 207[16] 2.3[16]
Entry Sept 2024 445[16] 152[16] 179[16] 2.5[16]
Entry Sept 2023 588[16] 247[16] 198[16] 3.0[16]
Entry Sept 2022 513[16] 230[16] 199[16] 2.6[16]

Admissions

Places (published admission number), 11+ entry
190 Entry Sept 2027[17]

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
1220[1]
Trust
SWALE ACADEMIES TRUST[1]
Local authority
Kent[1]
Website
www.thewhitstableschool.org.uk[1]
District
Canterbury[18]
Postcode
CT5 1PX[1]
URN
144354[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1109 2024/25[19]
English as an additional language
1.8% 2024/25[19]
SEN support
12.9% 2024/25[19]
EHC plan
3% 2024/25[19]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
27% 2024/25[19]

Sources

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  2. Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  4. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  5. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    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.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Department for Education: A level and other 16 to 18 results 2020/21. Period 2020/21. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    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.
  10. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  12. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  13. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  14. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2023/24. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  15. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2022/23. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  16. Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  17. thewhitstableschool.org.uk: thewhitstableschool.org.uk document (PDF). Period 2026-10-16. Licence: copyright-quoted.
    Quote
    Numbers Admitted The Published Admissions Number for the school is 190 Applications for Admission A. (p. 3)
  18. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  19. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.