The Abbey School[1]
Secondary · ages 11–19
Headline results
- Attainment 8
- A8 37 36.7 2025/26[2]
- A-level average grade
- AL D+ D+ 2024/25[3]
Results
GCSE (key stage 4)
- Attainment 8
- 36.7 2025/26[2]
- Grade 5+ in English & maths
- 27.5% 2025/26[2]
- Grade 7+ in English & maths
- 2.9% 2025/26[2]
- Progress 8
- -0.56 2023/24[4]
- Progress 8, 2025/26
- Not calculated[5]
- Progress 8, 2024/25
- Not calculated[5]
| Year | Attainment 8 | Grade 5+ in English & maths | Grade 7+ in English & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 35.5[6] | 32.5%[6] | ||
| 2023/24 | 37.2[4] | 26.7%[4] | -0.56[4] |
A level (16–18)
- A-level average grade
- D+ 2024/25[3]
| Year | A-level average grade |
|---|---|
| 2023/24 | C-[7] |
Ofsted
- Latest inspection
- 13 Jan 2026[8]
- Type
- S5 Inspection[8]
- Report published
- 28 May 2026[8]
- Inclusion
- Expected standard[8]
- Achievement
- Needs attention[8]
- Safeguarding standards
- Met[8]
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard[8]
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard[8]
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard[8]
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard[8]
- Post-16 provision (where applicable)
- Strong standard[8]
Competition to get in
Applications and offers, Year 7
- Applications per place
- 1.9 Entry Sept 2026[9]
- Applications (any preference)
- 314 Entry Sept 2026[9]
- First preferences
- 119 Entry Sept 2026[9]
- Places offered
- 168 Entry Sept 2026[9]
- First preferences per place
- 0.7 Entry Sept 2026[9]
Character & practicalities
- Type
- Academy converter[1]
- Ages
- 11–19[1]
- Boys / girls
- Mixed[1]
- Sixth form
- Yes[1]
- Capacity
- 1226[1]
- Trust
- THE HOWARD ACADEMY TRUST[1]
- Local authority
- Kent[1]
- Website
- www.abbeyschoolfaversham.co.uk[1]
- District
- Swale[10]
- Postcode
- ME13 8RZ[1]
- URN
- 149893[1]
School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.
Pupils
- Number on roll
- 1110 2024/25[11]
- English as an additional language
- 9% 2024/25[11]
- SEN support
- 7.8% 2024/25[11]
- EHC plan
- 6% 2024/25[11]
- Free school meals in the last 6 years
- 38.8% 2024/25[11]
Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26
- White
- 88.7%[12]
- Mixed
- 3.4%[12]
- Asian
- 0.9%[12]
- Black
- 6%[12]
- Any other ethnic group
- 0.7%[12]
- Unclassified
- 0.3%[12]
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
- 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.
- 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.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25.
Archived copy; original.
Licence: OGL-3.0.
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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.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2025/26. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- 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.
- 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.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.