Astor Secondary School
Academy converter · sixth form · 732 pupils
72% stayed in education · Attainment 8 27.9
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King Ethelbert School
- Pupils on roll
- 845of 870 places
- Free school meals
- 40.0%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 141
- Ofsted
- Good, 4 June 2024Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: King Ethelbert School (URN 118810, until 1 April 2011).
What the data says
Of the 145 pupils who finished Year 11 at King Ethelbert School in 2023, 54% stayed on in King Ethelbert School’s own sixth form (Kent average 56%), 32% went to a further education college and 5% started an apprenticeship.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 36.8 against 46.1 across England and 46.7 in Kent, with 22% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Art and Design is unusually popular at GCSE: 31% of the year group took it, against 7% of pupils across England.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Kent and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | King Ethelbert School | Kent | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 145 | 17,954 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 94% | 93% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 87% | 88% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 54% | 56% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | — | 13% |
| — further education college | 32% | 28% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 4% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 5% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 2% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 6% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 1% | 3% | 3% |
Where students went after sixth form
Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.
No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | King Ethelbert School | Kent | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 36.8 | 46.7 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 22% | 47% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 39% | 65% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 35% | 47% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.10 | 4.18 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 30% | 25% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 29.3 | 32.2 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 40.0 | 51.5 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 9% | 12% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 141 | 100% | 89% | 8% | 20% | 67% |
| Mathematics | 141 | 100% | 88% | 3% | 22% | 42% |
| Combined Science | 137 | 97% | 65% | 2% | 9% | 42% |
| English Literature | 136 | 96% | 86% | 6% | 21% | 56% |
| Geography | 74 | 52% | 41% | 3% | 25% | 35% |
| History | 56 | 40% | 41% | 13% | 26% | 30% |
| Art and Design | 44 | 31% | 7% | 11% | 24% | 64% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 37 | 26% | 8% | 0% | 21% | 5% |
| Spanish | 31 | 22% | 19% | 0% | 27% | 19% |
| Photography | 23 | 16% | 6% | 9% | 19% | 39% |
| French | 18 | 13% | 18% | 0% | 29% | 17% |
| Film Studies | 16 | 11% | 1% | 13% | 20% | 44% |
| Dance | 12 | 9% | 1% | 0% | 27% | 75% |
| Citizenship Studies | 9 | 6% | 3% | 0% | 19% | 67% |
| Religious Studies | 8 | 6% | 31% | 38% | 32% | 63% |
| Biology | 3 | 2% | 23% | — | 45% | — |
| Fine Art | 2 | 1% | 9% | — | 28% | — |
| Turkish | 2 | 1% | 0% | — | 71% | — |
| Italian | 2 | 1% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
| Polish | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Psychology | 1 | 1% | 3% | — | 22% | — |
| Russian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| Arabic | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small Business Management | 63 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 36 | — | — |
| Tourism | 31 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 23 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 21 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 8 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 7 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 1 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 1 | — | — |
| Engineering Studies | 1 | — | — |
| Personal Health | 1 | — | — |
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Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.