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Cross Keys Learning

Mixed · ages 11–17Kent, South East · Kent CT10 3JJSchool website
Pupils on roll
29of 70 places
Free school meals
Year 11 cohort 2025
9
Ofsted
Not covered by Ofsted school inspections
What the data says

The Department for Education has not published where Cross Keys Learning’s Year 11 leavers went next, so this page relies on the school’s results and subjects.

Cross Keys Learning is a special school: its GCSE figures (Attainment 8 of 0.9, 0% with grade 5 or above in English and maths) are published by DfE for completeness and are not comparable with mainstream schools.

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.

The Department for Education has not published destination figures for this school (new school, small cohort or not a state-funded school).

GCSE results 2025

MeasureCross Keys LearningKentEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)0.946.746.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths0%47%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths0%65%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects0%47%41%
EBacc average point score0.074.184.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort25%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils32.234.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils51.550.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language12%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.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
Mathematics222%88%22%

Other secondary schools in Kent

Astor Secondary School

Academy converter · sixth form · 732 pupils

72% stayed in education · Attainment 8 27.9

Aylesford School

Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 916 pupils

73% stayed in education · Attainment 8 37.6

Borden Grammar School

Academy converter · sixth form · 938 pupils

94% stayed in education · Attainment 8 63.2

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.