The Archbishop's School
Secondary · Foundation school · Ages 11–18 · Canterbury, Kent
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Kent County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
The Archbishop's School is a secondary school in Canterbury, Kent for ages 11–18 (foundation school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 22 November 2023. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
The Archbishop's School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- 53.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 26% across the 8 nearest secondary schools in Kent.
- For Year 7 entry in 2026, every applicant was offered a place, with 64 first-choice applications for 133 offers; 69 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 21% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%).
- That 2024/25 GCSE English and maths result was the 2nd lowest of 8 schools: this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest secondary schools in Kent that have results.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Kent schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- St Stephens Hill, Canterbury, CT2 7AP
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 770 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 53.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 22 November 2023
Strengths
- “The school is passionate in wanting all pupils to achieve well, including the many who join having not achieved well in the past, or who join after Year 7.”
- “It does a good job from the point pupils start, including making arrangements to meet individual needs.”
- “As a result, pupils achieve well and learn to attend regularly.”
To improve
- “The curriculum in the sixth form does not meet students’ needs as fully or effectively.”
- “The school has rightly identified that there are too few vocational options for prospective students.”
- “However, sometimes, this is not the case and learning is not as secure as a result.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 January 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 21% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 35.2 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | D+ | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 64 first-preference applications, 133 offers in total, 64 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Kent.
- The Canterbury Academy 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Barton Court Grammar School 1.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Barton Manor School 1.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Simon Langton Girls' Grammar School 2.2 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys 2.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Anselm's Catholic School, Canterbury 2.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Orion Spires 3.5 mi Good Last distance published
- The Whitstable School 4.2 mi Good Last distance published