Northfleet Technology College
Secondary · Foundation school · Ages 11–18 · Gravesend, 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 🔒
Northfleet Technology College is a secondary school in Gravesend, Kent for ages 11–18 (foundation school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 21 September 2022. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
Northfleet Technology College 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
- Every applicant was offered a Year 7 place in 2026, whereas places ran out in 1 of the 3 earlier years.
- For 2026 Year 7 entry there were 107 first-choice applications for 169 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 62 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 28% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths, the 4th lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Kent.
- The school has 14.4 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 18 across the 8 nearest secondary schools in Kent.
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
- Colyer Road, Northfleet, Gravesend, DA11 8BG
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 974 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 34.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 21 September 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils and students are safe, happy and well cared for.”
- “They are proud of their school.”
- “They are thoughtful and welcoming of visitors.”
To improve
- “However, the sixth-form programme for relationships and sex education is restricted because of time constraints.”
- “Across other subjects, wider reading and reading for pleasure are not yet widely promoted.”
- “Leaders acknowledge that this is an area for further development.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 October 2022 (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) | 28% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 35.7 | 46 |
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: 107 first-preference applications, 169 offers in total, 107 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.
- Northfleet School for Girls 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Mayfield Grammar School, Gravesend 0.7 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Leigh Academy Ebbsfleet 1.5 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Gravesend Grammar School 1.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St John's Catholic Comprehensive 1.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Thamesview School 2.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Leigh Academy Longfield 3.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Stone Lodge School 4.2 mi Good Last distance published