Knole Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–19 · Sevenoaks, Kent
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
5.295 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Knole Academy is a secondary school in Sevenoaks, Kent for ages 11–19 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 23 November 2022. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
Knole Academy 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 | 5.295 mi |
| 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
- Year 7 2026 drew 199 first-choice applications for 237 offers; 141 offers went to first-choice families, and 58 first-choice families (29%) were not offered a place.
- The last 2026 Year 7 offer went to a child living 5.295 miles away, 19th longest of 56 Kent secondary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 2.82 miles).
- Of the 931 applications for Year 7 2026, 244 (26%) came from families living outside Kent; 23 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 44% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%); the A level average grade was D+ (England B-), with progress well below average.
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
- Knole Academy, Bradbourne Vale Road, Sevenoaks, TN13 3LE
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–19
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 1,410 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 22.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 23 November 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils and students enjoy coming to this inclusive school.”
- “Staff set, and share, high expectations of pupils’ behaviour and achievement.”
- “Leaders are determined to help pupils achieve their best.”
To improve
- “Leaders know that, occasionally, behaviour in corridors needs improving and they are taking the right actions to deal with this.”
- “In a small number of subjects, leaders are still in the process of fine-tuning the curriculum and how it is implemented.”
- “However, the curriculum is not always adapted as effectively as it could be for those pupils with SEND.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 January 2023 (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) | 44% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 44.3 | 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: 199 first-preference applications, 237 offers in total, 141 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.
- Trinity School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Wrotham School 5.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Leigh Academy Hugh Christie 6.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Orchards Academy 7.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Leigh Academy Tonbridge 7.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Hadlow Rural Community School 7.7 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- The Judd School 7.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Hillview School for Girls 8.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published