Sandwich Technology School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–19 · Sandwich, 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 🔒
Sandwich Technology School is a secondary school in Sandwich, Kent for ages 11–19 (academy converter). Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
Sandwich Technology 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
- In 2026, every Year 7 applicant was offered a place, as also happened at 27 of the 99 other Kent secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome.
- In 2026, Year 7 had 115 first-choice applications for 243 offers, which is 0.5 first choices per offer, the 3rd lowest of 99 Kent secondary schools.
- Every first-choice family was offered a Year 7 place in 2026, and 128 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 22% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), with an Attainment 8 score of 35.3 (England 46).
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
- Deal Road, Sandwich, CT13 0FA
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–19
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 1,104 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 38.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 13.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 12 May 2026
Strengths
- “Students in the sixth form make more positive progress from their starting points than younger pupils.”
- “Most pupils enjoy learning and have positive attitudes to school.”
- “Pupils recognise that teaching is becoming more consistent.”
To improve
- “Pupils do not achieve as well as they should in national examinations, particularly at the end of Year 11.”
- “Too often, disadvantaged pupils are insufficiently prepared for their next steps.”
- “Pupils who are behind in their reading or writing development are not effectively supported to catch up.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 26 June 2026 (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) | 22% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 35.3 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C- | 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: 115 first-preference applications, 243 offers in total, 115 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.
- Sir Roger Manwood's School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Goodwin Academy 4.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Chatham & Clarendon Grammar School 6.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Royal Harbour Academy 6.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Dane Court Grammar School 7.5 mi Good Last distance published
- The Charles Dickens School 7.6 mi Good Last distance published
- King Ethelbert School 7.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Ursuline College 7.8 mi Good Last distance published