Fulston Manor School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Sittingbourne, Kent
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.885 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Fulston Manor School is a secondary school in Sittingbourne, Kent for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Requires improvement, from the inspection on 14 November 2023. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
Fulston Manor 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 | 1.885 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
- For Year 7 entry in 2026, the last child offered a place lived 1.885 miles away, the 19th shortest of 56 Kent secondary schools with a published last distance.
- The Year 7 last distance in 2026 was further from the school than in 2025 and 2023, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 4 years with a published distance.
- Year 7 entry in 2026 had 196 first-choice applications for 204 offers; 178 offers went to first-choice families and 18 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 20% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the average A level grade was C- (England B-).
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
- Brenchley Road, Sittingbourne, ME10 4EG
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 1,314 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 23.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Requires improvement Inspected 14 November 2023
Strengths
- “Some pupils learn well when teaching is clear and teachers check understanding effectively.”
- “Students in the sixth form receive a more positive experience.”
- “They value the wide range of academic and vocational options which are available to them to study.”
To improve
- “While pupils generally enjoy aspects of their learning, they do not achieve as well enough.”
- “Over time, many pupils have not achieved as well as they should have.”
- “Too many pupils are not well prepared for their next stage of education, employment or training.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 September 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) | 20% | 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: 196 first-preference applications, 204 offers in total, 178 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.
- Highsted Grammar School 0.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Borden Grammar School 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Sittingbourne School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Westlands School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Leigh Academy Minster 6.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Lenham School 6.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- The Abbey School 6.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School 7.0 mi Good Last distance published