Ursuline College
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Westgate-on-Sea, Kent
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
10.001 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Ursuline College is a secondary school in Westgate-on-Sea, Kent for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 8 November 2022. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
Ursuline 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 | 10.001 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
- In 2026 the last child offered a Year 7 place lived 10.001 miles away, 6th longest of 56 Kent secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 last distance.
- Year 7 last distances have swung sharply between years; the 2026 figure was further than in 2025 and 2023, and the longest of the 4 years with a published distance.
- For Year 7 2026: 121 first-choice applications for 168 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 47 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 20% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), with an Attainment 8 score of 36.1 (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
- 225 Canterbury Road, Westgate-on-Sea, CT8 8LX
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 949 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 35.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 8 November 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils at Ursuline College are happy and proud to attend this school.”
- “They share respectful relationships with adults and their peers.”
- “Pupils talk positively about the care and support they receive from the staff.”
To improve
- “However, not all pupils know when these take place.”
- “Leaders do not currently track attendance at clubs, so they cannot be sure that those who would benefit the most take part.”
- “However, pupils in key stage 4 are not currently given enough time to develop their knowledge and skills fully in physical education (PE).”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 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) | 20% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 36.1 | 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: 121 first-preference applications, 168 offers in total, 121 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.
- King Ethelbert School 0.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Hartsdown Academy 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Royal Harbour Academy 3.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Dane Court Grammar School 4.1 mi Good Last distance published
- The Charles Dickens School 4.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Chatham & Clarendon Grammar School 4.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Sir Roger Manwood's School 7.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Sandwich Technology School 7.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published