The Charles Dickens School
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–18 · Broadstairs, Kent
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.628 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
The Charles Dickens School is a secondary school in Broadstairs, Kent for ages 11–18 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 28 March 2023. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
The Charles Dickens 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 | 1.628 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 1.628 miles away, the 14th shortest of 56 Kent secondary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 2.82 miles).
- The 2026 Year 7 last distance was about the same as in 2025 and in 2023, and stayed close to the year before in every year with a published distance.
- For Year 7 in 2026, there were 288 first-choice applications for 227 offers; 205 offers went to first-choice families and 83 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 29% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the 4th highest of 9 schools: this one and 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
- Broadstairs Road, Broadstairs, CT10 2RL
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 1,117 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 42.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 28 March 2023
Strengths
- “The school prides itself on being supportive, innovative and inclusive.”
- “The personal, social, health and education (PSHE) programme complements pupils’ academic studies and contributes to their individual development.”
- “Pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) are suitably assisted to access the full curriculum.”
To improve
- “The key stage 3 content is fully covered, although the school acknowledges shortfalls in design and technology which are being addressed.”
- “The proportion of pupils taking the English Baccalaureate (EBacc) is too low.”
- “The uptake of languages is not high enough.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 May 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) | 29% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 42.5 | 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: 288 first-preference applications, 227 offers in total, 205 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.
- Dane Court Grammar School 0.2 mi Good Last distance published
- The Royal Harbour Academy 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Chatham & Clarendon Grammar School 1.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Hartsdown Academy 2.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ursuline College 4.2 mi Good Last distance published
- King Ethelbert School 4.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Sir Roger Manwood's School 7.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Sandwich Technology School 7.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published