The Whitstable School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Whitstable, 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 🔒
The Whitstable School is a secondary school in Whitstable, Kent for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 12 March 2024. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
The Whitstable 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 Year 7 2026 every applicant was offered a place, as at 27 of the 99 other Kent secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome.
- Year 7 2026 had 170 first-choice applications for 197 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 27 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 29% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 39.3 (England 46).
- At A level in 2024/25 the average grade was C+ (England B-), and progress from GCSE to A level was 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
- Bellevue Road, Whitstable, CT5 1PX
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 1,112 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 26.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 12 March 2024
Strengths
- “There are high expectations for what every pupil in this school can achieve.”
- “The school and the trust have acted swiftly to bring in improvements.”
- “These changes mean that pupils are confident in discussing what they have learned.”
To improve
- “Academic expectations have not been realised in the past, but the school has identified the barriers to achievement.”
- “However, some pupils are not punctual to lessons and they sometimes cause a disturbance to others.”
- “These pupils do not reflect the expectations of the school for how they should behave.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 April 2024 (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) | 39.3 | 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: 170 first-preference applications, 197 offers in total, 170 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.
- Herne Bay High School 3.3 mi Good Last distance published
- The Archbishop's School 4.2 mi Good Last distance published
- The Canterbury Academy 5.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Orion Spires 5.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Barton Court Grammar School 5.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Barton Manor School 6.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Simon Langton Girls' Grammar School 6.5 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School 6.5 mi Good Last distance published