Goodwin Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–18 · Deal, 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 🔒
Goodwin Academy is a secondary school in Deal, Kent for ages 11–18 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 21 January 2025. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
Goodwin Academy 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
- Every applicant for Year 7 in 2026 was offered a place, as at 27 of the 99 other Kent secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome.
- Year 7 2026: 124 first-choice applications for 145 offers, every first-choice family was offered a place, and 21 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 18% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), 3rd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Kent.
- A level results in 2024/25 were an average grade of D (England B-), with progress from GCSE to A level below 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
- Hamilton Road, Deal, CT14 9BD
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 780 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 46.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 21 January 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), appreciate how the school has improved in recent years.”
- “They benefit from strong relationships with caring and committed staff.”
- “Pupils feel safe and well cared for.”
To improve
- “However, in 2024, pupils did not achieve well in public examinations.”
- “This is because, historically, their learning was disrupted by changes to staffing.”
- “Additionally, some pupils’ learning was also affected adversely by the impact of COVID-19, with a number experiencing high levels of absence.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 March 2025 (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) | 18% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 30.5 | 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: 124 first-preference applications, 145 offers in total, 124 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.
- Sandwich Technology School 4.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Sir Roger Manwood's School 4.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Duke of York's Royal Military School 5.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Dover Christ Church Academy 6.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Edmund's Catholic School 6.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Dover Grammar School for Girls 6.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Dover Grammar School for Boys 7.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Astor Secondary School 7.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published