The Royal Harbour Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–18 · Ramsgate, Kent
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.196 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
The Royal Harbour Academy is a secondary school in Ramsgate, Kent for ages 11–18 (academy sponsor led). Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
The Royal Harbour 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 | 1.196 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 1.196 miles away, the 8th shortest of 56 Kent secondary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2026 Year 7 last distance was about the same as in 2025 and nearer than in 2024, and it was the shortest of the 3 years with a published distance.
- Year 7 2026 had 233 first-choice applications for 212 offers; 176 offers went to first-choice families, and 57 first-choice families (24%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 16% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the lowest 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
- Marlowe Way, Ramsgate, CT12 6FA
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 1,045 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 63.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 19 May 2026
Strengths
- “Typically, students in the sixth form achieve more securely.”
- “In some subjects and lessons, teaching is effective and pupils enjoy their learning.”
- “For example, pupils engage well in the personal development curriculum.”
To improve
- “Pupils, including those who are disadvantaged, do not achieve as well as they should in national examinations.”
- “Insufficient pupils secure the necessary qualifications and foundational knowledge that they need to prepare them well for their next steps.”
- “In particular, pupils do not learn as effectively as they should in mathematics.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 July 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) | 16% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 28.9 | 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: 233 first-preference applications, 212 offers in total, 176 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 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Chatham & Clarendon Grammar School 1.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Charles Dickens School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Hartsdown Academy 2.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ursuline College 3.4 mi Good Last distance published
- King Ethelbert School 3.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Sir Roger Manwood's School 5.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Sandwich Technology School 6.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published