Secondary
Duke of York's Royal Military School
Duke of York's Royal Military School, Dover, CT15 5EQ
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 470 of 722 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 11.7
- Local authority
- Kent
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Boarding
- Yes
- Trust
- DYRMS - AN ACADEMY WITH MILITARY TRADITIONS
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 41.7
- All staff (FTE)
- 81.9
- Pupils per adult
- 5.9
- Pupils
- 487
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected February 2023
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Quality of educationGood
- Sixth formGood
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
61%
14 points above the Dover average (47% across 6 schools)
55.0
8.7 above the Dover average (46.3 across 6 schools)
3rd of 6 by our score, among the secondary schools in Dover we can score - 7 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 55 |
| EBacc average point score | 4.8 |
| Entered the EBacc | 39% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 79% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 61% |
| A level average points per entry | 34.26 |
| A level students | 44 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 52% |
| 22/23 | 46% |
| 23/24 | 60% |
| 24/25 | 61% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 31.6 |
| 22/23 | 30.9 |
| 23/24 | 36.6 |
| 24/25 | 34.3 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.61 |
| 22/23 | +0.48 |
| 23/24 | +0.67 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 54.5 |
| 22/23 | 50.0 |
| 23/24 | 55.1 |
| 24/25 | 55.0 |
Duke of York's Royal Military School, Dover, CT15 5EQ
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Kent admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Principal
- Alex Foreman
- Address
- Duke of York's Royal Military School, Dover, CT15 5EQ
- Telephone
- 01304245023