Secondary
The Canterbury Academy
Knight Avenue, Canterbury, CT2 8QA
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1984 of 1300 places
- Local authority
- Kent
- Sixth form
- Yes
- SEN provision
- HI - Hearing Impairment, SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Trust
- THE CANTERBURY ACADEMY TRUST
Ofsted
Last inspected January 2026
- AchievementExpected standard
- Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
- Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
- InclusionStrong standard
- Leadership and governanceExpected standard
- Sixth formStrong standard
- Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
February 2023
Previous framework
Requires improvement
Safeguarding: met
- Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
- Sixth formGood
GCSE results
34%
39.0
6th of 7 by our score, among the secondary schools in Canterbury we can score - 10 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 | 39 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.27 |
| Entered the EBacc | 11% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 55% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 34% |
| A level average points per entry | 26.59 |
| A level students | 161 |
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 | 31% |
| 22/23 | 31% |
| 23/24 | 30% |
| 24/25 | 34% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 31.8 |
| 22/23 | 26.0 |
| 23/24 | 24.7 |
| 24/25 | 26.6 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.57 |
| 22/23 | -0.55 |
| 23/24 | -0.67 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 40.0 |
| 22/23 | 38.7 |
| 23/24 | 38.0 |
| 24/25 | 39.0 |
Knight Avenue, Canterbury, CT2 8QA
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
- Jon Watson
- Address
- Knight Avenue, Canterbury, CT2 8QA
- Telephone
- 01227463971