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The Archbishop's School: data, trends and context

The Archbishop's School is a secondary school in Kent. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.

School identity

URN
118898
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Foundation school
Status
Open
Local authority
Kent
Region
South East
Postcode
CT2 7AP
Gender intake
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
770
FSM eligible
53.2%
EAL / First language other than English
27.4%
SEND (total)
19.7%
SEN Support
15.1%
EHCP
4.7%
White British
53.6%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
84.7%
Overall absence
15.3%
Persistent absence
44.3%
Severe absence
10.0%

Current benchmarks (2025/26 to date)

Secondary schools
ComparatorAttendanceOverall absenceUnauthorised
KentLocal authority91.6%8.4%3.1%
South EastRegion91.5%8.5%2.8%
EnglandEngland91.4%8.6%3.3%

Session-weighted year-to-date rates to 17 July 2026. Source: DfE Explore Education Statistics, pupil attendance (daily), published 6 August 2026. The school figures above are from a different published year, so no direct difference is shown.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

Suspension rate
28.7%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
13.5%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.00%

Attainment and Progress 8 (2024/25)

Attainment 8
35.2
English & maths grade 5+
21.4%
English & maths grade 4+
44.4%

Data sources and last updated

  • Published Department for Education and Ofsted data.
  • Historical predecessor information is shown only where the DfE lineage record has been validated. It is clearly labelled as historical predecessor-establishment data.
  • Missing or suppressed values are shown as gaps, never as zero.
  • For interactive comparisons with 25 contextually similar schools, open this school in School DNA.
  • Profile last updated: 2026-07-07.

Contextual comparison

See The Archbishop's School against 25 similar schools

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The Archbishop's School is a secondary school in Kent. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.