SCHOOL PROFILE

Wrotham School: data, trends and context

Wrotham 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
139542
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Academy converter
Status
Open
Local authority
Kent
Region
South East
Trust
CHARACTER EDUCATION TRUST
Postcode
TN15 7RD
Gender intake
Mixed
Religious character
None
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
1,054
FSM eligible
19.6%
EAL / First language other than English
2.8%
SEND (total)
13.8%
SEN Support
11.9%
EHCP
1.9%
White British
88.5%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
88.9%
Overall absence
11.1%
Persistent absence
35.8%
Severe absence
5.8%

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
20.4%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
7.8%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.20%

Attainment and Progress 8 (2024/25)

Attainment 8
39.5
English & maths grade 5+
25.7%
English & maths grade 4+
55.4%

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

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Wrotham 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.