SCHOOL PROFILE

The Whitstable School: data, trends and context

The Whitstable 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
144354
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Academy converter
Status
Open
Local authority
Kent
Region
South East
Trust
SWALE ACADEMIES TRUST
Postcode
CT5 1PX
Gender intake
Mixed
Religious character
Does not apply
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
1,112
FSM eligible
26.9%
EAL / First language other than English
1.9%
SEND (total)
17.9%
SEN Support
14.8%
EHCP
3.1%
White British
90.8%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
90.9%
Overall absence
9.1%
Persistent absence
27.4%
Severe absence
4.0%

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
18.5%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
9.2%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.00%

Attainment and Progress 8 (2024/25)

Attainment 8
39.3
English & maths grade 5+
29.0%
English & maths grade 4+
58.5%

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 Whitstable School against 25 similar schools

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The Whitstable 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.