The Charles Dickens School
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Mixed · Kent
Broadstairs Road, Broadstairs, CT10 2RL
63
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
Good
Graded 28/03/2023
Application demand
65%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
90.2%
27.4% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,117
Capacity used
Over capacity101%
1,104 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
65%
1st preference success rate
185 of 285 families who put it first got an offer
225
Places offered
868
Total applications
3.9
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 285 | 185 | ● 65% |
| 2nd preference | 289 | 33 | ● 11% |
| 3rd preference | 185 | 6 | ● 3% |
| 4th preference | 109 | 1 | ● 1% |
| Total | 868 | 225 | 26% |
1st preference success by year
Kent lets families list 4 preferences. 1 applications came from outside the council area (0 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Warren Smith
- Address
- Broadstairs Road, Broadstairs, CT10 2RL
- Phone
- 01843862988
- Local authority
- Kent
- Ward / constituency
- St Peters · East Thanet
- Area
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- URN
- 144015
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 43% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 8% | — | — |
| SEN support | 13% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 4 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: BARTON COURT ACADEMY TRUST
1,117 pupils · 1,104 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 23
28 March 2023
Full graded inspection
Good overall effectivenessPersonal development Good Quality of education Good Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Good Leadership and management Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,144 pupils
Attendance
90.2%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
9.8%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
27.4%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
5.0%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
6.3%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 43.9 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.22 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 31% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 59% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 3.46 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 42.5 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 28.6% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 55.8% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 18.1% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.42 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 199 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 195 | 4% | 35% | 67% | |
| English Language | 195 | 10% | 39% | 66% | |
| English Literature | 195 | 14% | 45% | 65% | |
| Combined Science | 190 | 6% | 31% | 53% | |
| History | 105 | 23% | 52% | 62% | |
| Geography | 91 | 3% | 18% | 25% | |
| Art and Design | 67 | 13% | 55% | 78% | |
| Social Studies | 30 | 17% | 60% | 80% | |
| Spanish | 22 | 5% | 23% | 32% | |
| Religious Studies | 19 | 21% | 58% | 68% | |
| French | 13 | 0% | 46% | 46% | |
| Biology | 4 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Oxbridge
No Cambridge applications recorded for this school in 2020–2025.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Kent council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.