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The Royal Harbour Academy

Secondary · Ramsgate · CT12 6FA

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Requires improvement

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: Requires improvementBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: Requires improvementSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 8 January 2020

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At a glance

1,045 pupils · 100% of 916 capacity

School type
Academy sponsor led
Age range
11–18
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
64.4% of pupils
English as additional language
10.2% of pupils
SEN support
29.8% of pupils
EHC plan
6.9% of pupils
Sixth form
Yes
Website
www.rha.kent.sch.uk
URN
149554

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

1.10 first-choice applications per place

212 places offered · 233 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

24/25
25/26
26/27

Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.

GCSE results (2024/2025)

180 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025

Attainment 8 score
28.9
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
34.4%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
15.6%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
2.3
England 4.1

Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.

A-level results (2024/2025)

A-level points per entry (England: 35 ≈ B-) NE

no pupils entered

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
13.6%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
40.2%
England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
16.7
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

89% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 4% moved to another state school · 7% left the state-funded sector

School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Spending per pupil

This school£9,946
Typical secondary school£7,799

Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.

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