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The Abbey School

Secondary · Faversham · ME13 8RZ

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Needs attention

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Expected standardAchievement: Needs attentionAttendance & behaviour: Expected standardPersonal development: Strong standardInclusion: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Not applicablePost-16: Strong standard

Inspected 13 January 2026 · report published 28 May 2026

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At a glance

1,061 pupils · 87% of 1,226 capacity

School type
Academy converter
Age range
11–19
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
40.3% of pupils
English as additional language
9% of pupils
SEN support
7.8% of pupils
EHC plan
6% of pupils
Sixth form
Yes
Website
www.abbeyschoolfaversham.co.uk
URN
149893

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

0.71 first-choice applications per place

168 places offered · 119 first-choice applications · usually has places

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)

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

Attainment 8 score
35.5
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
50.7%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
32.5%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
3.2
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-) D+
24.6
England 35

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)
11.9%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
34%
England 18.1%

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

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
20.2
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

78% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 8% moved to another state school · 14% 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£7,995
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.

Inspection history since 2015

Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.

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