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Dover Christ Church Academy

Secondary · Dover · CT16 2EG

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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: Requires improvementPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: Requires improvementSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 18 October 2022

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At a glance

761 pupils · 77% of 990 capacity

School type
Academy sponsor led
Age range
11–18
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
53.6% of pupils
English as additional language
4.8% of pupils
SEN support
18.1% of pupils
EHC plan
11.6% of pupils
Sixth form
Yes
Website
https://www.dccacademy.com
URN
150278

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

1.05 first-choice applications per place

131 places offered · 137 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)

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

Attainment 8 score
30.4
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
27.8%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
8.3%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
2.4
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)
7.4%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
23.4%
England 18.1%

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

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
14.8
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

78% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 10% moved to another state school · 12% 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.

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