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EKC Sheppey Secondary

Secondary · Sheerness · ME12 2BE

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At a glance

542 pupils · 72% of 750 capacity

School type
Academy sponsor led
Age range
11–16
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
61.8% of pupils
English as additional language
4.2% of pupils
SEN support
29.9% of pupils
EHC plan
6.7% of pupils
Website
www.ekcsheppeysecondary.org
URN
150934

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

1.04 first-choice applications per place

142 places offered · 148 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

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)

Attainment 8 score

no data

Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs

no data

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

no data

EBacc average point score

no data

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.

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)
10.5%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
32.7%
England 18.1%

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

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
18.7
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

79% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 7% 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£11,904
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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