Secondary schools in Canterbury
8 secondary schools in Canterbury, sorted by latest Ofsted grade. Grades come from two inspection systems; each school page states which, and the guide explains the difference. A grade shown with a year, like "Good (2019)", is the last one Ofsted published for that school and sorts below current grades. We don't invent rankings.
Canterbury in figures
For Year 7 places in September 2026, families named the 8 schools in Canterbury first 1,275 times for 1,191 places: 1.07 first choices per place, against 1.05 across the Kent authority's 103 schools. 5 of the 8 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, 2 schools here gave their last places on distance, from 1.40 miles (St Anselm's Catholic School, Canterbury) to 2.63 miles (Barton Manor School).
Totals for the schools listed on this page. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE; last-offer distances as the council published them.
- Barton Court Grammar School
- Barton Manor School
- Orion Spires
- Simon Langton Girls' Grammar School
- Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys
- St Anselm's Catholic School, Canterbury
- The Archbishop's School
- The Canterbury Academy
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Browse by authority: Kent · compare schools side by side · the map. School data: DfE & Ofsted, Open Government Licence v3.0.