St George's Church of England Foundation School

Foundation school·Primary school Broadstairs, Kent·CT10 2LH
Composite score
45.8
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#8,880
National rank
#1318
In South East
#275
In Kent
Top 60%
Nationally

Primary performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
65%
% achieving higher RWM
3%
Reading average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
72%
82 first choices, 60 places
First choices per place
1.37
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
166
any preference, for 60 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.40
00.511.52
1 per place
1.1020220.8820231.3320240.9720251.372026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Kent does not publish how far from the school the last child offered a Reception place lived, so there is no cut-off distance to show for St George's Church of England Foundation School. Ask the school or the council how places were allocated this year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
74%
248 first choices, 207 places
First choices per place
1.20
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
869
any preference, for 207 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.25
00.511.52
1 per place
1.4220221.6020231.4320241.4520251.202026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Kent does not publish how far from the school the last child offered a Year 7 place lived, so there is no cut-off distance to show for St George's Church of England Foundation School. Ask the school or the council how places were allocated this year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

Secondary performance (KS4 GCSE)

St George's Church of England Foundation School is an all-through school covering ages 4–19, so it has two sets of results. The headline score above reflects its primary (KS2) results, ranked against other primaries; its GCSE (KS4) results — ranked separately against other secondaries — are shown here.

#2,783
National rank
#411
In South East
#70
In Kent
Top 88%
Nationally
Attainment 8 score
37.7
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
17%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
51%
% EBacc grade 5+
1%
EBacc average points score
2.75

School profile

Age range
4–19
Pupils on roll
1,616
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
35.4%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
5.8%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
11.8%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
4.8%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
8.2%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
27.2%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
16.7
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£7,426
Typical secondary: £7,815

“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
89%
215 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
80%
Apprenticeship
6%
Employment
3%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby primary schools

Location

About St George's Church of England Foundation School

St George's Church of England Foundation School is an all-through school in Broadstairs, Kent, classified by the DfE as a foundation school with a Church of England religious character. Around 1,616 pupils aged 4 to 19 attend the school. 65% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, broadly in line with the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 5.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. At GCSE, the school's average Attainment 8 score was 37.7, below the national average of 46. On our composite score, St George's Church of England Foundation School ranks in the lower half of primary schools nationally for its primary (KS2) results. For its secondary (KS4) results, it ranks in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 105 in reading and 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 3% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). At Key Stage 4, 17% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well below the national average of about 45%. St George's Church of England Foundation School is oversubscribed: about 7 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 82 first choices for 60 places. Overall pupil absence was 8.2%. There are about 16.7 pupils per teacher. St George's Church of England Foundation School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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