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Homewood School and Sixth Form Centre

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Academy

Ashford Road, Tenterden TN30 6LT · homewood-school.co.uk · 01580 764222

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Overview

Ofsted
Good
2019 framework · inspected Apr 2023
GCSEs, 2024/25
39.7
average Attainment 8 score. Kent 46.7, England 46
Demand for places
0.9
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
1,772
82% of 2,156 places
Local authority
Kent
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
29.3%
First language not English
3.8%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Tenterden Schools Trust

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, 269 families put the school first and 314 places were offered; 97% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 278 (Places 379)278September 2023: 250 (Places 375)250September 2024: 196 (Places 328)196September 2025: 276 (Places 338)276September 2026: 269 (Places 314)269Places 314
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20263142690.997%
September 2025Sept 20253382760.8100%
September 2024Sept 20243281960.6100%
September 2023Sept 20233752500.7100%
September 2022Sept 20223792780.7100%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 39.7, and 27% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Kent it was 46.7, and across England 46.

In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade C- (27.4 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 37.3 (England 46.3)37.32017/18: 37.5 (England 46.5)37.52018/19: 37.8 (England 46.7)37.82021/22: 44.4 (England 48.8)44.42022/23: 40.0 (England 46.3)40.02023/24: 39.8 (England 45.9)39.82024/25: 39.7 (England 46.0)39.7England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▼39.746.0
▼27.0%45.4%
▼54.5%64.8%
▼15.4%40.5%
▼3.234.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form48.8−5.4
Sixth form college2.5+0.8
Further education29.5+2
Other education0.9+0.2
Apprenticeship3.40
Employment5.3+1.2
Not in a lasting destination6.2+0.1
Activity not captured3.4+1

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252015/16: 27.2 (England 30.5)C-2016/17: 23.9 (England 31.1)D+2017/18: 24.9 (England 32.1)D+2018/19: 27.0 (England 32.9)C-2021/22: 26.5 (England 37.9)C-2022/23: 26.1 (England 34.2)C-2023/24: 27.2 (England 34.4)C-2024/25: 27.4 (England 35.0)C-England 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
106 studentsC- (27.4)Below average -0.26
114 studentsC- (27.8)Below average -0.23
87 studentsMerit+ (27.1)Average -0.03
22 studentsMerit (24.4)Average -0.35
12.2%AAB or better
84.9%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/24112C- (27.2)-0.41
2022/23130C- (26.1)—
2021/2298C- (26.5)—
2018/19131C- (27)+0.24
2017/18136D+ (24.9)+0.07
2016/17183D+ (23.9)-0.17
2015/16186C- (27.2)0.00

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University32.3+5
Further and other education3.1−1.4
Further education1.3−1.3
Other education1.90
Apprenticeship4.4−7.3
Employment37.3−3.6
Not in a lasting destination14.6+1
Activity not captured8.2+6.3

Ofsted

Homewood School and Sixth Form Centre was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 25 April 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.

Overall
Good
Inspected
25 Apr 2023
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth formGood

Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Sept 2019

Earlier inspections

September 2019 to November 2025

  • Sept 2019Requires improvement
    Quality of educationRequires improvement
    Behaviour and attitudesGood
    Personal developmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    Sixth formGood
    SafeguardingEffective

Before September 2019

  • Sept 2012Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood
  • Nov 2010Requires improvement
    Outcomes for pupilsRequires improvement
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentRequires improvement
    Leadership and managementRequires improvement
    16 to 19 study programmesGood

What parents said

64% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (435 replies, to 1 April 2024).

Recommend
64%
Replies
435
21% · 1 Apr 2024
Child is happy at school▼72% agreeEngland 88%
Child feels safe▼67% agreeEngland 89%
Pupils are well behaved▼51% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▼68% agreeEngland 83%
Child does well▼71% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼56% agreeEngland 83%
Told how child is doing▼71% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects●89% agreeEngland 90%
Can join clubs and activities▼86% agreeEngland 91%
Supports personal development▼57% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼64% agreeEngland 74%

based on the 85% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▲58% agreeEngland 49%

based on the 52% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▼58% agreeEngland 67%

based on 109 parents (25%) with SEND

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