Secondary · CT9 · Kent

Hartsdown Academy

George V Avenue, Margate, CT9 5RE

COASTAL ACADEMIES TRUST is the academy trust. Admissions rules still sit with the school and your local council.

Good

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedGood
Attendance89%
AttainmentProgress 8: -0.39
AdmissionsOften has places
Pupils868

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

Good

Latest visit (Apr 2026): renewed Ofsted format (no single overall grade) — achievement and attendance and behaviour needs attention; curriculum and teaching, personal development and wellbeing, leadership and governance and post-16 provision expected standard; inclusion strong standard. See the full Ofsted report.

Inspection history

Improved from Requires improvement (8 Mar 2018).

  1. Previous gradedRequires improvement

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in CT9. Where we have them, council (Thanet) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on roll
868
Free school meals
63.8%
13.9% above district average (49.9%)

Also: England 25.8%

SEN
45.2%
13.2% above district average (32%)

Also: England 16.5%

EAL
22.8%
2.8% above district average (20%)
Attendance
89%
4.1% below district average (93.1%)

Also: England 91.9%

Persistent absence
36.4%
Progress 8
-0.39 (2023/24)
Attainment 8
32.1
Grade 5+ English & maths
19.7%
Grade 4+ English & maths
38%
Entered for EBacc
14.6%
EBacc average point score
2.68

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the CT9 average; the darker bar is this school.

Attendance

Autumn and spring term attendance from DfE pupil absence data (where published for this URN).

  • 2020/2189.1%
  • 2021/2285%
  • 2022/2384.3%
  • 2023/2484.8%
  • 2024/2585.7%

Admissions

Demand signal
Often has places
Published capacity (GIAS)
1241
Pupils on roll
868

Indicative signal from published roll versus GIAS capacity. Not applications versus offers, and not a guarantee of a place.

Published admission number (PAN) and applications versus offers are not in our national datasets yet. Use your council booklet.

Check your council admissions booklet via the Kent page.

SEN support

SEN %
45.2%
On-site provision
Resourced provision · HI
Need types
HI

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Sept 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
  • School photos are not shown yet. Schools will be able to add one later.
  • Methodology · Data updates