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Astor Secondary School

URN
138167
Phase
Secondary
Status
Open

School overview

School name
Astor Secondary School
URN
138167
Phase
Secondary
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11-18
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Limited Data

50 / 100

Limited Data

Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.

Academic Outcomes

27

Inspection

78

Admissions Value

37

Destinations

31

Stability & Context

100

School Compass rankings

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School Compass recommendation

Insufficient Data

Not enough information is available to generate a recommendation.

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Based on School Compass analysis of official performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

Admissions strategy

  • Application category: Not recommended
  • Admissions pressure: High competition
  • Admissions risk: High risk

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Crime & Safety

  • Safety score: Higher Risk
  • National comparison: Higher crime than average
  • Crime trend: Stable trend
  • Confidence: High confidence

Higher share of violent and serious offences than typical

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  • Local authority and nearby-school comparisons
  • Safety trends over the past year
  • Area context and confidence notes

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Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.

  • Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.
  • This section reflects police-recorded crime in the surrounding area, not incidents on school premises.
  • Figures are anonymised by the police and aggregated within approximately one mile of the school site.

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Ofsted inspections

Report card (from November 2025)

From November 2025, Ofsted no longer gives a single overall grade. Schools receive grades across several areas on a report card.

Latest publication date
12 May 2026
Inspection date
10 March 2026
Inspection type
S5 Inspection
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingMet

Inspection outcomes

  • Safeguarding

    Met

    Graded 10 March 2026

  • Inclusion

    Needs attention

    Graded 10 March 2026

  • Curriculum and teaching

Admissions

High pressure

Official Department for Education applications and offers data for Secondary Transfer in academic year 2025/26.

Academic year

Academic year

2025/26

Published admission number (PAN)

Published admission number (PAN)

135

Places offered by the school

Applications received

Applications received

282

Times listed as any preference

Offers made

Offers made

100

Preferred offers from this school

Oversubscription ratio

Oversubscription ratio

2.09×

Applications per place

Offer rate

Where to apply

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Local authority
Kent
Admissions portal
GOV.UK — apply for a secondary school place (Kent)
Application deadline
31 October 2026 (on-time deadline for secondary entry, September 2027)
School website
http://www.astorschool.com

If the portal link opens GOV.UK, select Kent to reach your council's application system.

Performance & outcomes

Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.

Key stage 4 (secondary)

Key stage 4 (secondary) data for academic year 2024/25

Official Department for Education key stage 4 performance for academic year 2024/25. Progress 8 is not published for this academic year.

Attainment 8

Attainment 8

27.9

Progress 8

Progress 8

Not published

English and maths grade 5 or above

English & maths 5+

10.1%

English and maths grade 4 or above

English & maths 4+

21.6%

EBacc entry

EBacc entry

9.4%

EBacc achievement

Location

CT17 0AS - Astor Avenue, Dover, Kent

Contact details

Address
Astor Avenue, Dover, Kent
Postcode
CT17 0AS
Phone
1304201151
Website
http://www.astorschool.com
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Administrative details

Local authority name
Kent
Local authority code
886

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 1,366 schools in Kent.

Authority statistics

Total schools

1,366

Open schools

715

Closed schools

651

Primary schools

816

Data quality

Last updated
14 June 2026
Last imported
14 June 2026

Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.

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  • Not all crime is reported to the police. Small areas can vary significantly year to year.
  • Source: data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence; population from ONS.
  • Needs attention

    Graded 10 March 2026

  • Achievement

    Needs attention

    Graded 10 March 2026

  • Attendance and behaviour

    Needs attention

    Graded 10 March 2026

  • Personal development and wellbeing

    Expected standard

    Graded 10 March 2026

  • Leadership and governance

    Needs attention

    Graded 10 March 2026

  • Post-16

    Expected standard
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    Inspection history

    Showing the last 2 inspections on record, including monitoring visits.

    PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    12 May 202610 March 2026S5 InspectionReport cardView report for inspection published 12 May 2026
    14 December 202331 October 2023Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 3Requires improvementView report for inspection published 14 December 2023
    • Report card

      Published
      12 May 2026
      Inspected
      10 March 2026
      Type
      S5 Inspection
      Report
      View report
    • Requires improvement

      Published
      14 December 2023
      Inspected
      31 October 2023
      Type
      Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 3
      Report
      View report

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Ofsted management information via GOV.UK.

    Offer rate

    35.5%

    Offers as a share of applications

    First preference offers: 82

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education school applications and offers statistics.

    EBacc achievement

    2.2%

    Post-16 (A level)

    Below average

    Post-16 (A level) data for academic year 2024/25

    Official Department for Education 16 to 18 performance (A level) for academic year 2024/25.

    Average point score per entry

    APS

    22.8

    Value added

    Value added

    -0.30

    AAB with two facilitating subjects

    AAB %

    0.0%

    Retention

    Retention %

    Not published

    Key stage 4 destinations

    Key stage 4 destinations data for leaver academic year 2022/23

    Sustained destination measures for pupils who completed key stage 4 in 2022/23 (destinations in 2023/24).

    Education destination

    Education %

    72.0%

    Employment destination

    Employment %

    4.0%

    Apprenticeship destination

    Apprenticeships %

    3.0%

    Not in education, employment or training

    NEET %

    10.0%

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education performance and outcomes statistics (England).

    Secondary schools

    218

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

    • Primary816 (59.8%)
    • Secondary218 (16.0%)
    • Special0 (0.0%)
    • Other331 (24.2%)

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    Astor College (A Specialist College for the Arts)0 mSecondaryClosed
    Dover Grammar School for Boys199 mSecondaryOpen
    St Martin's School334 mPrimaryClosed
    St Martin's School334 mPrimaryOpen
    Vale View Community School500 mPrimaryClosed
    Vale View Community School500 mPrimaryOpen
    Priory Fields School635 mPrimaryOpen
    Priory Fields School635 mPrimaryClosed
    White Cliffs Primary College for the Arts671 mPrimaryClosed
    White Cliffs Primary and Nursery School671 mPrimaryOpen
    • Astor College (A Specialist College for the Arts)
      Distance
      0 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Closed
    • Dover Grammar School for Boys
      Distance
      199 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Open
    • St Martin's School
      Distance
      334 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Closed
    • St Martin's School
      Distance
      334 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open

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