Name | Dane Court Grammar School |
Website | http://danecourt.kent.sch.uk/ |
Ofsted Inspection Rating | Outstanding This inspection rating relates to a predecessor school. When a school, converts to an academy, is taken over or closes and reopens as a new school a formal link is created between the new school and the old school, by the Department for Education. Where the new school has not yet been inspected, we show the inspection history of the predecessor school, as we believe it still has significance. |
Inspection Date | 06 June 2007 |
Address | Broadstairs Road, Broadstairs, CT10 2RT |
Phone Number | 01843864941 |
Type | Academy |
Age Range | 11-18 |
Religious Character | None |
Gender | Mixed |
Number of Pupils | 1279 (49% boys 51% girls) |
Number of Pupils per Teacher | 19.4 |
Academy Sponsor | Coastal Academies Trust |
Local Authority | Kent |
Percentage Free School Meals | 9% |
Percentage English is Not First Language | 8.6% |
Persisitent Absence | 7.7% |
Pupils with SEN Support | 1.5% |
Catchment Area Information Available | Yes, our catchment area data is FREE |
Last Distance Offered Information Available | No |
Highlights from Latest Inspection:
Description of the school Dane Court is a selective grammar school with a sixth form that is part of the Thanet Sixth Form Consortium. The school has specialist status for languages. It draws most of its students from a large number of primary schools from across the Isle of Thanet, which is an area of social and economic deprivation, and most students are from White British backgrounds. The proportion of students entitled to free school meals is below the national average. The percentage of students speaking English as an additional language is below average, as is the proportion of students who have learning difficulties or disabilities. The school has been designated by the local authority as a special educational needs resource base for two students who have visual impairment. Key for inspection grades Grade 1 Outstanding Grade 2 Good Grade 3 Satisfactory Grade 4 Inadequate |