The Schools Guru
The Schools GuruYour personal AI advisor on schools and colleges in EnglandLet's talk 💬

King Ethelbert School

 

Contact Details

Address:
 Canterbury Road
 Birchington
 Kent CT7 9BL
Telephone: 01843 831999

School Type

Phase: Secondary and Sixth Form (ages 11-18)
Type: Converter Academy
Religious Denomination: None
Admissions Policy: Non-selective
Established: 2011
History: This school arose from King Ethelbert School
Trust: Coastal Academies Trust
Sponsor: Coastal Academies Trust

Staff and Pupils

Headteacher: Mr Tom Sellen (since September 2022)
Previous Headteacher: Vicky Willis
Numbers of Teachers / Assistants*: 52.9 / 8.65
Non-teaching Staff*: 28.93
Number of pupils: 845
Pupils Per Teacher: 16.0
Sex: Mixed (53% boys / 47% girls)
Eligible for free school meals (FSM): 40.00% (high)
FSM pupils at 10 nearest schools†: 38.1%
Local child deprivation rate: 16.5% (4km radius)
Proportion of ethnic minority pupils: 11.8%
Ethnic minority pupils at 10 nearest schools†: 20.4%
Distance to 10th nearest school†: 14.0km
* Full-time equivalents (FTEs)
† Schools of the same phase (primary or secondary) for which data are available

Location and Administration

Region: South East
Authority: Kent
Constituency: North Thanet
Electoral Ward: Birchington South
School Number: 8864120

Inspections and Reports

Ofsted Report: 4th June 2024 (view record)
Ofsted Rating: Good

External Links

DfE Record: View record
School Performance Table: View record
The Schools Guide: School indicators | Staff indicators
The Schools Guru: Let's talk 💬
 
 

Nearby Schools

  1. Ursuline College (0.3km) show on map
  2. St Saviour's Church of England Junior School (0.8km) show on map
  3. St Crispin's Infant School (1.0km) show on map
  4. Maple Haven Ltd (1.1km) show on map
  5. Birchington Church of England Primary School (1.1km) show on map
  6. The Llewellyn School and Nursery (1.3km) show on map
  7. Garlinge Primary School and Nursery (2.8km) show on map
  8. Hartsdown Academy (3.2km) show on map
  9. St Gregory's Catholic Primary School, Margate (4.0km) show on map
  10. Salmestone Primary School (4.1km) show on map
  11. Margate, Holy Trinity and St John's Church of... (4.4km) show on map
  12. Enterprise Learning Alliance (4.8km) show on map
  13. Liberty College (4.8km) show on map
  14. Drapers Mills Primary Academy (5.0km) show on map
  15. Minster Church of England Primary School (5.0km) show on map
  16. Monkton Church of England Primary School (5.1km) show on map
  17. Parkview Academy (5.2km) show on map
  18. Laleham Gap School (5.6km) show on map
  19. The Royal Harbour Academy (5.7km) show on map
  20. St Nicholas At Wade Church of England Primary... (5.8km) show on map
  21. St Anthony's School (5.9km) show on map
  22. Northdown Primary School (6.0km) show on map
  23. Cliftonville Primary School (6.0km) show on map
  24. Dame Janet Primary Academy (6.2km) show on map
  25. St George's Church of England Foundation School (6.2km) show on map
  26. Newington Community Primary School (6.2km) show on map
  27. Small Haven School (6.4km) show on map
  28. Ramsgate Arts Primary School (6.4km) show on map
  29. Cross Keys Learning (6.6km) show on map
  30. Great Oaks Small School (6.7km) show on map
  31. Life Skills Enterprise (6.7km) show on map
  32. Palm Bay Primary School (6.9km) show on map
  33. Bromstone Primary School, Broadstairs (6.9km) show on map
  34. Dane Court Grammar School (6.9km) show on map
  35. Foreland Fields School (6.9km) show on map
  36. St Laurence In Thanet Church of England Junio... (7.0km) show on map
  37. Chilton Primary School (7.0km) show on map
  38. Ellington Infant School (7.1km) show on map
  39. The Charles Dickens School (7.2km) show on map
  40. Callis Grange Nursery and Infant School (7.3km) show on map
  41. St Peter-in-Thanet CofE Junior School (7.3km) show on map
  42. St Lawrence College Junior School (7.4km) show on map
  43. St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Broadstairs (7.6km) show on map
  44. Life Skills Manor (7.6km) show on map
  45. Newlands Primary School (7.7km) show on map
  46. Wellesley Haddon Dene School (7.7km) show on map
  47. Upton Junior School (7.7km) show on map
  48. Christ Church Church of England Junior School... (7.8km) show on map
  49. Priory Infant School (7.9km) show on map
  50. Maple Tree Primary School (7.9km) show on map
  51. Chatham & Clarendon Grammar School (7.9km) show on map
  52. St Mildred's Primary Infant School (8.0km) show on map
  53. St Ethelbert's Catholic Primary School and Nursery (8.1km) show on map
  54. The Old Priory School (8.2km) show on map
  55. EKC Group (8.2km) show on map
  56. Ramsgate, Holy Trinity Church of England Prim... (8.3km) show on map
  57. Stone Bay School (8.5km) show on map
  58. Chislet Church of England Primary School (10.2km) show on map
  59. Reculver Church of England Primary School (10.3km) show on map
  60. Preston Primary School (10.4km) show on map
  61. Sandwich Infant School (11.1km) show on map
  62. Ash Cartwright and Kelsey Church of England P... (11.2km) show on map
  63. St Faith's At Ash School Limited (11.4km) show on map
  64. Sir Roger Manwood's School (11.8km) show on map
  65. Hoath Primary School (12.0km) show on map
  66. Sandwich Junior School (12.0km) show on map
  67. Sandwich Technology School (12.5km) show on map
  68. Herne Church of England Infant and Nursery School (13.1km) show on map
  69. Water Meadows Primary School (13.2km) show on map
  70. Herne Church of England Junior School (13.3km) show on map
  71. The Davenport School (13.3km) show on map
  72. Herne Bay Junior School (13.4km) show on map
  73. Worth Primary School (13.4km) show on map
  74. Herne Bay Infant School (13.5km) show on map
  75. Orion Spires (14.0km) show on map
  76. Wingham Primary School (14.0km) show on map
  77. Wickhambreaux Church of England Primary School (14.1km) show on map
  78. Eastry Church of England Primary School (14.5km) show on map
  79. Herne Bay High School (14.7km) show on map
  80. Hampton Primary School (15.2km) show on map
  81. Salt College (15.4km) show on map
  82. Littlebourne Church of England Primary School (15.5km) show on map
  83. Thornden Wood Primary School (15.6km) show on map
  84. Sturry Church of England Primary School (15.8km) show on map
  85. Goodnestone Church of England Primary School (15.8km) show on map
  86. Junior King's School (16.5km) show on map
  87. Northbourne Park School (16.9km) show on map
  88. Northbourne Church of England Primary School (17.1km) show on map
  89. Sandown School (17.2km) show on map
  90. Beech Grove School (17.5km) show on map
  91. Sholden Church of England Primary School (17.8km) show on map
  92. Adisham Church of England Primary School (17.8km) show on map
  93. Hornbeam Primary School (17.9km) show on map
  94. Parkside Community Foundation Primary School (18.0km) show on map
  95. Warden House Primary School (18.0km) show on map
  96. Brewood Secondary School (18.1km) show on map
  97. Nonington Church of England Primary School (18.2km) show on map
  98. Swalecliffe Community Primary School (18.3km) show on map
  99. St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Aylesham (18.6km) show on map
  100. The Far Academy CIC (18.6km) show on map
Note: If school locations don't appear on the map then try zooming out

Associated Schools

Predecessor Schools†
† Establishments now closed from which this school arose, or with which it has merged

Similar Schools*

  1. The Marsh Academy, New Romney
  2. Coppice Performing Arts School, Wolverhampton
  3. Tudor Grange Academy Redditch
  4. Sandwich Technology School
  5. The Sutton Academy, St Helens
  6. The Bourne Academy, Bournemouth
  7. Ormiston Shelfield Community Academy, Walsall
  8. Norton Canes High School, Cannock
  9. Netherhall School, Maryport
  10. Outwood Academy Adwick, Doncaster
  11. The Long Eaton School, Nottingham
  12. Morecambe Bay Academy
  13. Harton Academy, South Shields
  14. Ridgeway Academy, Welwyn Garden City
  15. The Grange School, Christchurch
  16. The Pingle Academy, Swadlincote
  17. Christ Church, Church of England Secondary Academy, Birmingham
  18. Longbenton High School, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
  19. University Academy Holbeach, Spalding
  20. Cowley International College, St Helens
  21. Shoeburyness High School, Southend-on-Sea
  22. Turner Free School, Folkestone
  23. Baxter College, Kidderminster
  24. Sirius Academy West, Hull
  25. Henley Bank High School, Gloucester
  26. Marine Academy Plymouth
  27. North Kesteven Academy, Lincoln
  28. The Sittingbourne School
  29. Dinnington High School, Sheffield
  30. St Edmund's Catholic School, Dover
  31. The Charles Dickens School, Broadstairs
  32. David Nieper Academy, Alfreton
  33. Archbishop Beck Catholic College, Liverpool
  34. Outwood Academy Newbold, Chesterfield
  35. The Spires College, Torquay
  36. Swanwick Hall School, Alfreton
  37. Orchards Academy, Swanley
  38. Friesland School, Sandiacre
  39. Kirk Hallam Community Academy, Ilkeston
  40. The King's Academy, Middlesbrough
  41. Ormiston Venture Academy, Gorleston
  42. Ashington Academy
  43. Southmoor Academy, Sunderland
  44. The Open Academy, Norwich
  45. Lees Brook Academy, Derby
  46. Staffordshire University Academy, Cannock
  47. Aldercar High School, Nottingham
  48. Haughton Academy, Darlington
  49. The Priory City of Lincoln Academy
  50. St John Henry Newman Catholic School, Carlisle
  51. Our Lady's Catholic College, Lancaster
  52. Sarum Academy, Salisbury
  53. Chilmington Green School, Great Chart
  54. Longhill High School, Brighton
  55. Maltby Academy, Rotherham
  56. The Adeyfield Academy, Hemel Hempstead
  57. Ellesmere Port Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy
  58. Rye College
  59. St Bede's Catholic School and Byron Sixth Form College, Peterlee
  60. Skinners' Kent Academy, Tunbridge Wells
  61. The Priory Ruskin Academy, Grantham
  62. Chesterton Community Sports College, Newcastle
  63. The Turing School, Eastbourne
  64. Dyson Perrins CofE Academy, Malvern
  65. Ormiston Sudbury Academy
  66. The Featherstone Academy, Pontefract
  67. Werneth School, Stockport
  68. Meden School, Mansfield
  69. Tupton Hall School, Chesterfield
  70. Grace College, Gateshead
  71. Rawmarsh Community School, Rotherham
  72. Great Wyrley Academy, Walsall
  73. Yewlands Academy, Sheffield
  74. Mortimer Community College, South Shields
  75. Retford Oaks Academy
  76. The Valley Leadership Academy, Bacup
  77. King James I Academy Bishop Auckland
  78. The Farnley Academy, Leeds
  79. St Michael's Church of England High School, Rowley Regis
  80. XP School, Doncaster
  81. John Smeaton Academy, Leeds
  82. Risedale School, Catterick Garrison
  83. Hall Park Academy, Nottingham
  84. Stalham High School, Norwich
  85. King Edward VI High School, Stafford
  86. The Lenham School, Maidstone
  87. Park Hall Academy, Birmingham
  88. Immanuel College, Bradford
  89. Atlantic Academy, Bideford
  90. Brockhill Park Performing Arts College, Hythe
  91. Oxclose Community Academy, Washington
  92. The Dukeries Academy, Newark
  93. The Barnes Wallis Academy, Lincoln
  94. St Benedict's Catholic High School, Alcester
  95. Clacton County High School, Clacton-on-Sea
  96. Bay Leadership Academy, Morecambe
  97. The Birley Academy, Sheffield
  98. Pakefield High School, Lowestoft
  99. Tudor Grange Academy Worcester
  100. Hartshill Academy, Nuneaton
* Based on pupil profiles – see About page for details

 | Copyright © 2026 |