Foundation school · Secondary
Dover · CT17 0DQ · Kent
Ages 11–18
Status: Open
0.1 miles away
OpenSecondaryURN 138167
Astor Secondary School
Academy converter · Dover · CT17 0AS
Phase
Secondary
Age range
Ages 11–18
Pupils
732
Local authority
Kent
Age range
Ages 11–18
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- NurseryNo Nursery Classes
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (secondary), Ages 11–18, in Dover, Kent, 732 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, academy, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 63.2%.
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Overview
- School type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 138167
Location
- Address
- Astor Avenue
- Postcode
- CT17 0AS
- Town
- Dover
- County
- Kent
- Local authority
- Kent
- District
- Dover
- Constituency
- Dover and Deal
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 732
- Boys / girls
- 337 / 395
- School capacity
- 1,230
- Capacity fill
- 732 / 1,230 (60%)
- Free school meals
- 63.2%
- FSM pupils
- 408
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: SAMPHIRE STAR EDUCATION TRUST
- Academy trust
- SAMPHIRE STAR EDUCATION TRUST
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Lee Kane
- Telephone
- 01304201151
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
Needs attention
Inspection date
2026-03-10
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Curriculum and teaching
- Needs attention
- Inclusion
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Needs attention
- Safeguarding standards
- Met
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
- Attainment 8
- 28.6
- Progress 8
- -1.0
- English & maths grade 5+
- 9%
- English & maths grade 4+
- 28%
- EBacc entry
- 7%
- EBacc APS
- 2.4