The Royal Harbour Academy
Ofsted: Urgent improvementAcademy sponsor led · Secondary
Ramsgate · CT12 6FA · Kent
Ages 11–18
- Att829.8
- P8-1.0
- EM5+12%
- Absence15.0%
1.4 miles away
OpenSecondaryOfsted: Not judgedURN 136382
Chatham & Clarendon Grammar School
Academy converter · Ramsgate · CT11 7PS
Ages 11–18 · 1,334 pupils · Kent
Ofsted
Not judged
Attainment 8
64.6
Overall absence
7.8%
Admissions demand
1.20 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Not judged
Inspection date
2025-09-24
- Overall effectiveness
- Not judged
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Progress 8+0.30
−20+2
Attainment 864.6
English & maths grade 5+85%
English & maths grade 4+95%
EBacc entry75%
EBacc APS: 6.2
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence7.8%
Persistent absence (10%+)20.6%
Unauthorised1.0%
- Authorised absence
- 6.8%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 2.3%
- Enrolments in measure
- 960
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for secondary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
1.20 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
200
Places offered
171
1st-preference offers
160
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 597
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 170
- Applications from outside LA
- 9
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 4
- Admissions policy (GIAS)
- Selective
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill83%
1,334 pupils · 1,600 places
- Pupils on roll
- 1,334
- Boys / girls
- 704 / 630
- School capacity
- 1,600
- Capacity fill
- 1,334 / 1,600 (83%)
- Free school meals
- 17.4%
- FSM pupils
- 148
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy converter
Age range
Ages 11–18
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: CHATHAM & CLARENDON GRAMMAR SCHOOL
- Academy trust
- CHATHAM & CLARENDON GRAMMAR SCHOOL
- Headteacher
- Mrs Debra Liddicoat
Location
- Address
- Chatham Street
- Postcode
- CT11 7PS
- Town
- Ramsgate
- County
- Kent
- Local authority
- Kent
- District
- Thanet
- Constituency
- East Thanet
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
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 Ramsgate, Kent, 1,334 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, academy, selective admissions. Free school meals: 17.4%.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Dane Court Grammar School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Secondary
Broadstairs · CT10 2RT · Kent
Ages 11–18
- Att868.6
- P80.7
- EM5+94%
- Absence6.9%
1.7 miles away
The Charles Dickens School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy sponsor led · Secondary
Broadstairs · CT10 2RL · Kent
Ages 11–18
- Att843.9
- P80.2
- EM5+31%
- Absence9.4%
1.7 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Debra Liddicoat
- Telephone
- 01843591075