Fulston Manor School
Ofsted: Requires improvementAcademy converter · Secondary
Sittingbourne · ME10 4EG · Kent
Ages 11–18
- Att839.0
- P8-0.7
- EM5+33%
- Absence13.1%
0.1 miles away
OpenSecondaryOfsted: GoodURN 136305
Highsted Grammar School
Academy converter · Sittingbourne · ME10 4PT
Ages 11–18 · 793 pupils · Kent
Ofsted
Good
Attainment 8
60.6
Overall absence
6.1%
Admissions demand
1.24 · Competitive
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2023-01-17
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- 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 8-0.04
−20+2
Attainment 860.6
English & maths grade 5+76%
English & maths grade 4+92%
EBacc entry99%
EBacc APS: 5.8
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence6.1%
Persistent absence (10%+)13.1%
Unauthorised1.3%
- Authorised absence
- 4.9%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 1.6%
- Enrolments in measure
- 700
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
1.24 · Competitive
1st preferences
159
Places offered
130
1st-preference offers
117
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 368
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 130
- Applications from outside LA
- 14
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 6
- 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 fill96%
793 pupils · 830 places
- Pupils on roll
- 793
- Boys / girls
- 6 / 787
- School capacity
- 830
- Capacity fill
- 793 / 830 (96%)
- Free school meals
- 12.5%
- FSM pupils
- 80
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Gender
- Girls
- 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: HIGHSTED ACADEMY TRUST
- Academy trust
- HIGHSTED ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Ms Anne Kelly
Location
- Address
- Highsted Road
- Postcode
- ME10 4PT
- Town
- Sittingbourne
- County
- Kent
- Local authority
- Kent
- District
- Swale
- Constituency
- Sittingbourne and Sheppey
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to 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.
Girls academy converter (secondary), Ages 11–18, in Sittingbourne, Kent, 793 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, academy, selective admissions. Free school meals: 12.5%.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Borden Grammar School
Ofsted: Strong standardAcademy converter · Secondary
Sittingbourne · ME10 4DB · Kent
Ages 11–18
- Att863.1
- P80.3
- EM5+85%
- Absence5.3%
0.3 miles away
The Sittingbourne School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy sponsor led · Secondary
Sittingbourne · ME10 4NL · Kent
Ages 11–19
- Att833.2
- P8-0.7
- EM5+21%
- Absence11.1%
0.8 miles away
Westlands School
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy converter · Secondary
Sittingbourne · ME10 1PF · Kent
Ages 11–18
- Att840.1
- P8-0.4
- EM5+30%
- Absence10.7%
1.3 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Ms Anne Kelly
- Telephone
- 01795424223