Sir Roger Manwood's School
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Attainment 8 of 62.7 is well above the national average of around 46. This reflects strong GCSE outcomes across the standard subject basket.
- Attainment 8:
- 62.7
- 5+ Eng & Maths:
- 96%
- Academic year:
- 2024/2025
Progress is close to average or statistically uncertain because the confidence interval crosses zero. This does not necessarily mean the school adds or detracts from pupil progress.
- Progress 8:
- +0.21
- Confidence interval:
- [-0.03, 0.45]
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Performance over time
Attainment 8 over time
Progress 8 over time(not available 2024/25)
Grammar School Entry
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Verified exam details
Entry requirements
Sir Roger Manwood's School is a selective co-educational grammar school in Kent. The official admissions material states that Year 7 applicants must sit the Kent Test or have an accepted equivalent grammar-school assessment outcome before the oversubscription criteria are applied for the school's published admission number of 150.
Exam dates and admissions evidence
The official school-hosted admissions PDF reviewed in this pass confirms that Year 7 admission depends on eligibility for grammar-school education through the Kent testing route and then application of the school oversubscription criteria. Exact 2026 registration, test and results dates were not exposed in the reviewed school-hosted pages captured here.
Verification
Historical results
| Year | Pupils | Att8 | P8 | 5+ E&M | EBacc % | EBacc APS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/2025 | 158 | 62.7 | — | 96.2% | 79.1% | 5.9 |
| 2023/2024 | 159 | 63.2 | +0.21 | 97.5% | 73.6% | 6.0 |
| 2022/2023 | 147 | 60.0 | -0.24 | 94.0% | 82.0% | 5.6 |
| 2021/2022 | 153 | 67.0 | +0.05 | 96.0% | 75.0% | 6.3 |
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School information
| URN | 136501 |
| Local authority | Kent |
| Region | South East |
| Phase | Secondary |
| Type | Academy converter |
| Gender of entry | Mixed |
| Age range | 11-18 |
| Headteacher | Headteacher Ben Pennells |
| Trust | SIR ROGER MANWOOD'S SCHOOL |
| Admissions | Selective |
| Religious character | None |
| Postcode | CT13 9JX |
| Latest pupils | 158 |
| FSM eligible | 11.2% |
Contact and identifiers
Manwood Road, Sandwich, Kent, CT13 9JX
http://www.manwoods.co.ukView local authority page1304610200| DfE number | 5428 |
| UKPRN | 10033035 |
| Opened | 1 Mar 2011 |
| GIAS updated | 2 Mar 2026 |
Data sources and freshness
| Official record updated | 2 Mar 2026 |
| Latest KS4 year | 2024/2025 |
| Latest KS2 year | — |
| Ofsted published | 10 Nov 2022 |
Latest Ofsted inspection
| Quality of education | Good |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Safeguarding | Effective |
| Inspection type | S5 Inspection |
| Category of concern | — |
| Inspection date | 27 Sept 2022 |
| Publication date | 10 Nov 2022 |