Dane Court Grammar School
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Attainment 8 of 65.3 is well above the national average of around 46. This reflects strong GCSE outcomes across the standard subject basket.
- Attainment 8:
- 65.3
- 5+ Eng & Maths:
- 95%
- Academic year:
- 2024/2025
Pupils made above-average progress compared with similar pupils nationally. The confidence interval is entirely above zero, which is strong evidence of added value.
- Progress 8:
- +0.69
- Confidence interval:
- [0.48, 0.91]
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Performance over time
Attainment 8 over time
Progress 8 over time(not available 2024/25)
Grammar School Entry
Verified exam details
Entry requirements
Dane Court is oversubscribed in most year groups and requires prospective students to have passed an admissions test. For normal Year 7 entry the school requires pupils to have sat the Kent Test and applications are made through the local authority.
Exam dates and admissions evidence
The admissions page says Year 7 applicants for September 2026 must have taken the Kent Test in September. The school highlights these dates for the 2026 intake: local authority application and free-school-meal supplementary information form deadline 31 October 2025; National Offer Day 2 March 2026; waiting list request deadline 16 March 2026; waiting-list allocations from 23 April 2026; on-time appeals accepted from 2 March to 31 March 2026, usually heard in late May or early June.
Verification
Historical results
| Year | Pupils | Att8 | P8 | 5+ E&M | EBacc % | EBacc APS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/2025 | 195 | 65.3 | — | 94.9% | 79.0% | 6.2 |
| 2023/2024 | 172 | 68.6 | +0.69 | 94.8% | 86.0% | 6.5 |
| 2022/2023 | 170 | 69.2 | +0.67 | 98.0% | 46.0% | 6.2 |
| 2021/2022 | 175 | 67.5 | +0.27 | 98.0% | 59.0% | 6.3 |
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Other secondary schools in Kent for local comparison.
School information
| URN | 136585 |
| Local authority | Kent |
| Region | South East |
| Phase | Secondary |
| Type | Academy converter |
| Gender of entry | Mixed |
| Age range | 11-18 |
| Headteacher | Headteacher Martin Jones |
| Trust | COASTAL ACADEMIES TRUST |
| Admissions | Selective |
| Religious character | None |
| Postcode | CT10 2RT |
| Latest pupils | 195 |
| FSM eligible | 20.5% |
Contact and identifiers
Broadstairs Road, Broadstairs, Kent, CT10 2RT
http://danecourt.kent.sch.uk/View local authority page1843864941| DfE number | 5460 |
| UKPRN | 10033426 |
| Opened | 1 Apr 2011 |
| GIAS updated | 24 Mar 2026 |
Data sources and freshness
| Official record updated | 24 Mar 2026 |
| Latest KS4 year | 2024/2025 |
| Latest KS2 year | — |
| Ofsted published | 6 Jul 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 | 10 May 2022 |
| Publication date | 6 Jul 2022 |