Saint George's Church of England School

Saint George’s Church of England School is performing well across various domains, achieving a good overall effectiveness rating. The school has established a strong and inclusive environment where pupils feel safe and respected. The ambitious curriculum effectively prepares students for their academic and personal development, especially in early years and sixth form, where there are outstanding provisions. The leadership team and governance are noted for their support and clear understanding of their responsibilities.

Strengths

• Pupils are happy, feel safe, and exhibit respectful behavior towards each other.
• The school provides a focus on personal development with comprehensive extracurricular programs.
• The curriculum is ambitious and well-structured, enhancing learning in traditional and vocational subjects.
• Strong support for pupils with SEND, ensuring their needs are quickly identified and addressed.
• Early years and sixth form provisions are outstanding, preparing pupils well for their next steps.

Areas for Improvement

• Assessment processes do not always link closely to the curriculum, impacting the identification of pupils' next steps.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Saint George's Church of England School attended 93.7% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 16.8% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 2.7% of pupils at Saint George's Church of England School were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Saint George's Church of England School had 20.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 25.9% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 17.5% of pupils at Saint George's Church of England School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 2.5% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Saint George's Church of England School received £6,993 and spent £6,798 for each of its 1,578 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £1,002,000 (£635 per pupil).

Across all 18 schools of Aletheia Academies Trust, income was £5,972 and spending £6,275 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Gravesend · Kent local authority: places and applications

Saint George's Church of England School is part of Aletheia Academies Trust, which runs 19 schools. The nearest others:

• Whitehill Primary School Gravesend
• Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School Gravesend
• St Botolph's Church of England Primary School Gravesend
• Gravesend Grammar School Gravesend
• Rosherville Church of England Academy Gravesend
• Sedley's Church of England Primary School Gravesend
• Alkerden Church of England Academy Ebbsfleet Valley
• Shorne Church of England Primary School Gravesend
• Stone St Mary's CofE Primary School Greenhithe
• Horton Kirby Church of England Primary School Dartford

What is Saint George's Church of England School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Saint George's Church of England School is Good, from an inspection in November 2023.

When was Saint George's Church of England School last inspected by Ofsted?

Saint George's Church of England School was last inspected in November 2023.

How many pupils does Saint George's Church of England School have?

Saint George's Church of England School has 1,631 pupils on roll.

What age range does Saint George's Church of England School cover?

Saint George's Church of England School for pupils aged 4 to 18.

What are Saint George's Church of England School's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 42.1, and 40% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

What are Saint George's Church of England School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 67% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Saint George's Church of England School?

Saint George's Church of England School is at Meadow Road, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 7LS.