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Brockhill Park Performing Arts College

Hythe, CT21 4HL · Kent · secondary school

Ofsted report card · 2026 Lowest area: Expected standard Mixed Secondary
1.0/10 Well below average

90th of 99 secondary schools in Kent we can score, 103 in total — the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.

Its results hold up when the comparison narrows to schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds — 0.4/10 against 749 of them, against 0.6/10 nationally. So this is not simply a reflection of who attends. Both figures are results only, without the inspection grade. A lower figure here means a stronger comparison group, not a weaker school.

How this is worked out
MeasurePercentileWeightAdds
Ofsted 16 35% 0.58
Grade 5+ English & maths 2024/25 24.0 · 8 30% 0.23
Progress 8 2023/24 -1.0 · 3 25% 0.07
Attainment 8 2024/25 37.4 · 11 10% 0.11

Each measure is read as a position among comparable schools, so a school in the middle of the country scores 5. Full method.

Get to know the school

How it's doing. The school is rated Good by Ofsted following an inspection in 2026. In 2024/25, 24.0% of pupils achieved Grade 5 or above in English and maths. Attainment 8 was 37.4, compared to the national median of 44.6. Progress 8 was -1.0 in 2023/24, indicating pupils did worse than those nationally who started from the same place. Its results are much the same when the comparison narrows to schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds, so the gap is not explained by intake (0.4 out of 10 against similar schools, 0.6 out of 10 against all schools).

Beyond the classroom. Pupils can join an Afterschool Revision Club, lunchtime activities, and KS5 after-school sessions. The school offers Instep Dance, with trips to Brooklands Museum, Tate Modern Gallery, and Shakespeare's The Globe. An after-school club is available.

Getting in. There are 1358 pupils in a school with 1384 places, leaving 26 spare places. The school is close to full, so places are likely to be competitive.

Worth asking on a visit. How does the school support students who are falling behind in English and maths? What specific support is available for pupils in KS5 during after-school sessions? How does the school manage the competitive nature of admissions for new year groups?

Written by AI from this school's published results, inspection record and its own website — not by Ofsted, the school, or SchoolsGPT staff. Every figure above comes from the sources on this page. Check anything that matters with the school.

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