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Duke of York's Royal Military School

Dover, CT15 5EQ · Kent · secondary school

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Ofsted: Good · 2023 Inspected 3 years ago Mixed Secondary
7.4/10 Above average

29th 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.

How this is worked out
MeasurePercentileWeightAdds
Ofsted 52 35% 1.81
Grade 5+ English & maths 2024/25 61.3 · 84 30% 2.51
Progress 8 2023/24 0.67 · 90 25% 2.25
Attainment 8 2024/25 55.0 · 85 10% 0.85

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 was rated Good by Ofsted in March 2023. In 2024/25, 61.3% of pupils achieved Grade 5 or above in English and maths. Attainment 8 was 55.0, compared to the national median of 44.6. Progress 8 was +0.67 in 2023/24, indicating pupils made better progress than those nationally who started from the same place.

Beyond the classroom. Pupils can join the Marching Band, play rugby, or pursue the Gold Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, Higher Sports Leader, and various academic Olympiads.

Getting in. There are 452 pupils in a school with 722 places, leaving 270 spare places. The school has real spare room, so a place is likely and classes are smaller than it is built for.

Worth asking on a visit. How does the school support pupils in the afternoon, given there is no after-school club? What specific support is available for students aiming for the Gold Duke of Edinburgh’s Award? How do class sizes typically compare to the maximum capacity of 722?

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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