Astor Secondary School

State-Funded School

astor-secondary-school-kent-south-east

South EastRegion

KentLocal Authority

Dover and DealConstituency

CT17 0ASPostcode

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Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Astor Secondary School is a state-funded secondary for pupils aged 11–18, located in Kent, South East.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 732 pupils. Astor Secondary School is part of SAMPHIRE STAR EDUCATION TRUST.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 10 Mar 2026 · published 12 May 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Needs attention
Curriculum and teaching
Needs attention
Achievement
Needs attention
Attendance and behaviour
Needs attention
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Post-16 provision
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Needs attention

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Requires improvement

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Requires improvement

Sixth formprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 27.9
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 10.1%
EBacc average point score: 2.31

Ethnicity

White

84%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

732

Total Pupils

46%Boys

54%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

61%

England average

27%

First language not English

18%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Secondary
Age range: 11 – 18
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 732
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: SAMPHIRE STAR EDUCATION TRUST

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
14 Dec 2023	Good	Requires improvement	Good	Requires improvement	Requires improvement
24 Feb 2020	Good	Requires improvement	Good	Good	Requires improvement

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.