Alkerden Church of England Academy
General Information
- Address: Colyer Drive, Ebbsfleet Valley, DA10 1HN – View on map
- Phone: 01987591477
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Laura Carey
- Age range: 3-18 years
- Demand for places (Year 7, September 2026): 148 families put it first for 169 places – 9 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area.
- Sixth form: Yes
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: None
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
128 pupils on roll
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 38
- % eligible for free school meals: 29.7%
- Pupil mix: 5 in 10 (less mixed than the Dartford average)
- English as an additional language: 12% (England 22%)
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Kent: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 155 (1.3 per 1,000 pupils; England 1.7)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 189 (1.6 per 1,000 pupils; England 1.9)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 83 (0.7 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.8)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state secondary schools in Kent (the council area this school is in), not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 31.3%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 3.1%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Social, emotional and mental health: 21 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 6 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 5 pupils
- SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 5 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
An Ofsted rating for this school hasn't been added yet.
An Attainment 8 score for this school hasn't been added yet.
Year 6 SATs results
SATs results for this school weren't published for 2024/25 - the Department for Education withholds them when a year group is too small to report without identifying pupils.
Financials
Spending per pupil, and how this school compares to others nearby, will appear here once we've linked in official DfE spending data.
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