Dover Christ Church Academy

General Information

Address: Melbourne Avenue, Dover, CT16 2EG
Phone: 01304820126
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Dr Matt TATE
Age range: 11-18 years
Sixth form: Yes
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: None
Number of pupils: 761
School capacity: 990
Pupils eligible for free school meals: 398
% eligible for free school meals: 53.6%
Nursery provision: No

Behaviour

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Attendance

Overall absence: 8.1%
Persistently absent pupils: 28.0%
Data year: 2024/25

About persistent absence

A pupil is counted as "persistently absent" if they miss 10% or more of their possible school sessions - roughly one day in every two weeks. Schools and Ofsted both pay close attention to this figure specifically, since it can highlight a pattern the overall absence rate alone might hide.

SEN

No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision

SEN Unit and Resourced Provision

Most mainstream schools don't have a dedicated SEN Unit or Resourced Provision - it isn't a mark against a school that doesn't, just a different kind of setup than one that does.

SEN provision information for this school has not been added yet.

Pupils on SEN Support: 20.6%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 11.0%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Social, emotional and mental health: 46 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 44 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 40 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 9 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 7 pupils

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Specific learning difficulty: 17 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 16 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 16 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 11 pupils
Other difficulty or disability: 7 pupils

These figures show the makeup of the school.

About these SEND figures

These figures give a sense of the makeup of the school - they aren't a judgement on the quality of support provided.

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Educational Attainment

Requires improvement 2022 report

About this Ofsted rating

Ofsted changed how it rates schools in the last couple of years, so ratings from different years aren't always on the same scale - that's why we show the year alongside every rating.

Educational attainment data for this school has not been added yet.

Attainment 8 score: 30.4
Data year: 2024/25

About the Attainment 8 score

Attainment 8 measures a pupil's average result across 8 GCSE-equivalent qualifications (English and maths count double). It shows how pupils performed, not how much progress they made getting there - a school with a higher score doesn't necessarily add more value, since pupils often arrive with different starting points. Progress 8 is the measure designed to account for that, but it currently can't be calculated for any school for the two most recent academic years, due to a nationwide gap in the data caused by COVID-19 disruption to Key Stage 2 testing.

Ranked #8 of 9 Attainment 8 schools of this type in the area

#6Sandwich Technology School35.3
#7Goodwin Academy30.5
#8Dover Christ Church Academy30.4
#9Astor Secondary School27.9

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Attainment 8 ranking

Illustrative MVP scores - not based on verified data yet.

#1Dover Grammar School for Boys65.4
#2Sir Roger Manwood's School62.7
#3Dover Grammar School for Girls59.9
#4Duke of York's Royal Military School55.0
#5St Edmund's Catholic School39.0
#6Sandwich Technology School35.3
#7Goodwin Academy30.5
#8Dover Christ Church Academy30.4
#9Astor Secondary School27.9

GCSE Subjects Offered

English Language
Maths (General)
English Literature
History
Science Double Award
Biology
Chemistry (General)
Physics (General)
Geography
Art & Design
Sociology
French Language
Community Development

About this subject list

This isn't the school's own description of its curriculum - it's real DfE exam entry data, showing which GCSE subjects this school's pupils were actually entered for in 2024/25. A subject not appearing here may still be taught but had no pupils entered that year, so treat this as a helpful guide rather than a complete guarantee - it's worth confirming directly with the school for the year your child would actually study.

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Ranked #6 of 7 Ofsted Rating schools of this type in the area

#4St Edmund's Catholic SchoolGood
#5Astor Secondary SchoolRequires improvement
#6Dover Christ Church AcademyRequires improvement
#7Sandwich Technology SchoolInadequate

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Ofsted Rating ranking

Based on real Ofsted ratings (via official DfE data) for schools on the same four-word grading scale.

#1Dover Grammar School for BoysGood
#2Duke of York's Royal Military SchoolGood
#3Sir Roger Manwood's SchoolGood
#4St Edmund's Catholic SchoolGood
#5Astor Secondary SchoolRequires improvement
#6Dover Christ Church AcademyRequires improvement
#7Sandwich Technology SchoolInadequate

Financials

Financial summary information for this school has not been added yet.

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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General Information

Behaviour

Attendance

SEN

Most common needs - SEN Support

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Educational Attainment

Attainment 8 ranking

GCSE Subjects Offered ?

Ofsted Rating ranking

Financials

GCSE Subjects Offered