Barton Court Grammar School
About the school
Barton Court Grammar School (formerly Canterbury Technical School for Girls and Barton Court Grammar School for Girls) is an 11-18 mixed Academy of Excellence in Canterbury, Kent, England. It has Foreign Language College status and offers GCSEs, A-Levels and BTEC level 3.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 20 November 2024
- Published
- 16 December 2024
- Inspection type
- Ungraded inspection
- Latest outcome
- Standards maintained
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Outstanding
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Not applicable
Sixth form
Good
Results and school context
GCSE and key stage 4
Attainment 8
- School
- 66.4
- Kent
- 46.7
- England
- 46.1
Progress 8
The DfE has not published this measure for 2024/25.
- School
- N/A
- Kent
- N/A
- England
- N/A
English and maths grade 5+
- School
- 84.90%
- Kent
- 47.00%
- England
- 45.40%
English and maths grade 4+
- School
- 97.40%
- Kent
- 65.10%
- England
- 64.80%
EBacc entry
- School
- 91.40%
- Kent
- 46.90%
- England
- 40.50%
EBacc average point score
- School
- 6.37
- Kent
- 4.18
- England
- 4.09
A levels and sixth form
Average A-level grade
- School
- B-
Average A-level points
- School
- 37.51
AAB or better
- School
- 23.90%
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
1005
Girls
43.28%
Boys
56.72%
SEN support
6.07%
Education, health and care plan
0.60%
English as an additional language
13.50%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
11.35%
Overall absence
4.55
Persistent absence
7.2
Pupil destinations
DfE destination measures from the 2024/25 release. These outcomes are published after a time lag.
After Key Stage 4
Cohort
146
Sustained education or employment
99%
Education
97%
Apprenticeship
1%
Employment
1%
Not sustained
1%
After 16–18 study
Cohort
128
Sustained education or employment
87%
Higher education
62%
Further education
1%
Apprenticeship
1%
Employment
23%