What is Homewood School and Sixth Form Centre's Ofsted rating?

Homewood School and Sixth Form Centre received a Good rating from Ofsted following its 2023 inspection.

What are Homewood School and Sixth Form Centre's latest exam results?

Homewood School and Sixth Form Centre: GCSE 2024/25: Attainment 8 39.7. Check the source and academic year shown with each result.

Where is Homewood School and Sixth Form Centre located?

Homewood School and Sixth Form Centre is a secondary school in Tenterden, Kent (TN30 6LT).

How many pupils attend Homewood School and Sixth Form Centre?

Homewood School and Sixth Form Centre has around 1,863 pupils on roll according to the latest school census data.

How can I compare Homewood School and Sixth Form Centre with other schools?

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SecondaryData as of May 2026

Homewood School and Sixth Form Centre

Ashford Road, Tenterden, TN30 6LT

Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Non-selective · Mixed

Ofsted

Good

Apr 2023

Historical inspection outcome; read the latest report for the full findings.

Academic picture

39.7school · 46.0 national reference

Attainment 8 · 2024/25. Average GCSE points across eight subjects, not a percentage.

Why is Progress 8 unavailable?

Progress 8 is unavailable nationally for this year because the cohort's KS2 baseline tests were cancelled. This is not a negative judgement on the school.

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Homewood School and Sixth Form Centre, Tenterden

Exam Results

Official performance data from the Department for Education

GCSE Results (Secondary)

Key performance measures— 2024/25

Attainment 8

39.7

Progress 8?

N/A

9-7 Grades

9.6%

Basics 9-5

26.2%

Exam attainment

Attainment 8 · GCSE points across eight subjects, not a percentage or a measure of progress.

School · 2024/25

39.7

National · same year

46.0

SchoolNational reference

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Attainment 8 values by academic year
Year	School	National
2022/23	40.0	46.4
2023/24	39.8	46.4
2024/25	39.7	46.0

Learning progress

Progress 8 · Progress compared with pupils who had similar prior attainment. Zero is the national progress baseline.

School · 2024/25

Not available

National · same year

Not available

SchoolNational reference

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Progress 8 values by academic year
Year	School	National
2022/23	-0.28	0.00
2023/24	-0.35	0.00
2024/25	Not available	Not available

Progress 8 is unavailable for 2024/25 because the cohort's KS2 baseline tests were cancelled nationally. Missing values are not zero.

Grades at or above each threshold

These percentages overlap: grades 9–7 are also included in 9–5 and 9–4. Do not add the lines together.

9–7% / 9–5% / 9–4% available from 2023/24; no grade breakdown for 2022/23

EBacc Measures

EBacc Entry

15.4%

EBacc APS

3.22

EBacc 9-5

4.4%

EBacc 9-4

7.4%

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A-Level Results (Post-16)

Key A-Level performance measures— 2024/25

APS per Entry

27.41

A*-A Grades

12.9%

A*-B Grades

31.6%

AAB+ %

12.2%

APS per Entry

National avgSelective avg

Grade Distribution (%)

A*-A% / A*-B% available from 2023/24; no grade breakdown for 2022/23

Based on 184 students entered

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