Dover Christ Church Academy
Melbourne Avenue, Whitfield, Dover, CT16 2EG
This school is closed (it closed in August 2023).
It was replaced by Dover Christ Church Academy. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Principal
- Mr Jamie MacLean
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious ethos
- None
- SEN provision
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment, PD - Physical Disability, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty, PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Dover
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 990
- Pupils on roll
- 808
- URN
- 136175
- Local authority
- Kent
About this school
Dover Christ Church Academy was a secondary academy in Dover. It taught children aged 11 to 18 and had 808 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Dover Christ Church Academy has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in September 2010, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 |
|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 120 |
| Attainment 8 score | 26.7 |
| Progress 8 score | -1.30 -1.55 to -1.04 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 4% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 22% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 0% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 2.0 |
How Dover Christ Church Academy compares
Its absence rate was lower than 8% of England schools in 2022/23.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 10.4% | 49.4% | 808 | — |
| Dover Christ Church Academy | 30.4 | 8.1% | 50.6% | 761 | 0.0 miles |
| St Edmund's Catholic School | 39 | 9.8% | 41.7% | 644 | 1.0 miles |
| Dover Grammar School for Girls | 59.9 | 6.9% | 19.3% | 847 | 1.1 miles |
| Duke of York's Royal Military School | 55 | — | 8.3% | 470 | 1.2 miles |
| Dover Grammar School for Boys | 65.4 | 5.9% | 21.8% | 960 | 1.5 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2022/23 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 49.4%
- English as an additional language
- 4.3%
- Overall absence
- 10.4%
- Persistent absence
- 39%
Location
Nearby schools
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Dover Christ Church Academy0.0 miles
Secondary · Dover
-
St Edmund's Catholic School1.0 miles
Secondary · Dover
-
Dover Grammar School for Girls1.1 miles
Secondary · Dover
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Duke of York's Royal Military School1.2 miles
Secondary · Dover
-
Dover Grammar School for Boys1.5 miles
Secondary · Dover
Other schools in Dover
- Astor Secondary School Secondary
- Dover Christ Church Academy Secondary
- Dover Grammar School for Boys Secondary
- Dover Grammar School for Girls Secondary
- Duke of York's Royal Military School Secondary
- St Edmund's Catholic School Secondary
- Aycliffe Community Primary School Primary
- Barton Junior School Primary
- Charlton Church of England Primary School Primary
- Dover, St Mary's Church of England Primary School Primary
- Eythorne Elvington Community Primary School Primary
- Green Park Community Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Dover Christ Church Academy teach?
- Dover Christ Church Academy taught children aged 11 to 18. It was a secondary school in Dover.
- Has Dover Christ Church Academy been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Dover Christ Church Academy under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Dover Christ Church Academy?
- Dover Christ Church Academy had 808 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- What are Dover Christ Church Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Dover Christ Church Academy's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 13 September 2023.