Brockhill Park Performing Arts College
Sandling Road, Saltwood, Hythe, CT21 4HL
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- BROCKHILL PARK PERFORMING ARTS COLLEGE
- Principal
- Mr Charles Joseph
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- Folkestone and Hythe
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,384
- Pupils on roll
- 1,314
- URN
- 137458
- Local authority
- Kent
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01303265521
About this school
Brockhill Park Performing Arts College is a secondary academy in Hythe. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 1,314 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Brockhill Park Performing Arts College, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Post-16 provision
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 225 | 222 | 225 |
| Attainment 8 score | 38.4 | 33.3 | 37.4 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.40 -0.59 to -0.22 | -1.00 -1.19 to -0.81 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 26% | 14.4% | 24% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 49% | 41% | 48.4% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 40% | 39.6% | 45.8% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.2 | 2.9 | 3.2 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Brockhill Park Performing Arts College has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Kent average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 38.4 | 37.6 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 33.3 | 37.1 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 37.4 | 37.7 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 11.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 11.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 9.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,351 |
| 2023/24 | 1,348 |
| 2024/25 | 1,358 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Brockhill Park Performing Arts College compares
Brockhill Park Performing Arts College ranked 77th of 100 secondary schools in Kent for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 31% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 9% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 37.4 | 9.6% | 33.6% | 1,314 | — |
| Turner Free School | 37.6 | 7.9% | 44.7% | 997 | 3.7 miles |
| The Folkestone School for Girls | 57.9 | 7.1% | 15.7% | 1,145 | 3.7 miles |
| The Harvey Grammar School | 61.8 | 4.9% | 13.8% | 1,005 | 4.0 miles |
| Folkestone Academy | 33.7 | 9.7% | 52% | 936 | 4.5 miles |
| The Marsh Academy | 37.7 | 9.8% | 40.2% | 1,019 | 8.3 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.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report20 January 2026
- 12 October 2021
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 33.61%
- English as an additional language
- 4.5%
- Overall absence
- 9.63%
- Persistent absence
- 30.78%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Turner Free School3.7 miles
Secondary · Folkestone
-
The Folkestone School for Girls3.7 miles
Secondary · Folkestone
-
The Harvey Grammar School4.0 miles
Secondary · Folkestone
-
Folkestone Academy4.5 miles
Secondary · Folkestone
-
The Marsh Academy8.3 miles
Secondary · New Romney
Other schools in Hythe
- Hythe Bay CofE Primary School Primary
- Lympne Church of England Primary School Primary
- Palmarsh Primary School Primary
- Saltwood CofE Primary School Primary
- Seabrook Church of England Primary School Primary
- St Augustine's Catholic Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Brockhill Park Performing Arts College teach?
- Brockhill Park Performing Arts College teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Hythe.
- Who is the principal of Brockhill Park Performing Arts College?
- The principal of Brockhill Park Performing Arts College is Mr Charles Joseph, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Brockhill Park Performing Arts College been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Brockhill Park Performing Arts College, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Brockhill Park Performing Arts College?
- Brockhill Park Performing Arts College has 1,314 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Brockhill Park Performing Arts College full?
- Brockhill Park Performing Arts College has capacity for 1,384 pupils and 1,314 on roll (95%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Brockhill Park Performing Arts College a faith school?
- No. Brockhill Park Performing Arts College has no designated religious character.
- Is Brockhill Park Performing Arts College a selective school?
- No. Brockhill Park Performing Arts College is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Is Brockhill Park Performing Arts College part of an academy trust?
- Brockhill Park Performing Arts College is part of BROCKHILL PARK PERFORMING ARTS COLLEGE. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Brockhill Park Performing Arts College's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 38.4 in 2022/23 and 37.4 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Brockhill Park Performing Arts College compare with other schools in Kent?
- Brockhill Park Performing Arts College ranked 77th of 100 secondary schools in Kent for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 31% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 9% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Brockhill Park Performing Arts College's absence rate?
- Brockhill Park Performing Arts College's overall absence rate is 9.6% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Brockhill Park Performing Arts College's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Brockhill Park Performing Arts College'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 1 July 2026.