Overall Oxbridge
#778
8 ranked schools · +136 places vs Eng avg #914 of 1,984
Applications
121
Offers
30
Offer rate24.8%
+2.4 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 22.4%
On the River Stour in east Kent, Canterbury has been a seat of Christian authority since late Roman times, and the medieval walls, the Norman Westgate Towers, and the UNESCO-listed Cathedral still define its skyline today. Around 55,000 people live in the city. A large student population at the University of Kent and Canterbury Christ Church University gives Canterbury one of the highest student-to-resident ratios in Britain.
The Cathedral Precincts are widely regarded as the most school-competitive area of the city, where families compete for places at schools in and around the historic core. Blean, on the northern village fringe, is a sought-after pocket for primary catchments. Canterbury West offers Southeastern High Speed connections to Ashford International in around twenty-five minutes, while the conventional Southeastern route from Canterbury East serves Faversham and the wider county network. Harbledown and Sturry extend the residential spread to the west and east, with Adisham serving the quieter southern parishes.
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Area Performance
Across 57 primary, secondary and sixth-form schools, state and independent. The average Find My School Inspection Score is 7.82/10, +0.36 vs England.
Find My School Inspection Band
Distribution across all Canterbury schools
Canterbury vs England distribution
National Rank
Across all ranked Canterbury schools
top 49% of 14,978
top 49% of 14,978
top 41% of 3,862
top 41% of 3,862
top 44% of 2,555
top 44% of 2,555
Overall Oxbridge
8 ranked schools · +136 places vs Eng avg #914 of 1,984
Applications
121
Offers
30
Oxford
6 ranked schools · -15 places vs Eng avg #253 of 1,198
Applications
45
Offers
4
Cambridge
8 ranked schools · +275 places vs Eng avg #773 of 1,881
Applications
76
Offers
26
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Canterbury
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