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Spires Academy

Secondary Academy school in Canterbury CT2 0HD

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  • School Reference Number: 135305
  • Address: Bredlands Lane, Sturry, Canterbury CT2 0HD
  • Principal: Mrs Anna Burden
  • Telephone: 01227 710392
  • Website: spiresacademy.com
  • Managing Organisation: Education for the 21st Century
  • Type: Academies
  • Sub-Type: Academy sponsor led
  • Phase: Secondary
  • Pupil Capacity: 750
  • Local Education Authority: Kent
  • Gender: Mixed
  • Age Range: 11 to 16
  • Admissions Policy: Non-selective
  • Active From: September 2007* (New Provision)

* Active From and To dates don't necessarily mean that a school opened or closed on those dates. Schools are allocated a new Reference Number when they change status in any way, for example when a local authority school converts to an academy or when schools are combined or merged.

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Latest Ofsted Rating

Inspected on 10/01/2023

Rating published on 01/03/2023

Overall effectiveness: Good

Quality of education: Good

Behaviour and attitudes: Good

Personal development: Requires Improvement

Effectiveness of leadership and management: Good

All Ofsted Reports

Inspection DatePublication DateInspection TypeRatingPDF Link
10 January 2023 2 March 2023 School inspection Good
17 May 2017 22 June 2017 Full inspection Good
6 November 2015 24 November 2015 Monitoring visit
13 May 2015 17 June 2015 Full inspection Requires Improvement
10 September 2013 1 October 2013 Monitoring visit
23 May 2013 12 June 2013 Full inspection Requires Improvement
19 May 2010 14 June 2010 Full inspection Satisfactory
7 July 2009 10 September 2009 Monitoring visit

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Unique Reference Number135305
Local Authority Code886
Local Authority NameKent
Establishment Number6911
School / College NameSpires Academy
Establishment Type Code28
Establishment typeAcademy sponsor led
Establishment Type Group Code10
Establishment Type GroupAcademies
Establishment Status Code1
Establishment statusOpen
Reason Establishment Opened Code06
Reason establishment openedNew Provision
Open date01-09-2007
Reason Establishment Closed Code00
Reason establishment closedNot applicable
Close date
Phase Of Education Code 4
Phase of educationSecondary
Age range Low11
Age range High16
Boarders Code1
BoardersNo boarders
Nursery provisionNot applicable
Official Sixth Form Code1
Official sixth formHas a sixth form
Gender Code3
Gender of entryMixed
Religious Character Code00
Religious characterDoes not apply
Religious ethosNone
Diocese Code0000
DioceseNot applicable
Admissions Policy Code4
Admissons policyNon-selective
School capacity750
Special Classes Code2
Special classesNo Special Classes
Census Date18-01-2024
Number of Pupils726
Number of Boys336
Number of Girls390
Percentage Free School Meals37.50
Trust School Flag Code3
Trust School Flag Supported by a multi-academy trust
Trusts Code3015
Academy trust or TrustORION EDUCATION
School Sponsor FlagLinked to a sponsor
Academy sponsorEducation for the 21st Century
Federation FlagNot applicable
Federations Code
Federation
UKPRN10021093
FEHE Identifier
Further education typeNot applicable
Last Changed Date22-01-2025
StreetBredlands Lane
LocalitySturry
Address3
TownCanterbury
County (name)Kent
PostcodeCT2 0HD
Websitehttp://www.spiresacademy.com/
Telephone01227710392
Headteacher/Principal titleMrs
Headteacher/Principal first nameAnna
Headteacher/Principal last nameBurden
Headteacher/Principal Job TitlePrincipal
BSO Inspectorate NameNot applicable
Inspectorate Report
Date of Last Inspection Visit
Next Inspection Visit
Teenage mothers provisionNot applicable
Teenage mothers capacity
Childcare facilities provisionNot applicable
SEN facilitiesNot applicable
Pupils with EBDNot applicable
Number of places
Full time provision
Pupils educated by other providersNot applicable
Section 41 approvedNot applicable
SEN provision
Type of resourced provision
Resourced provision number on roll
Resourced provision capacity
SEN unit number on roll
SEN unit capacity
Government Office Region CodeJ
Government Office RegionSouth East
District CodeE07000106
DistrictCanterbury
Ward CodeE05012956
WardSturry
Parliamentary Constituency CodeE14001282
Parliamentary ConstituencyHerne Bay and Sandwich
Urban/Rural CodeF1
Urban/Rural Description(England/Wales) Rural hamlet and isolated dwellings
GSS LA CodeE10000016
Easting619494
Northing161797
Middle Super Output Area (MSOA)Canterbury 011
Lower Super Output Area (LSOA)Canterbury 011B
Inspectorate Name
Number of special pupils under a special educational needs (SEN) statement/education, health and care (EHC) plan
Number of special pupils not under a special educational needs (SEN) statement/education, health and care (EHC) plan
Boarding Establishment
Proprietor's Name
Previous Local Authority Code999
Previous local authority
Previous establishment number
Country
UPRN10090317463
Site Name
QAB Code0
QAB NameNot applicable
Establishment Accredited Code0
Establishment AccreditedNot applicable
QAB Report
CH Number
MSOA CodeE02005020
LSOA CodeE01024110
Free School Meals272
Accreditation Expiry Date
URN135305
Web Linkhttp://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/inspection-reports/find-inspection-report/provider/ELS/135305
LAESTAB8866911
School nameSpires Academy
Ofsted phaseSecondary
Type of educationAcademy Sponsor Led
School open date01/09/2007
Admissions policyNon-selective
Sixth formHas a sixth form
Designated religious characterDoes not apply
Religious ethosNone
Faith groupingNon-faith
Ofsted regionSouth East
RegionSouth East
Local authorityKent
Parliamentary constituencyHerne Bay and Sandwich
Multi-academy trust UID3015
Multi-academy trust nameEducation for the 21st Century
Academy sponsor UID3014
Academy sponsor nameEducation for the 21st Century
PostcodeCT2 0HD
Number of warning notices issued in 2023/24 academic yearN/A
The income deprivation affecting children index (IDACI) quintile3
Total number of pupils726
Statutory lowest age11
Statutory highest age16
Latest ungraded inspection number since last graded inspectionN/A
Does the ungraded inspection relate to the URN of the current school?N/A
URN at time of the ungraded inspectionN/A
LAESTAB at time of the ungraded inspectionN/A
School name at time of the ungraded inspectionN/A
School type at time of the ungraded inspectionN/A
Number of ungraded inspections since the last graded inspectionN/A
Date of latest ungraded inspectionN/A
Ungraded inspection publication dateN/A
Did the latest ungraded inspection convert to a graded inspection?N/A
Ungraded inspection overall outcomeN/A
Number of monitoring and urgent inspections since last graded inspectionN/A
Inspection number of latest graded inspection10241858
Inspection typeS5 Inspection
Inspection type groupingS5 Inspection
Event type groupingSchools - S5
Inspection start date10/01/2023
Publication date01/03/2023
Does the latest graded inspection relate to the URN of the current school?Yes
URN at time of latest graded inspection135305
LAESTAB at time of latest graded inspection8866911
School name at time of latest graded inspectionSpires Academy
School type at time of latest graded inspectionAcademy Sponsor Led
Current school type used for chart C6Academy sponsor led
Overall effectivenessGood
Category of concernN/A
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentRequires Improvement
Effectiveness of leadership and managementGood
Safeguarding is effective?Yes
Early years provisionN/A
Sixth form provisionN/A
Previous inspection number10032895
Previous inspection start date17/05/2017
Previous publication date22/06/2017
Does the previous graded inspection relate to the URN of the current school?Yes
URN at time of previous graded inspection135305
LAESTAB at time of previous graded inspection8866911
School name at time of previous graded inspectionSpires Academy
School type at time of previous graded inspectionAcademy Sponsor Led
Previous graded inspection overall effectiveness2
Previous category of concernN/A
Previous quality of educationN/A
Previous behaviour and attitudesN/A
Previous personal developmentN/A
Previous effectiveness of leadership and managementGood
Previous safeguarding is effective?Yes
Previous early years provisionN/A
Previous sixth form provisionN/A

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