Best Secondary Schools in Canterbury

We checked all 14 secondary schools in Canterbury, Kent, and list every one: 7 ranked, then 7 without a rank.

Schools checked
14
Ranked
7
Without a rank
7

Ranks combine 2024/25 GCSE results, worth 60% of each school's score, with the latest Ofsted outcome, worth 40%, as how we rank schools sets out. Rank 1 is the highest score in Canterbury. Schools with the same score share a rank. Schools without published results or an Ofsted outcome follow the ranked schools, in name order.

Canterbury also has 32 primary schools, ranked on SATs results and Ofsted. Every school in the area is also listed with the other schools in Kent. Kent also has rankings for Maidstone, Gravesend, Tonbridge, Dartford, Dover and all of Kent.

Ranked secondary schools in Canterbury

  1. 1

    Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys

    Local authority maintained, Selective, 1,226 pupils, inspected November 2024

    Ofsted judgements: Good to outstanding
    Attainment 8
    66.8
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    88.9%

  2. 2

    Simon Langton Girls' Grammar School

    Local authority maintained, Selective, 1,258 pupils, inspected July 2014

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    67.7
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    89.8%

  3. 3

    Barton Court Grammar School

    Academy, Selective, 995 pupils, inspected February 2020

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    66.4
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    84.9%

  4. 4

    The Canterbury Academy

    Academy, 1,984 pupils, inspected January 2026

    Report card: Expected standard to strong standard
    Attainment 8
    39.0
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    33.6%

  5. 5

    St Anselm's Catholic School, Canterbury

    Academy, 1,116 pupils, inspected September 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    39.4
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    21.3%

  6. 6

    Orion Spires

    Academy, 620 pupils, inspected January 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    36.1
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    21.6%

  7. 7

    The Archbishop's School

    Local authority maintained, 770 pupils, inspected November 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    35.2
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    21.4%

Secondary schools in Canterbury without a rank