Goodwin Academy, Deal

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In 2026, pupils at Goodwin Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 30.7, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 48.1 in Kent and 47 across England.

10% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 49% in Kent and 47% in England.

That is in line with 2025, when the score was 30.5.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.8: pupils made well below average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 28.1, against 33 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 4.9 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 21 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, History and Art and Design.

For September 2026 entry, 124 families put Goodwin Academy as their first choice and 261 named it as one of their preferences, for 145 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Goodwin Academy are Sandwich Technology School (4.3 miles, Inadequate, Attainment 8 30); Sir Roger Manwood's School (4.4 miles, Good, selective, Attainment 8 59); and Dover Christ Church Academy (6 miles, Attainment 8 35.8).

Goodwin Academy's 2026 results were higher than 1 of these 3 schools.

Goodwin Academy is one of 26 schools run by The Thinking Schools Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 45.9 in 2024/25.

136 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Goodwin Academy (as of September 2025): 53% would recommend the school, 57% say their child is happy there and 38% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child does well at the school (63%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (38%).

Of the 163 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 77% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 44% to a further education college, 4% to an apprenticeship and 4% into work.

Of the 24 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 38% went on to university or other higher education, 8% to apprenticeships and 17% into work.

46.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 1.5% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

Goodwin Academy has a resourced provision for speech, language and communication needs: 16 places, 15 pupils on roll.

The nearest railway station is Deal Rail Station, about 970 metres away (roughly a 12-minute walk).

4 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Hamilton Road (adjacent), 200 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Goodwin Academy stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 195 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and criminal damage and arson. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Kent (101), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Goodwin Academy issued 682 suspensions, 82.2 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Goodwin Academy are Deal Parochial Church of England Primary School (0.2 miles), The Downs Church of England Primary School (0.5 miles), Warden House Primary School (0.6 miles) and St Mary's Catholic Primary School (0.8 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.