St Anselm's Catholic School, Canterbury, Canterbury

In 2026, pupils at St Anselm's Catholic School, Canterbury averaged an Attainment 8 score of 45, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 48.1 in Kent and 47 across England.

37% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 49% in Kent and 47% in England.

That is up from 39.4 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.02: pupils made about 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 35.8, against 48.4 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 12.6 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 23 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Religious Studies, Combined Science and Geography.

For September 2026 entry, 202 families put St Anselm's Catholic School, Canterbury as their first choice and 793 named it as one of their preferences, for 166 places offered. That is 1.2 first choices for every place. 59 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to St Anselm's Catholic School, Canterbury are Simon Langton Girls' Grammar School (0.2 miles, Good, selective, Attainment 8 66); Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys (0.7 miles, Outstanding, selective, Attainment 8 69.4); Barton Manor School (0.8 miles); and Barton Court Grammar School (1 mile, Good, selective, Attainment 8 66.1).

Each of them had higher 2026 results than St Anselm's Catholic School, Canterbury.

St Anselm's Catholic School, Canterbury is one of 33 schools run by Kent Catholic Schools' Partnership, an academy trust.

Of the 179 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 92% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 34% to a further education college, 2% to an apprenticeship and 1% into work.

Of the 86 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 41% went on to university or other higher education, 6% to apprenticeships and 31% into work. 9% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

9.9% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (73%), Mixed (7%) and Black (6%).

In 2026, 200 pupils (17.9%) received SEN support and 90 (8.1%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.

St Anselm's Catholic School, Canterbury has a resourced provision for autism and physical disability: 27 places, 29 pupils on roll.

The nearest railway station is Canterbury East Rail Station, about 1.3 miles away in a straight line.

11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is St Anselm's School (adjacent), 90 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood St Anselm's Catholic School, Canterbury stands in is among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 54 crimes within a mile of the school, most often anti-social behaviour, violence and sexual offences and criminal damage and arson. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Kent (101).

In 2024/25, St Anselm's Catholic School, Canterbury issued 82 suspensions, 7.4 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to St Anselm's Catholic School, Canterbury are Pilgrims' Way Primary School (0.6 miles); Wincheap Foundation Primary School (1.4 miles); St Thomas' Catholic Primary School, Canterbury (1.4 miles); and Bridge and Patrixbourne Church of England Primary School (1.5 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.