Ofsted gradeGood

Orion Spires

Secondary · Kent · CT2 0HD

Ranks above 28% of area schools (65 secondary schools in Kent)

Note Overall effectiveness from the school's most recent inspection under Ofsted's previous (pre-report-card) framework.

Results & progress

Department for Education data, 2023/24. Progress measures are value-added (how much pupils progressed versus similar pupils nationally) — a fairer signal than raw results, which partly reflect a school’s intake. Progress 8 is not published for later years (those cohorts missed their KS2 baseline in the pandemic).

Progress 8	-1.1 — Well below average
Attainment 8	35.0
Grade 5+ in English & Maths	25%
EBacc average point score	3.0

Progress 8

-1.1 — Well below average

Attainment 8

35.0

Grade 5+ in English & Maths

25%

EBacc average point score

3.0

School details

Academy sponsor ledSixth form

Type	Academy sponsor led
Gender	Mixed
Admissions	Non-selective
Age range	11–16
Pupils on roll	620
Sixth form	Yes
Academy trust	ORION EDUCATION
Setting	Urban

Type

Academy sponsor led

Gender

Mixed

Admissions

Non-selective

Age range

11–16

Pupils on roll

620

Sixth form

Yes

Academy trust

ORION EDUCATION

Setting

Urban

Inspection history

Previous framework (overall effectiveness) — Good

Inspected 10/01/2023 · Safeguarding: Yes

Personal development	Requires improvement
Quality of education	Good
Behaviour and attitudes	Good
Leadership and management	Good

Personal development

Requires improvement

Quality of education

Good

Behaviour and attitudes

Good

Leadership and management

Good

Local house prices

Homes within 1 mile sold for a median of £370,000 (356 sales in the window).

A neighbourhood indicator from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. It is not a catchment measure and does not imply any link between school quality and house prices.