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EKC Sheppey Secondary

SecondaryAges 11–16Academy

Sheerness, ME12 2BE · Kent local authority

Sheerness’s School Grade D better than 9% of towns in England

Getting in
136/148
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 84%)
How full
542 pupils
72% of its 750 places
Free school meals
62%
62 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (30)
The gist

What stands out about EKC Sheppey Secondary

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • Room to spare: 542 pupils for 750 places
  • 62% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (more than England’s 30%)
  • 92% of families who put it first got a place for September 2026 (136 of 148)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (ME12 2) sold for a median £282,500; Sheerness’s is £212,000
Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at EKC Sheppey Secondary?

92% of the families who put it first got a place for September 2026.

148
families put it first for September 2026
142
places offered
92%
of first choices offered a place (England’s secondaries: 84%)
First choices and places, by year of entry
20252026
Families who put it firstPlaces offered
Red figures: first choices not offered a place

Years when some first choices missed out: 2025 (10), 2026 (12). The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. Ekc Schools Trust Limited sets the admissions rules. Apply through Kent council’s coordinated admissions.

Demand for secondary schools nearby, September 2026

Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places

1.12 per place
83% got their first choice
1.10 per place
86% got their first choice
1.04 per place
87% got their first choice
EKC Sheppey Secondary
1.04 per place
92% got their first choice
0.78 per place
100% got their first choice
0.75 per place
100% got their first choice
0.68 per place
100% got their first choice

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

405 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
29.9%England 14%
EHC plan
6.7%England 3.2%
English as an additional language
4.2%England 19%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
67.9%England 29.6%

Girls and boys

Girls 47%Boys 53%
Its letter

No letter for EKC Sheppey Secondary

No published GCSE results: a new school with no Year 11 yet, or a cohort small enough for DfE to suppress. No results, no letter.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Not inspected yet (a new school, or one that changed status recently).

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near EKC Sheppey Secondary

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in ME12 2, the school’s postcode sector

Sheerness property prices →
£282,500
median sale, 439 sales in 36 months · Sheerness £212,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£50K£100K£150K£200K£250K£300K£350K2010201520202025ME12 2Sheerness
ME12 2Sheerness

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£375K
Semi-detached
£290K
Terraced
£200K
Flat
£141K
ME12 2Sheerness

Homes in ME12 2 sell for well over Sheerness’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

6 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNDA−DB+C−D−EKC Sheppey Secondary
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Sheerness, ME12 2BE

EKC Sheppey Secondary: common questions

How hard is it to get into EKC Sheppey Secondary?

For September 2026, 148 families put EKC Sheppey Secondary first and 136 of them were offered a place; 142 places were offered in all.

How much do houses cost near EKC Sheppey Secondary?

Homes in its postcode sector, ME12 2, sold for a median £282,500 over the 36 months to August 2026 (439 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Sheerness’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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