Barton Manor School
Spring Lane, Canterbury, CT1 1SU
596 pupils · 57% of 1,050 capacity
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Free schools
- Ages
- 11–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Trust
- BARTON COURT ACADEMY TRUST
- Local authority
- Kent
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 41.6%
Ofsted
No overall grade (2025) — Inspected 2024–2025 — no overall grade under the interim framework
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 13 May 2025, published 18 June 2025. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 1 first-choice application per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 147 | 147 | 654 | 147 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 144 | 151 | 641 | 144 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 144 | 156 | 614 | 144 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 138 | 131 | 646 | 138 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Barton Court Grammar School 0.7 km · Good (2020) · previous system
- Simon Langton Girls' Grammar School 1 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- St Anselm's Catholic School, Canterbury 1.2 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys 1.8 km · No overall grade (2024)
- The Canterbury Academy 2.6 km · Most areas: Expected standard (2026)
- The Archbishop's School 2.9 km · Good (2023) · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.