The Canterbury Academy
Knight Avenue, Canterbury, CT2 8QA
Data last updated 22 October 2026.
- Phase: Secondary
- Gender: Mixed
- Ages: 11 to 19
- Admissions: Non-selective
- Sixth form: Yes
- Pupils (2025/26 census): 1,984 (1,020 boys, 964 girls)
- Capacity: 1300
- Free school meals (2025/26 census): 26%
- Telephone: 01227463971
- Ofsted: Requires improvement (21 Feb 2023); report card, no overall grade (inspected 6 Jan 2026)
- Attainment 8: 35.2 (2025/26, provisional)
- Applications (Year 7 entry, September 2026): 844 applications, 203 places offered
Phase, type, gender, ages, admissions, sixth form, capacity and contact details are from the Department for Education's school register as at 21 October 2026. Ofsted inspection records as at 30 September 2026.
Other schools in Kent
- The Canterbury Primary School (0.2 miles, straight line)
- St Peter's Methodist Primary School (0.6 miles, straight line)
- Wincheap Foundation Primary School (0.7 miles, straight line)
- St Johns Church of England Primary School (0.9 miles, straight line)
- St Thomas' Catholic Primary School, Canterbury (1 miles, straight line)
- Barton Court Grammar School (1.2 miles, straight line)
