Schools in DEAL
Deal in Kent has 15 schools in the catchment.school database, including 10 primaries, 1 secondary and 4 specialist settings. Goodwin Academy is the town's sole secondary school, serving Deal and surrounding coastal parishes under an academy trust arrangement. Eleven of the 15 schools in the area are academies, meaning each sets its own admissions criteria independently; it is important to read individual school policies rather than assuming Kent County Council's standard rules apply.
Seven schools hold a religious designation – Church of England or Roman Catholic – each running supplementary information forms alongside distance criteria. Kent County Council operates a partially selective county where around 25% of secondary places are grammar school places; Deal pupils sitting the 11-plus can access grammar schools in Dover and Sandwich. The average fill rate across Deal schools with published capacity data is 86%, with one school currently at or above its admission number.
School demand in DEAL
Across the 15 schools in DEAL with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 86%. 1 of them is currently at or above their published admission number, and at those schools catchment distance is likely to decide places at the next intake.
7 schools in DEAL have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
11 of the schools in DEAL are academies that set their own admissions criteria independently of Kent, so check each school's policy directly rather than assuming the council default applies.
5 of the schools in DEAL have a current Ofsted rating, of which 5 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary schools in DEAL: 1 oversubscribed (10)
Warden House Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Deal · CT14 9SF
St Mary's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Deal · CT14 9LF
Deal Parochial Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Deal · CT14 7ER
Hornbeam Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Deal · CT14 9PQ
Northbourne Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Deal · CT14 0LP
Sandown School
Primary · Academy converter
Deal · CT14 6PY
Sholden Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Deal · CT14 0AB
The Downs Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Deal · CT14 7TL
Kingsdown and Ringwould Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Deal · CT14 8DD
Worth Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Deal · CT14 0DF
Secondary Schools in DEAL (1)
Other Schools in DEAL (4)
Northbourne Park School
Not applicable · Other independent school
DEAL · CT14 0NW
Ripplevale School
Not applicable · Other independent special school
Deal · CT14 8JG
Learning Opportunities Centre Secondary
Not applicable · Other independent special school
Deal · CT14 8DW
Brewood Secondary School
Not applicable · Other independent special school
Deal · CT14 9TR
Catchment area boundaries for schools in DEAL are set by Kent and updated each year. The "last distance offered", how far the furthest successful applicant lived, changes annually based on the number of applications received.