Dane Court Grammar School is a
coeducational
Mixed-sex education, also known as mixed-gender education, co-education, or coeducation (abbreviated to co-ed or coed), is a system of education where males and females are educated together. Whereas single-sex education was more common up to ...
grammar school
A grammar school is one of several different types of school in the history of education in the United Kingdom and other English-speaking countries, originally a school teaching Latin, but more recently an academically oriented secondary school ...
with
academy status in
Broadstairs,
Kent
Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the north-west, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the south-west, and Essex to the north across the estuary of the River Thames; it faces ...
, UK with approximately 1,249 pupils.
History
The school was officially founded in 1957 and was, until 1980, designated as a selective Technical High School rather than a Grammar School. It celebrated its fiftieth anniversary in 2007 and in July 2010 expressed an interest in converting to an academy. It celebrated its sixtieth anniversary in 2017. The school officially became an academy on 1 April 2011.
Description
The current Executive Headteacher of Coastal Academies Trust, of which Dane Court is a member is Kate Greig while the Headteacher (at Dane Court only) is Martin Jones.
In October 2003 Dane Court applied to become a Specialist
Language College, as part of which it had to demonstrate support (both verbal and financial) from local businesses, and a commitment to promote languages within its community. The bid was successful, meaning that the school received a government grant enabling it to improve its facilities for teaching modern foreign languages (primarily German, French and Spanish). It has also attempted some
outreach
Outreach is the activity of providing services to any population that might not otherwise have access to those services. A key component of outreach is that the group providing it is not stationary, but mobile; in other words, it involves meetin ...
programmes with local primary school teachers, and adult evening classes in Spanish and Mandarin Chinese, although take-up has been limited.
The school was given the Grade 2 "Good” reputation but with an Outstanding sixth form. (Ofsted 2022).
Awards
Dane Court was awarded the Intermediate International Schools Award in 2006.
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Notable alumni
* David Smith (born 1989), cricketer
* Lucia Keskin (born 2001), comedian.
External links
School's Official Site
Most recent OFSTED report
References
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Grammar schools in Kent
Academies in Kent
International Baccalaureate schools in England