Orion Spires

Academy sponsor ledSecondaryAges 11–16MixedSixth form

Bredlands Lane, Sturry, Canterbury, CT2 0HD

Principal · Mr Ricky Archer

From Get Information About Schools (DfE), updated 4 September 2026. Report a correction

Key facts

Pupils620Capacity 750

OfstedGoodInspected 10 January 2023

TrustOrion Education

Free school meals43.8%

Good

Graded inspection on 10 January 2023.

Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 31 August 2026.

Year 7 applications close 31 October 2026

For September 2027. Apply through Kent council, not the school. National offer day is 1 March 2027.

All 76 families who put it first were offered a place.

Places offered106

Applications268

First choice76

First-choice offers76

Applications count every family who named the school as any preference. Figures change every year, so they are a guide, not a guarantee.

Source: Department for Education, Primary and secondary school applications and offers 2026 (on-time applications, national offer day).