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Dartford Grammar School

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,576Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • SelectiveGrammar school
  • BoysPupils
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 136359URN

West Hill, Dartford, DA1 2HW · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Dec 2022 Previous framework

Outstanding
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
8.8per place
5.7 above Kent median (3.1)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in KentSelective

1,574 applications for 179 places · 1st of 103 in Kent
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
78.9of 90
1st of 100 in Kent
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Outstanding · 6 December 2022Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationOutstanding
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding
Sixth form provisionOutstanding

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
8.8applications per place, Year 7
5.7 above Kent median (3.1) 6.6 above England median (2.2)

1,574 applications · 179 places offered · 569 named it first

SelectiveApplications include children who did not pass the entrance test.

  1. 2026 8.8; Kent median median 3.1
  2. 2025 8.1; Kent median median 3.0
  3. 2024 8.9; Kent median median 3.2
  4. 2023 8.3; Kent median median 3.2
  5. 2022 8.9; Kent median median 2.9
  6. 2021 9.9; Kent median median 3.6
  7. 2020 8.2; Kent median median 3.1
  8. 2019 8.0; Kent median median 2.9
  9. 2018 7.3; Kent median median 3.1
  10. 2017 6.6; Kent median median 3.0
  11. 2016 6.2; Kent median median 3.3
  12. 2015 5.2; Kent median median 3.2
  13. 2014 5.9; Kent median median 3.1
More applications per place than the Kent median in 13 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Kent median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

Selective: register for the entrance test with the school first, usually by the summer before (dates vary). Dates

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261791,5748.85693.18
Sep 20251771,4398.15102.88
Sep 20241781,5898.96173.47
Sep 20231771,4748.35513.11
Sep 20221791,5918.96483.62
Sep 20211791,7779.96253.49
Sep 20201801,4748.26073.37
Sep 20191761,3998.05232.97
Sep 20181801,3197.35082.82
Sep 20171791,1776.64742.65
Sep 20161801,1186.23932.18
Sep 20151799385.23281.83
Sep 20141508895.93212.14

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

182 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)78.91st of 100 in Kent
Grade 5 or above in English and maths100%1st of 100 in Kent
Grade 4 or above in English and maths100%
  • This school
  • Kent median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+1.11
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)18278.9100%100%–
2024/2517979.999%100%–
2023/2418478.498%100%+1.11
2022/2318478.298%100%+1.12

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

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Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
136359 · 886/5406
Trust
Dartford Grammar School
Admissions policy
Selective
Capacity
1,550 pupils · 1,576 on roll
Free school meals
9.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 December 2010
Replaced
Dartford Grammar School (URN 118878)
Address
West Hill, Dartford, DA1 2HW
Local authority
Kent · Dartford

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources