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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Outstanding | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Outstanding | |||
| Sixth form provision | Outstanding |
Inspection history
- 4 December 2024Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
- 16 October 2019Graded inspection: Outstanding
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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 entry975 applications · 180 places offered · 353 named it first
SelectiveApplications include children who did not pass the entrance test.
- 2026 5.4; Kent median median 3.1
- 2025 4.6; Kent median median 3.0
- 2024 5.0; Kent median median 3.2
- 2023 4.6; Kent median median 3.2
- 2022 4.6; Kent median median 2.9
- 2021 5.4; Kent median median 3.6
- 2020 4.5; Kent median median 3.1
- 2019 4.5; Kent median median 2.9
- 2018 4.6; Kent median median 3.1
- 2017 4.5; Kent median median 3.0
- 2016 4.3; Kent median median 3.3
- 2015 4.1; Kent median median 3.2
- 2014 3.6; Kent median median 3.1
- 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 180 | 975 | 5.4 | 353 | 1.96 |
| Sep 2025 | 180 | 829 | 4.6 | 302 | 1.68 |
| Sep 2024 | 180 | 908 | 5.0 | 311 | 1.73 |
| Sep 2023 | 180 | 830 | 4.6 | 295 | 1.64 |
| Sep 2022 | 179 | 830 | 4.6 | 321 | 1.79 |
| Sep 2021 | 180 | 975 | 5.4 | 342 | 1.90 |
| Sep 2020 | 177 | 804 | 4.5 | 281 | 1.59 |
| Sep 2019 | 180 | 809 | 4.5 | 291 | 1.62 |
| Sep 2018 | 180 | 822 | 4.6 | 281 | 1.56 |
| Sep 2017 | 179 | 797 | 4.5 | 328 | 1.83 |
| Sep 2016 | 173 | 750 | 4.3 | 325 | 1.88 |
| Sep 2015 | 168 | 689 | 4.1 | 242 | 1.44 |
| Sep 2014 | 173 | 618 | 3.6 | 212 | 1.23 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 180 | 77.0 | 97% | 99% | – |
| 2024/25 | 179 | 77.2 | 98% | 99% | – |
| 2023/24 | 175 | 79.4 | 100% | 100% | +0.75 |
| 2022/23 | 177 | 77.3 | 98% | 99% | +0.76 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Tonbridge Grammar SchoolThis schoolThis schoolStandards maintained20245.4applications per place 77.0Attainment 8 Selective
- 0.4 km · KentGraded · no overall grade20243.3applications per place 69.3Attainment 8 Selective
- 0.8 km · KentRemains Good20233.2applications per place 49.1Attainment 8
- 0.8 km · KentGraded · no overall grade20255.6applications per place 78.3Attainment 8 Selective
- 1.1 km · KentGood20223.6applications per place 43.9Attainment 8
- 3.3 km · KentRequires improvement20231.5applications per place 38.2Attainment 8
- 3.8 km · KentGraded · no overall grade20243.4applications per place 44.8Attainment 8
- 3.9 km · Kent20263.9applications per place 64.5Attainment 8 Selective
- 4.6 km · KentOutstanding20234.5applications per place 72.5Attainment 8 Selective
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 136417 · 886/5443
- Trust
- Tonbridge Grammar School
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Capacity
- 1,260 pupils · 1,150 on roll
- Free school meals
- 2.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 January 2011
- Replaced
- Tonbridge Grammar School (URN 118915)
- Address
- Deakin Leas, Tonbridge, TN9 2JR
- Local authority
- Kent · Tonbridge and Malling
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources