Graded inspection · Feb 2023 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in KentSelective
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Sixth form provision | Good |
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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 entry535 applications · 180 places offered · 220 named it first
SelectiveApplications include children who did not pass the entrance test.
- 2026 3.0; Kent median median 3.1
- 2025 2.9; Kent median median 3.0
- 2024 3.2; Kent median median 3.2
- 2023 2.8; Kent median median 3.2
- 2022 3.3; Kent median median 2.9
- 2021 5.2; Kent median median 3.6
- 2020 3.5; Kent median median 3.1
- 2019 3.3; Kent median median 2.9
- 2018 3.5; Kent median median 3.1
- 2017 3.3; Kent median median 3.0
- 2016 3.6; Kent median median 3.3
- 2015 3.4; Kent median median 3.2
- 2014 3.5; 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 | 535 | 3.0 | 220 | 1.22 |
| Sep 2025 | 179 | 519 | 2.9 | 211 | 1.18 |
| Sep 2024 | 179 | 569 | 3.2 | 231 | 1.29 |
| Sep 2023 | 178 | 498 | 2.8 | 213 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2022 | 148 | 491 | 3.3 | 204 | 1.38 |
| Sep 2021 | 149 | 771 | 5.2 | 272 | 1.83 |
| Sep 2020 | 138 | 477 | 3.5 | 171 | 1.24 |
| Sep 2019 | 139 | 461 | 3.3 | 187 | 1.35 |
| Sep 2018 | 140 | 493 | 3.5 | 190 | 1.36 |
| Sep 2017 | 139 | 458 | 3.3 | 200 | 1.44 |
| Sep 2016 | 140 | 499 | 3.6 | 178 | 1.27 |
| Sep 2015 | 140 | 480 | 3.4 | 175 | 1.25 |
| Sep 2014 | 140 | 493 | 3.5 | 172 | 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.) | 151 | 65.7 | 91% | 97% | – |
| 2024/25 | 149 | 65.1 | 87% | 97% | – |
| 2023/24 | 154 | 63.2 | 88% | 96% | +0.15 |
| 2022/23 | 151 | 62.7 | 87% | 96% | +0.13 |
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
- Queen Elizabeth's Grammar SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20233.0applications per place 65.7Attainment 8 Selective
- 1.4 km · KentSerious weaknesses 20261.9applications per place 36.7Attainment 8
- 9.9 km · KentGood20232.9applications per place 34.8Attainment 8
- 10.6 km · KentGood20242.6applications per place 37.4Attainment 8
- 11.2 km · KentGood20233.1applications per place 61.9Attainment 8 Selective
- 11.2 km · KentSpecial measures 20264.5applications per place 36.8Attainment 8
- 11.5 km · Kent20262.8applications per place 62.7Attainment 8 Selective
- 12.4 km · Kent20264.2applications per place 35.2Attainment 8
- 12.7 km · KentGood20232.1applications per place 32.1Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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
- 136570 · 886/5449
- Trust
- Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School Trust Faversham
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Capacity
- 1,000 pupils · 1,156 on roll
- Free school meals
- 8.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 April 2011
- Replaced
- Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School (URN 118921)
- Address
- Abbey Place, Faversham, ME13 7BQ
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources