Graded inspection · Nov 2022 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 |
Inspection history
- 16 November 2022Graded inspection: Good
- 6 October 2021Ungraded inspection: School remains Outstanding (Concerns)
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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 entry941 applications · 180 places offered · 193 named it first
SelectiveApplications include children who did not pass the entrance test.
- 2026 5.2; Kent median median 3.1
- 2025 5.2; Kent median median 3.0
- 2024 5.5; Kent median median 3.2
- 2023 5.5; Kent median median 3.2
- 2022 5.2; Kent median median 2.9
- 2021 6.4; Kent median median 3.6
- 2020 5.3; Kent median median 3.1
- 2019 6.8; Kent median median 2.9
- 2018 6.4; Kent median median 3.1
- 2017 6.0; Kent median median 3.0
- 2016 5.6; Kent median median 3.3
- 2015 5.0; Kent median median 3.2
- 2014 6.0; 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 | 941 | 5.2 | 193 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2025 | 179 | 928 | 5.2 | 179 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 179 | 991 | 5.5 | 187 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2023 | 180 | 986 | 5.5 | 231 | 1.28 |
| Sep 2022 | 180 | 928 | 5.2 | 171 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2021 | 179 | 1,142 | 6.4 | 214 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2020 | 180 | 952 | 5.3 | 177 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2019 | 150 | 1,013 | 6.8 | 193 | 1.29 |
| Sep 2018 | 149 | 958 | 6.4 | 192 | 1.29 |
| Sep 2017 | 149 | 886 | 6.0 | 171 | 1.15 |
| Sep 2016 | 151 | 849 | 5.6 | 169 | 1.12 |
| Sep 2015 | 150 | 755 | 5.0 | 157 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2014 | 120 | 714 | 6.0 | 145 | 1.21 |
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.) | 174 | 65.3 | 91% | 97% | – |
| 2024/25 | 176 | 66.7 | 89% | 98% | – |
| 2023/24 | 146 | 70.2 | 97% | 100% | +0.76 |
| 2022/23 | 141 | 67.7 | 92% | 99% | +0.74 |
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
- Wilmington Grammar School for GirlsThis schoolThis schoolGood20225.2applications per place 65.3Attainment 8 Selective
- 0.3 km · KentRemains Good20235.9applications per place 67.6Attainment 8 Selective
- 0.3 km · KentOutstanding20235.2applications per place 45.1Attainment 8
- 1.4 km · Kent20263.9applications per place 47.1Attainment 8
- 1.6 km · Kent20267.1applications per place 77.3Attainment 8 Selective
- 1.8 km · KentOutstanding20228.8applications per place 78.9Attainment 8 Selective
- 2.8 km · BexleyGood20223.2applications per place 43.8Attainment 8
- 3.0 km · KentRemains Good20232.8applications per place 46.5Attainment 8
- 3.4 km · BexleyGood20225.4applications per place 73.2Attainment 8 Selective
- 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
- 137250 · 886/5400
- Trust
- Endeavour MAT
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Capacity
- 1,070 pupils · 1,154 on roll
- Free school meals
- 6.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 August 2011
- Replaced
- Wilmington Grammar School for Girls (URN 118872)
- Address
- Parsons Lane, Wilmington, Dartford, DA2 7BB
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources