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Borden Grammar School

  • 11–18Ages
  • 938Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • SelectiveGrammar school
  • BoysPupils
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 137800URN

Avenue of Remembrance, Sittingbourne, ME10 4DB · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected May 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.8per place
0.3 below Kent median (3.1)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in KentSelective

346 applications for 123 places · 64th of 103 in Kent
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
62.7of 90
25th of 100 in Kent
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 12 May 2026Published 6 July 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementStrong standard
Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionExpected standard
Leadership and governanceStrong standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 12 May 2026
    Report card · 5 Strong standard, 2 Expected standard
  2. 24 November 2021
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good

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
2.8applications per place, Year 7
0.3 below Kent median (3.1) 0.6 above England median (2.2)

346 applications · 123 places offered · 138 named it first

SelectiveApplications include children who did not pass the entrance test.

  1. 2026 2.8; Kent median median 3.1
  2. 2025 2.6; Kent median median 3.0
  3. 2024 2.5; Kent median median 3.2
  4. 2023 2.5; Kent median median 3.2
  5. 2022 2.8; Kent median median 2.9
  6. 2021 3.4; Kent median median 3.6
  7. 2020 3.0; Kent median median 3.1
  8. 2019 2.8; Kent median median 2.9
  9. 2018 2.4; Kent median median 3.1
  10. 2017 2.6; Kent median median 3.0
  11. 2016 3.1; Kent median median 3.3
  12. 2015 3.1; Kent median median 3.2
  13. 2014 3.4; Kent median median 3.1
More applications per place than the Kent median in 1 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 20261233462.81381.12
Sep 20251263232.61391.10
Sep 20241493752.51871.26
Sep 20231483742.51661.12
Sep 20221263532.81321.05
Sep 20211103693.41901.73
Sep 20201153453.01381.20
Sep 20191042902.81201.15
Sep 20181182792.41261.07
Sep 20171203112.61491.24
Sep 20161043183.11321.27
Sep 20151113443.11461.32
Sep 2014862913.41161.35

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

138 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)62.725th of 100 in Kent
Grade 5 or above in English and maths83%25th of 100 in Kent
Grade 4 or above in English and maths96%
  • This school
  • Kent median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.26
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)13862.783%96%–
2024/2512463.283%94%–
2023/2412363.185%99%+0.26
2022/2312662.792%97%+0.19

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

  • 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
137800 · 886/4527
Trust
Borden Grammar School Trust
Admissions policy
Selective
Capacity
750 pupils · 938 on roll
Free school meals
10.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 January 2012
Replaced
Borden Grammar School (URN 118837)
Address
Avenue of Remembrance, Sittingbourne, ME10 4DB
Local authority
Kent · Swale

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