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The Harvey Grammar School

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,005Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • SelectiveGrammar school
  • BoysPupils
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 138480URN

Cheriton Road, Folkestone, CT19 5JY · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted
Graded OutstandingMar 2016
School remains OutstandingUngraded inspection · Dec 2022
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.4per place
0.7 below Kent median (3.1)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in KentSelective

348 applications for 147 places · 75th of 103 in Kent
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
65.2of 90
21st of 100 in Kent
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded OutstandingMar 2016
School remains OutstandingUngraded inspection · Dec 2022

Inspection history

  1. 14 December 2022
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Outstanding
  2. 16 March 2016
    Graded inspection: Outstanding

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
2.4applications per place, Year 7
0.7 below Kent median (3.1) close to England median (2.2)

348 applications · 147 places offered · 190 named it first

SelectiveApplications include children who did not pass the entrance test.

  1. 2026 2.4; Kent median median 3.1
  2. 2025 2.2; Kent median median 3.0
  3. 2024 2.4; Kent median median 3.2
  4. 2023 2.4; Kent median median 3.2
  5. 2022 2.1; Kent median median 2.9
  6. 2021 3.0; Kent median median 3.6
  7. 2020 2.5; Kent median median 3.1
  8. 2019 2.3; Kent median median 2.9
  9. 2018 2.2; Kent median median 3.1
  10. 2017 2.3; Kent median median 3.0
  11. 2016 2.7; Kent median median 3.3
  12. 2015 2.5; Kent median median 3.2
  13. 2014 2.3; Kent median median 3.1
More applications per place than the Kent median in 0 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 20261473482.41901.29
Sep 20251503322.21891.26
Sep 20241503572.42001.33
Sep 20231493562.42101.41
Sep 20221503142.12011.34
Sep 20211504513.02701.80
Sep 20201483722.52211.49
Sep 20191493352.31971.32
Sep 20181493322.21871.26
Sep 20171503442.31981.32
Sep 20161503982.72091.39
Sep 20151503762.51911.27
Sep 20141503402.31761.17

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

146 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)65.221st of 100 in Kent
Grade 5 or above in English and maths90%17th of 100 in Kent
Grade 4 or above in English and maths98%
  • This school
  • Kent median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.24
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)14665.290%98%–
2024/2514561.886%97%–
2023/2413962.986%97%+0.24
2022/2314262.487%97%+0.27

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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School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
138480 · 886/4101
Trust
The Harvey Academy
Admissions policy
Selective
Capacity
980 pupils · 1,005 on roll
Free school meals
14.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 August 2012
Replaced
The Harvey Grammar School (URN 118805)
Address
Cheriton Road, Folkestone, CT19 5JY
Local authority
Kent · Folkestone and Hythe

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