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Gad's Hill School[1]

Independent · ages 3–16

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Headline results

No headline results are published for this school in the latest two years.

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
58.1 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
57.1% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
28.6% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[3]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[3]

IGCSEs don't count towards Attainment 8, so it understates many independent schools.

Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths
2024/25 57.3[4] 71.4%[4]
2023/24 56.9[5] 81.3%[5]
2022/23 49.2[6] 57%[6]
2021/22 50.7[7] 65%[7]

Ofsted

Inspected by
Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI)[8]

ISI inspection

Inspection
October 2024[9]
Framework
Framework from September 2023[9]
Leadership and governance
Standards met[9]
Quality of education
Standards met[9]
Health and wellbeing
Standards met[9]
Social and economic education
Standards met[9]
Safeguarding
Standards met[9]

Quality of education

  • ISI recommended: The school should use assessment data more effectively in the upper school to help pupils improve.
  • ISI recommended: The school should ensure teaching in the upper school meets the needs of pupils with SEND and high prior attainment effectively.

Health and wellbeing

  • ISI recommended: The school should ensure that the behaviour policy is applied consistently, especially for small disruptions.

Previous ISI inspections: 2021, 2017, 2015, 2011 (2021 report, 2017 report, 2015 report, 2011 report).

ISI's page for this school

Findings of the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI), restated in our own words: not ISI's wording. Read the full report on ISI's website.

Competition to get in

No published data for this school.

Character & practicalities

Fees

Pre-prep, day
£6,393 a term 2026/27 · Key Stage 1: K1 & K2 · incl. VAT[10]
Prep, day
£6,820 a term 2026/27 · Key Stage 2: J3, J4, J5, Lower Shell · incl. VAT[10]
Senior, day
£7,437–£8,048 a term 2026/27 · Key Stage 3: Upper Shell & Lower 4th; Key Stage 4: Upper 4th, Lower 5th & Upper 5th · incl. VAT[10]
Day
£4,460 a term 2026/27 · KN · incl. VAT[10]

As published by the school on its own website for the year shown, quoted from our archived copy. Ranges run from the lowest to the highest fee the school lists for that stage. Check the school's current fees before deciding: extras (lunch, trips, exams) and bursaries are not included. Fees are never used to rank schools.

Type
Other independent school[1]
Ages
3–16[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
No[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
755[1]
Local authority
Kent[1]
Website
www.gadshill.org[1]
Nursery classes
Has Nursery Classes[8]
Special classes
No Special Classes[8]
Section 41 (can be named in an EHC plan)
Not approved[8]
District
Gravesham[11]
Postcode
ME3 7PA[1]
URN
118944[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
357 2024/25[12]
SEN support
7.6% 2024/25[12]
EHC plan
1.7% 2024/25[12]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
0% 2024/25[12]

Sources

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  2. Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
  4. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  5. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments (independent schools' inspectorate and provision). Period 2026-10-17, published 2026-10-17. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Independent Schools Inspectorate: School inspection report, Gad's Hill School, October 2024. Period 2026-10-17. Licence: all-rights-reserved (restated only, D71).
  10. gadshill.org: gadshill.org — Fees. Period 2026-10-17. Archived copy; original. Licence: copyright-quoted.
    Quotes (8)
    KN Maximum cost of £4,460 per term (p. 1)
    Key Stage 1: K1 & K2 £6,393 per term (p. 1)
    Key Stage 2: J3, J4, J5, Lower Shell £6,820 per term (p. 1)
    Key Stage 3: Upper Shell & Lower 4th £7,437 per term (p. 1)
    Key Stage 4: Upper 4th, Lower 5th & Upper 5th £8,048 per term (p. 1)
    4 days 15 hours 11 hours, 40 minutes £1,561.00 (p. 1)
    Number of days Early Years Funding Balance chargeable Termly fees payable by parents (p. 1)
    5 days 15 hours 18 hours, 20 minutes £2,453.00 (p. 1)
  11. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  12. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.