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Cobham Hall[1]

Independent · ages 11–19

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Headline results

A-level average grade
AL C C 2024/25[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
31.9 2025/26[3]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
36.4% 2025/26[3]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
13.6% 2025/26[3]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[4]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[4]

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 34.4[5] 38.9%[5]
2023/24 39.6[6] 66.7%[6]
2022/23 34.5[7] 38%[7]
2021/22 41.8[8] 75%[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C 2024/25[2]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
5.9% 2024/25[2]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 C-[9] 0%[9]
2022/23 C+[10] 0%[10]
2021/22 C+[11] 10%[11]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
84.2% 2023/24[12]
UK higher education
73.7% 2023/24[12]
Education
78.9% 2023/24[12]
Apprenticeship
0% 2023/24[12]
Employment
5.3% 2023/24[12]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2022/23 81.8%[12] 81.8%[12] 81.8%[12] 0%[12] 0%[12]
2021/22 81.8%[12] 72.7%[12] 81.8%[12] 0%[12] 0%[12]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

For independent schools the DfE publishes destinations after 16–18 study only: no destinations after GCSEs and no university progression figures (top third, Russell Group, Oxbridge).

Ofsted

Inspected by
Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI)[13]

ISI inspection

Inspection
December 2023[14]
Framework
Framework from September 2023[14]
Leadership and governance
Standards met[14]
Quality of education
Standards met[14]
Health and wellbeing
Standards met[14]
Social and economic education
Standards met[14]
Safeguarding
Standards met[14]

Quality of education

  • ISI recommended: The school should ensure individual plans for pupils with SEND are used consistently across all subjects.
  • ISI recommended: The school should spread strong teaching practices across all subjects to improve pupil progress further.

Health and wellbeing

  • ISI recommended: The school should ensure procedures are in place for boarders to escalate concerns when needed.

Social and economic education

  • ISI recommended: The school should make sure the new careers programme is used so pupils are better prepared for the future.

Previous ISI inspections: 2022, 2021, 2017, 2015 (2022 report, 2021 report, 2017 report, 2015 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

No fees published on the school's website that we could verify.

Type
Other independent school[1]
Ages
11–19[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
Boarding school[1]
Capacity
250[1]
Local authority
Kent[1]
Website
www.cobhamhall.com[1]
Nursery classes
No Nursery Classes[13]
Special classes
No Special Classes[13]
Section 41 (can be named in an EHC plan)
Not approved[13]
District
Gravesham[15]
Postcode
DA12 3BL[1]
URN
118991[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
120 2024/25[16]
SEN support
33.3% 2024/25[16]
EHC plan
2.5% 2024/25[16]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
0% 2024/25[16]

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: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  12. Department for Education: 16-18 destination measures: 16-19 study leavers institution level destinations. Period 2023/24. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  13. 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.
  14. Independent Schools Inspectorate: School inspection report, Cobham Hall, December 2023. Period 2026-10-17. Licence: all-rights-reserved (restated only, D71).
  15. 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.
  16. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.