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Duke of York's Royal Military School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 59 58.9 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C+ C+ 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
58.9 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
70.4% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
18.5% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.67 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[5]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 55[6] 61.3%[6]
2023/24 55.1[4] 60.4%[4] +0.67[4]
2022/23 50[7] 46%[7] +0.48[7]
2021/22 54.5[8] 52%[8] +0.61[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C+ 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
11.5% 2024/25[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 B-[10] 15.4%[10]
2022/23 C[11] 6.7%[11]
2021/22 C[12] 6.1%[12]
2018/19 C[13] 4.3%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
90% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
56% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
6% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
24% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
0% 2022/23[14]
Employment
1% 2022/23[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 90%[15] 63%[15] 5%[15] 16%[15] 1%[15] 3%[15]
2020/21 92%[16] 62%[16] 6%[16] 16%[16] 1%[16] 7%[16]
2019/20 91%[17] 65%[17] 5%[17] 15%[17] 1%[17] 4%[17]
2018/19 97%[18] 56%[18] 9%[18] 19%[18] 5%[18] 3%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
82% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
63% 2022/23[19]
Education
63% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
10% 2022/23[19]
Employment
9% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 83%[20] 65%[20] 65%[20] 3%[20] 15%[20]
2020/21 84%[21] 74%[21] 74%[21] 4%[21] 6%[21]
2019/20 86%[22] 68%[22] 69%[22] 5%[22] 12%[22]
2018/19 86%[23] 69%[23] 71%[23] 0%[23] 14%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
73% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
14% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
19% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
2% 2019/20[25]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 81%[26] 45%[26]
2019/20 81%[25] 25%[25] 19%[25] 2%[25]
2018/19 78%[27] 28%[27] 25%[27] 3%[27]
2017/18 70%[28] 11%[28] 7%[28] 0%[28]

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.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
8 Feb 2023[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
29 Mar 2023[29]
Personal development
Outstanding[29]
Quality of education
Good[29]
Overall effectiveness
Good[29]
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Good[29]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
26 Apr 2018[30] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[30] No overall grade[30]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.1 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Applications (any preference)
58 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences
29 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Places offered
28 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences per place
1.0 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 39[31] 17[31] 16[31] 2.4[31] 1.1[31]
Entry Sept 2024 32[31] 13[31] 17[31] 1.9[31] 0.8[31]
Entry Sept 2023 49[31] 24[31] 23[31] 2.1[31] 1.0[31]
Entry Sept 2022 44[31] 24[31] 30[31] 1.5[31] 0.8[31]

Admissions

Places (published admission number), 11+ entry
80 Entry Sept 2027[32]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy sponsor led[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
Boarding school[1]
Capacity
722[1]
Trust
DYRMS - AN ACADEMY WITH MILITARY TRADITIONS[1]
Local authority
Kent[1]
Website
www.doyrms.com[1]
District
Dover[33]
Postcode
CT15 5EQ[1]
URN
136177[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
452 2024/25[34]
English as an additional language
15.3% 2024/25[34]
SEN support
12.6% 2024/25[34]
EHC plan
0.2% 2024/25[34]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
8.3% 2024/25[34]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
32.6%[35]
Mixed
37%[35]
Asian
14%[35]
Black
14%[35]
Any other ethnic group
2.1%[35]
Unclassified
0.2%[35]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

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    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.
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    Quote
    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
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    Quote
    Year 7 Admissions The Schools Published Admission Number for Year 7 entry is 80 students each September. (p. 5)
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