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Dartford Grammar School[1]

Grammar · Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 79 78.9 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
78.9 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
99.5% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
78% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+1.11 2023/24[3]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[4]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[4]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 79.9[5] 98.9%[5]
2023/24 78.4[3] 98.4%[3] +1.11[3]
2022/23 78.2[6] 98%[6] +1.12[6]
2021/22 79.7[7] 99%[7] +0.92[7]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
D 2016/17[8]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
YearA-level average grade
2015/16 B[10]
2012/13 B+[11]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
99% 2022/23[12]
School sixth form
98% 2022/23[12]
Sixth-form college
0% 2022/23[12]
Further education college
1% 2022/23[12]
Apprenticeship
0% 2022/23[12]
Employment
0% 2022/23[12]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 100%[13] 96%[13] 1%[13] 1%[13] 0%[13] 1%[13]
2020/21 99%[14] 96%[14] 1%[14] 2%[14] 1%[14] 0%[14]
2019/20 99%[15] 95%[15] 0%[15] 4%[15] 1%[15] 0%[15]
2018/19 99%[16] 95%[16] 0%[16] 4%[16] 0%[16] 0%[16]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
95% 2022/23[17]
UK higher education
83% 2022/23[17]
Education
83% 2022/23[17]
Apprenticeship
2% 2022/23[17]
Employment
10% 2022/23[17]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 93%[18] 82%[18] 83%[18] 3%[18] 6%[18]
2020/21 96%[19] 87%[19] 88%[19] 1%[19] 7%[19]
2019/20 93%[20] 84%[20] 85%[20] 3%[20] 5%[20]
2018/19 94%[21] 83%[21] 85%[21] 3%[21] 6%[21]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
89% 2021/22[22]
Top third of most selective universities
77% 2021/22[22]
Russell Group universities
69% 2019/20[23]
Oxford or Cambridge
4% 2019/20[23]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 95%[24] 81%[24]
2019/20 94%[23] 80%[23] 69%[23] 4%[23]
2018/19 91%[25] 76%[25] 67%[25] 4%[25]
2017/18 91%[26] 70%[26] 66%[26] 4%[26]

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
6 Dec 2022[27]
Type
S5 Inspection[27]
Report published
26 Jan 2023[27]
Personal development
Outstanding[27]
Quality of education
Outstanding[27]
Overall effectiveness
Outstanding[27]
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding[27]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[27]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Outstanding[27]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Outstanding[27]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
8.8 Entry Sept 2026[28]
Applications (any preference)
1574 Entry Sept 2026[28]
First preferences
569 Entry Sept 2026[28]
Places offered
179 Entry Sept 2026[28]
First preferences per place
3.2 Entry Sept 2026[28]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 1439[28] 510[28] 177[28] 8.1[28] 2.9[28]
Entry Sept 2024 1589[28] 617[28] 178[28] 8.9[28] 3.5[28]
Entry Sept 2023 1474[28] 551[28] 177[28] 8.3[28] 3.1[28]
Entry Sept 2022 1591[28] 648[28] 179[28] 8.9[28] 3.6[28]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Boys[1]
Admissions
Selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1550[1]
Trust
DARTFORD GRAMMAR SCHOOL[1]
Local authority
Kent[1]
Website
http://www.dartfordgrammarschool.org.uk[1]
District
Dartford[29]
Postcode
DA1 2HW[1]
URN
136359[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1543 2024/25[30]
English as an additional language
36.3% 2024/25[30]
SEN support
5.8% 2024/25[30]
EHC plan
0.5% 2024/25[30]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
8.8% 2024/25[30]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
15.9%[31]
Mixed
10.4%[31]
Asian
42.4%[31]
Black
28.2%[31]
Any other ethnic group
2.4%[31]
Unclassified
0.7%[31]

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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