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Gravesend Grammar School[1]

Grammar · Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 68 67.9 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL B B 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
67.9 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
97.7% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
46% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.18 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 65.3[6] 91.9%[6]
2023/24 63.2[4] 89.2%[4] +0.18[4]
2022/23 65.4[7] 88%[7] +0.34[7]
2021/22 67.5[8] 94%[8] +0.33[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
B 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
26.9% 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] 15.3%[10]
2022/23 C+[11] 16.3%[11]
2021/22 B-[12] 23.4%[12]
2018/19 C+[13] 19.3%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
98% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
90% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
0% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
5% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
1% 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 98%[15] 92%[15] 1%[15] 5%[15] 1%[15] 0%[15]
2020/21 99%[16] 93%[16] 1%[16] 2%[16] 1%[16] 1%[16]
2019/20 100%[17] 95%[17] 0%[17] 3%[17] 1%[17] 0%[17]
2018/19 100%[18] 93%[18] 0%[18] 3%[18] 2%[18] 2%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
87% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
67% 2022/23[19]
Education
68% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
8% 2022/23[19]
Employment
11% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 90%[20] 70%[20] 70%[20] 5%[20] 15%[20]
2020/21 92%[21] 74%[21] 75%[21] 7%[21] 10%[21]
2019/20 92%[22] 75%[22] 78%[22] 3%[22] 12%[22]
2018/19 93%[23] 67%[23] 70%[23] 5%[23] 19%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
77% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
29% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
31% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
1% 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 83%[26] 36%[26]
2019/20 83%[25] 38%[25] 31%[25] 1%[25]
2018/19 77%[27] 29%[27] 25%[27] 1%[27]
2017/18 63%[28] 25%[28] 21%[28] 1%[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
18 Mar 2025[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
6 May 2025[29]
Personal development
Outstanding[29]
Quality of education
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]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
3.1 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Applications (any preference)
642 Entry Sept 2026[30]
First preferences
254 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Places offered
209 Entry Sept 2026[30]
First preferences per place
1.2 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 681[30] 247[30] 209[30] 3.3[30] 1.2[30]
Entry Sept 2024 777[30] 289[30] 210[30] 3.7[30] 1.4[30]
Entry Sept 2023 710[30] 274[30] 210[30] 3.4[30] 1.3[30]
Entry Sept 2022 745[30] 271[30] 210[30] 3.5[30] 1.3[30]

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
1032[1]
Trust
ALETHEIA ACADEMIES TRUST[1]
Local authority
Kent[1]
Website
http://gravesendgrammar.com/[1]
District
Gravesham[31]
Postcode
DA12 2PR[1]
URN
137099[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1493 2024/25[32]
English as an additional language
19.2% 2024/25[32]
SEN support
4.1% 2024/25[32]
EHC plan
0.3% 2024/25[32]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
10.7% 2024/25[32]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
43.3%[33]
Mixed
12%[33]
Asian
22.7%[33]
Black
19.8%[33]
Any other ethnic group
1.9%[33]
Unclassified
0.4%[33]

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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