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Borden Grammar School[1]

Grammar · Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 63 62.7 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C+ C+ 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
62.7 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
83.3% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
33.3% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.26 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 63.2[6] 83.1%[6]
2023/24 63.1[4] 85.4%[4] +0.26[4]
2022/23 62.7[7] 92%[7] +0.19[7]
2021/22 64.3[8] 89%[8] +0.06[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C+ 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
12.8% 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 C+[10] 20.7%[10]
2022/23 C+[11] 18.4%[11]
2021/22 C+[12] 14.7%[12]
2018/19 C[13] 12.5%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
98% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
79% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
0% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
13% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
2% 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 99%[15] 87%[15] 0%[15] 6%[15] 3%[15] 2%[15]
2020/21 99%[16] 93%[16] 0%[16] 6%[16] 0%[16] 1%[16]
2019/20 100%[17] 87%[17] 0%[17] 11%[17] 1%[17] 1%[17]
2018/19 97%[18] 79%[18] 0%[18] 14%[18] 1%[18] 3%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
84% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
60% 2022/23[19]
Education
61% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
8% 2022/23[19]
Employment
16% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 89%[20] 61%[20] 63%[20] 4%[20] 22%[20]
2020/21 91%[21] 60%[21] 60%[21] 9%[21] 23%[21]
2019/20 89%[22] 65%[22] 65%[22] 4%[22] 20%[22]
2018/19 88%[23] 57%[23] 60%[23] 10%[23] 19%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
67% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
10% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
9% 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 65%[26] 21%[26]
2019/20 69%[25] 15%[25] 9%[25] 1%[25]
2018/19 63%[27] 18%[27] 15%[27] 2%[27]
2017/18 71%[28] 14%[28] 12%[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
12 May 2026[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
6 Jul 2026[29]
Inclusion
Strong standard[29]
Achievement
Strong standard[29]
Safeguarding standards
Met[29]
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard[29]
Attendance and behaviour
Strong standard[29]
Leadership and governance
Strong standard[29]
Personal development and wellbeing
Strong standard[29]
Post-16 provision (where applicable)
Expected standard[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
23 Nov 2021[30] Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[30] No overall grade[30]
22 Nov 2016[31] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[31] No overall grade[31]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.8 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Applications (any preference)
346 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences
138 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Places offered
123 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences per place
1.1 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 323[32] 139[32] 126[32] 2.6[32] 1.1[32]
Entry Sept 2024 375[32] 187[32] 149[32] 2.5[32] 1.3[32]
Entry Sept 2023 374[32] 166[32] 148[32] 2.5[32] 1.1[32]
Entry Sept 2022 353[32] 132[32] 126[32] 2.8[32] 1.0[32]

Priority areas

Traditional School Areas - ME9, ME10, ME11, ME12
Postcodes ME9, ME10, ME11, ME12 · Children who reside in the postcode areas beginning with the following: ME9, ME10, ME11 and ME12 get priority. Entry Sept 2027[33]
Priority postcode area
Postcodes ME13, ME8 Entry Sept 2027[33]

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
750[1]
Trust
BORDEN GRAMMAR SCHOOL TRUST[1]
Local authority
Kent[1]
Website
https://www.bordengrammar.kent.sch.uk/[1]
District
Swale[34]
Postcode
ME10 4DB[1]
URN
137800[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
928 2024/25[35]
English as an additional language
10.2% 2024/25[35]
SEN support
2.1% 2024/25[35]
EHC plan
0.9% 2024/25[35]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
12.3% 2024/25[35]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
73.2%[36]
Mixed
6.4%[36]
Asian
4.8%[36]
Black
14.4%[36]
Any other ethnic group
0.5%[36]
Unclassified
0.6%[36]

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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    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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    Quotes (2)
    a) Firstly, children who reside in the postcode areas beginning with the following: ME9, ME10, ME11 and ME12. (p. 2)
    b) Then children who reside in the postcode areas beginning ME8 and ME13 (p. 2)
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