Gravesend Grammar School

Academy converter·Secondary school Gravesend, Kent·DA12 2PR
Composite score
81.6
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National rank
#42
In South East
#20
In Kent
Top 5%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
65.3
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
92%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
98%
% EBacc grade 5+
64%
EBacc average points score
6.36

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Sixth form provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
69%
254 first choices, 209 places
First choices per place
1.22
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
642
any preference, for 209 places
Applications from another council area
24%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.03
00.511.52
1 per place
1.2920221.3020231.3820241.1820251.222026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Kent does not publish how far from the school the last child offered a Year 7 place lived, so there is no cut-off distance to show for Gravesend Grammar School. Ask the school or the council how places were allocated this year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
11–18
Pupils on roll
1,493
Gender
Boys
Admissions
Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
10.7%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
19.2%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
4.1%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
0.3%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.7%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
17.3%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
18.1
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£3,072
Typical secondary: £7,815

“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
98%
182 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
96%
Apprenticeship
1%
Employment
1%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

About Gravesend Grammar School

Gravesend Grammar School is a boys' secondary school in Gravesend, Kent, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. Around 1,493 pupils aged 11 to 18 attend the school. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 65.3 — well above the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has risen by 2.1 points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 5% of secondary schools in England.

92% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well above the national average of about 45%. 98% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Gravesend Grammar School is oversubscribed: about 7 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026, with 254 first choices for 209 places. After Year 11, 98% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 5.7%. There are about 18.1 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 11% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. Gravesend Grammar School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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