Mayfield Grammar School, Gravesend

Academy converter·Secondary school Gravesend, Kent·DA11 0JE
Composite score
80.4
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National rank
#49
In South East
#24
In Kent
Top 5%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
64.3
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
85%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
97%
% EBacc grade 5+
43%
EBacc average points score
5.91

Ofsted judgements

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
82%
238 first choices, 210 places
First choices per place
1.13
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
593
any preference, for 210 places
Applications from another council area
22%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.03
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0120221.0420231.2720241.1620251.132026

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 Mayfield Grammar School, Gravesend. 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
1,430
Gender
Girls
Admissions
Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
15.1%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
24.9%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
3.7%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
0.2%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.7%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
14.9%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
16.1
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£6,673
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%
187 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
98%
Apprenticeship
0%
Employment
0%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

About Mayfield Grammar School, Gravesend

Mayfield Grammar School, Gravesend is a girls' secondary school in Gravesend, Kent, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. Around 1,430 pupils aged 11 to 18 attend the school. The school holds an 'Outstanding' judgement from Ofsted. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 64.3, well above the national average of 46. That is down 1.0 points in its Attainment 8 score on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 5% of secondary schools in England.

85% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well above the national average of about 45%. 97% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Competition for places is real here - 82% of first-choice applicants were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026 (238 first choices for 210 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 16.1 pupils per teacher. Given the recent dip in results, it may be worth asking the school what is behind the change and what is being done in response. 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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