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Dover Grammar School for Boys[1]

Grammar · Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 63 63.1 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C- C- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
63.1 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
90.1% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
31% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.54 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 65.4[6] 93%[6]
2023/24 59.1[4] 79.5%[4] +0.54[4]
2022/23 60.2[7] 85%[7] +0.56[7]
2021/22 57.6[8] 69%[8] -0.01[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C- 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
5.6% 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] 15.7%[10]
2022/23 C[11] 9.1%[11]
2021/22 B[12] 18.6%[12]
2018/19 C[13] 9.6%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
98% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
75% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
0% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
20% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
1% 2022/23[14]
Employment
2% 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 94%[15] 70%[15] 0%[15] 15%[15] 5%[15] 4%[15]
2020/21 98%[16] 65%[16] 1%[16] 27%[16] 2%[16] 1%[16]
2019/20 97%[17] 69%[17] 0%[17] 27%[17] 1%[17] 0%[17]
2018/19 100%[18] 71%[18] 0%[18] 26%[18] 4%[18] 0%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
86% 2022/23[19]
Education
63% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
0% 2022/23[19]
Employment
23% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 93%[20] 70%[20] 2%[20] 22%[20]
2020/21 91%[21] 68%[21] 4%[21] 20%[21]
2019/20 91%[22] 76%[22] 1%[22] 15%[22]
2018/19 93%[23] 59%[23] 3%[23] 31%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
75% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
22% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
16% 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 71%[26] 27%[26]
2019/20 80%[25] 20%[25] 16%[25] 1%[25]
2018/19 68%[27] 12%[27] 10%[27] 1%[27]
2017/18 71%[28] 12%[28] 10%[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
21 Jan 2025[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
4 Mar 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]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
15 Oct 2019[30] Section 8 inspections of good and non-exempt outstanding schools[30] No overall grade[30]
Date not published[31] Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1[31] Good[31]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.2 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Applications (any preference)
340 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences
183 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Places offered
157 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences per place
1.2 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 373[32] 198[32] 157[32] 2.4[32] 1.3[32]
Entry Sept 2024 349[32] 174[32] 154[32] 2.3[32] 1.1[32]
Entry Sept 2023 335[32] 156[32] 145[32] 2.3[32] 1.1[32]
Entry Sept 2022 297[32] 158[32] 149[32] 2.0[32] 1.1[32]

Character & practicalities

Type
Foundation school[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Boys[1]
Admissions
Selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
905[1]
Local authority
Kent[1]
Website
http://www.dgsb.co.uk[1]
District
Dover[33]
Postcode
CT17 0DQ[1]
URN
118931[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
899 2024/25[34]
English as an additional language
7.5% 2024/25[34]
SEN support
2.5% 2024/25[34]
EHC plan
0.7% 2024/25[34]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
21.8% 2024/25[34]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
86.4%[35]
Mixed
4.8%[35]
Asian
5.1%[35]
Black
0.9%[35]
Any other ethnic group
0.6%[35]
Unclassified
2.2%[35]

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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    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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