Grange Park School[1]

Special · ages 9–19

Headline results

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Results

Results at special schools and alternative provision aren't comparable with mainstream schools'. Shown as published, not compared.

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8: 19.8 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 18.2% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths: 0% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8: -0.94 2023/24[3]
Progress 8, 2025/26: Not calculated[4]
Progress 8, 2024/25: Not calculated[4]

Earlier years
Year	Attainment 8	Grade 5+ in English & maths	Progress 8
2024/25	30.4[5]	20.8%[5]
2023/24	27.6[3]	18.8%[3]	-0.94[3]
2022/23	22.5[6]	0%[6]	-0.14[6]
2021/22	14.5[7]	8%[7]	-2.09[7]

Primary (key stage 2)

Expected standard (reading, writing & maths): 27% 2024/25[8]
Higher standard (reading, writing & maths): 0% 2024/25[8]
Reading, average scaled score: 105 2024/25[8]
Maths, average scaled score: 99 2024/25[8]

Earlier years
Year	Expected standard (reading, writing & maths)	Higher standard (reading, writing & maths)	Reading, average scaled score	Maths, average scaled score
2023/24	0%[9]	0%[9]	95[9]	93[9]
2022/23	0%[10]	0%[10]	98[10]	95[10]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 100% 2022/23[11]
School sixth form: 0% 2022/23[11]
Sixth-form college: 0% 2022/23[11]
Further education college: 8% 2022/23[11]
Apprenticeship: 0% 2022/23[11]
Employment: 0% 2022/23[11]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	School sixth form	Sixth-form college	Further education college	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	100%[12]	0%[12]	0%[12]	4%[12]	4%[12]	4%[12]
2020/21	100%[13]	0%[13]	0%[13]	7%[13]	0%[13]	0%[13]
2019/20	100%[14]	0%[14]	0%[14]	7%[14]	0%[14]	0%[14]
2018/19	100%[15]	8%[15]	0%[15]	8%[15]	0%[15]	0%[15]

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 Feb 2024[16]
Type: S5 Inspection[16]
Report published: 27 Mar 2024[16]
Personal development: Outstanding[16]
Quality of education: Good[16]
Overall effectiveness: Good[16]
Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding[16]
Safeguarding is effective: Yes[16]
Sixth form provision (where applicable): Outstanding[16]
Effectiveness of leadership and management: Good[16]

Earlier inspections
Inspection	Type	Overall
11 Oct 2016[17]	Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[17]	No overall grade[17]

Competition to get in

No published data for this school.

Character & practicalities

Type: Foundation special school[1]
Ages: 9–19[1]
Boys / girls: Mixed[1]
Sixth form: Yes[1]
Boarding: No boarders[1]
Local authority: Kent[1]
Website: www.grange-park-school-kent.co.uk/[1]
District: Tonbridge and Malling [18]
Postcode: TN15 7RD[1]
URN: 119051[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll: 179 2024/25[19]
English as an additional language: 2.2% 2024/25[19]
SEN support: 0% 2024/25[19]
EHC plan: 100% 2024/25[19]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 37.8% 2024/25[19]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 93.1%[20]
Mixed: 2.9%[20]
Asian: 2.3%[20]
Black: 0.6%[20]
Any other ethnic group: 0%[20]
Unclassified: 1.1%[20]

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

Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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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.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2019/20, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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