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Highsted Grammar School[1]

Grammar · Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 62 61.9 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C+ C+ 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
61.9 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
83.2% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
28.7% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.04 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 61.1[6] 82.4%[6]
2023/24 60.6[4] 76.4%[4] -0.04[4]
2022/23 57.7[7] 64%[7] -0.25[7]
2021/22 64.9[8] 80%[8] +0.12[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C+ 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
9.6% 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 B-[10] 17.8%[10]
2022/23 B-[11] 14.7%[11]
2021/22 B+[12] 26.3%[12]
2018/19 C+[13] 15.1%[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
17% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
1% 2022/23[14]
Employment
0% 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] 86%[15] 0%[15] 11%[15] 1%[15] 0%[15]
2020/21 99%[16] 90%[16] 0%[16] 7%[16] 0%[16] 2%[16]
2019/20 98%[17] 91%[17] 1%[17] 5%[17] 1%[17] 1%[17]
2018/19 99%[18] 92%[18] 0%[18] 6%[18] 1%[18] 0%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
95% 2022/23[19]
Education
74% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
5% 2022/23[19]
Employment
16% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 92%[20] 71%[20] 8%[20] 13%[20]
2020/21 95%[21] 86%[21] 4%[21] 6%[21]
2019/20 91%[22] 74%[22] 1%[22] 16%[22]
2018/19 94%[23] 76%[23] 2%[23] 16%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
83% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
34% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
25% 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 90%[26] 35%[26]
2019/20 85%[25] 33%[25] 25%[25] 1%[25]
2018/19 84%[27] 19%[27] 18%[27] 2%[27]
2017/18 80%[28] 21%[28] 18%[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
17 Jan 2023[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
19 Mar 2023[29]
Personal development
Good[29]
Quality of education
Good[29]
Overall effectiveness
Good[29]
Behaviour and attitudes
Good[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Good[29]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[29]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
3.1 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Applications (any preference)
336 Entry Sept 2026[30]
First preferences
139 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Places offered
109 Entry Sept 2026[30]
First preferences per place
1.3 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 326[30] 143[30] 111[30] 2.9[30] 1.3[30]
Entry Sept 2024 368[30] 159[30] 130[30] 2.8[30] 1.2[30]
Entry Sept 2023 347[30] 133[30] 106[30] 3.3[30] 1.3[30]
Entry Sept 2022 309[30] 141[30] 118[30] 2.6[30] 1.2[30]

Admissions

Places (published admission number), 11+ entry
150 Entry Sept 2027[31]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Girls[1]
Admissions
Selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
830[1]
Trust
HIGHSTED ACADEMY TRUST[1]
Local authority
Kent[1]
Website
http://www.highsted.kent.sch.uk[1]
District
Swale[32]
Postcode
ME10 4PT[1]
URN
136305[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
832 2024/25[33]
English as an additional language
8.2% 2024/25[33]
SEN support
4.3% 2024/25[33]
EHC plan
0.5% 2024/25[33]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
12.5% 2024/25[33]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
72.9%[34]
Mixed
7.3%[34]
Asian
5.2%[34]
Black
13.4%[34]
Any other ethnic group
0.9%[34]
Unclassified
0.4%[34]

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

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  4. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  5. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    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.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Department for Education: A level and other 16 to 18 results 2020/21. Period 2020/21. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    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.
  10. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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  17. 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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  21. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: 16-18 destinations. Period 2020/21, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  22. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: 16-18 destinations. Period 2019/20, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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  28. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: 16-18 progression to higher education. Period 2017/18, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  29. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2022/23. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  30. Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  31. highsted.kent.sch.uk: highsted.kent.sch.uk — Admissions Policy 2027-28 (PDF). Period 2026-10-16. Licence: copyright-quoted.
    Quote
    The school has an agreed admission number of 150 for entry in to Year 7. (p. 2)
  32. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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  34. Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.