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Highworth Grammar School[1]

Grammar · Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 69 69.2 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL B B 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
69.2 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
92.7% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
40.9% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.65 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 70.8[6] 95.3%[6]
2023/24 68.8[4] 89.4%[4] +0.65[4]
2022/23 69.7[7] 91%[7] +0.71[7]
2021/22 73.8[8] 93%[8] +0.95[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
B 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
18.1% 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] 20.4%[10]
2022/23 B[11] 23.3%[11]
2021/22 B+[12] 28.3%[12]
2018/19 B[13] 24.9%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
100% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
92% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
0% 2021/22[15]
Further education college
6% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
0% 2022/23[14]
Employment
0% 2021/22[15]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 99%[15] 89%[15] 0%[15] 8%[15] 0%[15] 0%[15]
2020/21 98%[16] 90%[16] 0%[16] 4%[16] 1%[16] 2%[16]
2019/20 99%[17] 90%[17] 0%[17] 6%[17] 1%[17]
2018/19 98%[18] 90%[18] 0%[18] 6%[18] 0%[18] 2%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
94% 2022/23[19]
Education
72% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
3% 2022/23[19]
Employment
19% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 90%[20] 61%[20] 1%[20] 28%[20]
2020/21 93%[21] 69%[21] 3%[21] 22%[21]
2019/20 91%[22] 69%[22] 2%[22] 20%[22]
2018/19 87%[23] 65%[23] 2%[23] 20%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
76% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
37% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
38% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
6% 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 83%[26] 47%[26]
2019/20 87%[25] 40%[25] 38%[25] 6%[25]
2018/19 81%[27] 35%[27] 28%[27] 3%[27]
2017/18 75%[28] 28%[28] 23%[28] 3%[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
14 Jan 2025[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
11 Feb 2025[29]
Personal development
Outstanding[29]
Quality of education
Outstanding[29]
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding[29]
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes[29]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Outstanding[29]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Outstanding[29]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.1 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Applications (any preference)
446 Entry Sept 2026[30]
First preferences
267 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Places offered
214 Entry Sept 2026[30]
First preferences per place
1.2 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 422[30] 253[30] 189[30] 2.2[30] 1.3[30]
Entry Sept 2024 432[30] 288[30] 210[30] 2.1[30] 1.4[30]
Entry Sept 2023 424[30] 251[30] 207[30] 2.0[30] 1.2[30]
Entry Sept 2022 384[30] 238[30] 194[30] 2.0[30] 1.2[30]

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
1520[1]
Trust
HIGHWORTH GRAMMAR SCHOOL TRUST[1]
Local authority
Kent[1]
Website
http://www.highworth.kent.sch.uk/[1]
District
Ashford[31]
Postcode
TN24 8UD[1]
URN
136379[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1543 2024/25[32]
English as an additional language
29.5% 2024/25[32]
SEN support
7.1% 2024/25[32]
EHC plan
0.3% 2024/25[32]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
8.4% 2024/25[32]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
61.6%[33]
Mixed
8.8%[33]
Asian
19.6%[33]
Black
7.8%[33]
Any other ethnic group
1.2%[33]
Unclassified
1%[33]

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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    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.
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    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.
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