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Chatham & Clarendon Grammar School[1]

Grammar · Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 62 62.2 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL B- B- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
62.2 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
81.8% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
25.1% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.30 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 64[6] 84.9%[6]
2023/24 64.6[4] 84.7%[4] +0.30[4]
2022/23 60.9[7] 81%[7] +0.12[7]
2021/22 62.8[8] 79%[8] -0.05[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
B- 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
16% 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] 19.4%[10]
2022/23 C+[11] 12.3%[11]
2021/22 C+[12] 12%[12]
2018/19 C-[13] 6%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
96% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
77% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
0% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
16% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
2% 2022/23[14]
Employment
1% 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] 77%[15] 0%[15] 16%[15] 3%[15] 1%[15]
2020/21 100%[16] 87%[16] 0%[16] 9%[16] 0%[16] 2%[16]
2019/20 98%[17] 88%[17] 0%[17] 7%[17] 0%[17] 2%[17]
2018/19 96%[18] 87%[18] 0%[18] 8%[18] 1%[18] 0%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
82% 2022/23[19]
Education
62% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
5% 2022/23[19]
Employment
15% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 88%[20] 59%[20] 4%[20] 25%[20]
2020/21 89%[21] 67%[21] 2%[21] 19%[21]
2019/20 91%[22] 73%[22] 4%[22] 15%[22]
2018/19 86%[23] 64%[23] 2%[23] 20%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
71% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
17% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
16% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
1% 2018/19[26]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 74%[27] 24%[27]
2019/20 85%[25] 21%[25] 16%[25]
2018/19 72%[26] 16%[26] 12%[26] 1%[26]
2017/18 75%[28] 16%[28] 14%[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
4 Jun 2025[29]
Type
Schools into Special Measures Visit 1[29]
Report published
3 Jul 2025[29]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
Taking effective action towards the removal of special measures[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
5 Mar 2024[30] Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[30] Inadequate[30]
16 May 2018[31] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[31] No overall grade[31]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
3.8 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Applications (any preference)
502 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences
121 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Places offered
133 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences per place
0.9 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 451[32] 105[32] 115[32] 3.9[32] 0.9[32]
Entry Sept 2024 597[32] 200[32] 171[32] 3.5[32] 1.2[32]
Entry Sept 2023 572[32] 172[32] 158[32] 3.6[32] 1.1[32]
Entry Sept 2022 571[32] 186[32] 178[32] 3.2[32] 1.0[32]

Admissions

Places (published admission number), 11+ entry
180 Entry Sept 2027[33]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1600[1]
Trust
CHATHAM & CLARENDON GRAMMAR SCHOOL[1]
Local authority
Kent[1]
Website
http://www.ccgrammarschool.co.uk[1]
District
Thanet[34]
Postcode
CT11 7PS[1]
URN
136382[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1388 2024/25[35]
English as an additional language
10.6% 2024/25[35]
SEN support
8.5% 2024/25[35]
EHC plan
0.4% 2024/25[35]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
16.9% 2024/25[35]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
81%[36]
Mixed
8.2%[36]
Asian
5.5%[36]
Black
1.9%[36]
Any other ethnic group
1.7%[36]
Unclassified
1.7%[36]

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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    Quote
    The PAN for admission to year 7 is 180 students. (p. 7)
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