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Weald of Kent Grammar School[1]

Grammar · Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 69 69.3 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL B B 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
69.3 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
95.4% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
44% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.77 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[6] 94.5%[6]
2023/24 70.1[4] 90.7%[4] +0.77[4]
2022/23 70.4[7] 95%[7] +0.83[7]
2021/22 73.4[8] 96%[8] +0.81[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
B 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
19.6% 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] 16.9%[10]
2022/23 B[11] 15.7%[11]
2021/22 B+[12] 26.7%[12]
2018/19 B[13] 13.2%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
99% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
89% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
1% 2021/22[15]
Further education college
4% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
1% 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] 89%[15] 1%[15] 3%[15] 0%[15] 1%[15]
2020/21 99%[16] 90%[16] 2%[16] 5%[16] 0%[16]
2019/20 98%[17] 91%[17] 1%[17] 4%[17] 0%[17] 0%[17]
2018/19 100%[18] 93%[18] 0%[18] 5%[18] 0%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
88% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
65% 2022/23[19]
Education
66% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
2% 2022/23[19]
Employment
20% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 94%[20] 76%[20] 78%[20] 0%[20] 17%[20]
2020/21 92%[21] 71%[21] 75%[21] 2%[21] 15%[21]
2019/20 93%[22] 70%[22] 76%[22] 3%[22] 14%[22]
2018/19 92%[23] 63%[23] 71%[23] 5%[23] 16%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
85% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
53% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
49% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
3% 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 87%[26] 57%[26]
2019/20 89%[25] 52%[25] 49%[25] 3%[25]
2018/19 86%[27] 41%[27] 37%[27] 1%[27]
2017/18 84%[28] 55%[28] 45%[28] 2%[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
1 Oct 2024[29]
Type
Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1[29]
Report published
10 Nov 2024[29]
Personal development
Good[29]
Quality of education
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]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
9 Nov 2022[30] Requires Improvement monitoring Visit 1[30] No overall grade[30]
26 Apr 2022[31] S5 Inspection[31] Requires improvement[31]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
3.3 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Applications (any preference)
995 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences
234 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Places offered
300 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences per place
0.8 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 901[32] 238[32] 300[32] 3.0[32] 0.8[32]
Entry Sept 2024 895[32] 223[32] 300[32] 3.0[32] 0.7[32]
Entry Sept 2023 893[32] 251[32] 299[32] 3.0[32] 0.8[32]
Entry Sept 2022 963[32] 259[32] 330[32] 2.9[32] 0.8[32]

Admissions

Places (published admission number)
270 Entry Sept 2027[33]
Test registration closes
10 Jul 2026 Entry Sept 2027[33]
Test registration opens
1 Jun 2026 Entry Sept 2027[33]
Sibling priority
A sister or brother attending Weald of Kent at the time the child will start at the school. Entry Sept 2027[33]

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
2475[1]
Trust
WEALD OF KENT GRAMMAR SCHOOL ACADEMY TRUST[1]
Local authority
Kent[1]
Website
http://www.wealdgs.org[1]
District
Tonbridge and Malling[34]
Postcode
TN9 2JP[1]
URN
136455[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1902 2024/25[35]
English as an additional language
7.1% 2024/25[35]
SEN support
1.6% 2024/25[35]
EHC plan
0.4% 2024/25[35]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
4% 2024/25[35]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
78.3%[36]
Mixed
7.5%[36]
Asian
9.5%[36]
Black
2.9%[36]
Any other ethnic group
0.5%[36]
Unclassified
1.3%[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.

In the inspectors' and the school's words

Academic
Pupils achieve very well, as do students in the sixth form.[37]
Warmth
Pupils value the school’s caring and nurturing ethos. Pupils and staff interact positively with one another.[37]
Pastoral care
There is a strong emphasis on pupil welfare and helping to develop confident young people.[37]
Behaviour
Behaviour is calm and settled as a result. Consequently, there is no low-level disruption to learning.[37]
Learning support
In sixth form, students with SEND achieve exceptionally well. As a result, these pupils miss out on more of the learning and support on offer in school.[37]
Enrichment
At both campuses, pupils enjoy a broad variety of extra-curricular activities.[37]
Pupil voice
Pupils and parents feel that they have a voice in their education and that the school listens to them.[37]
Structure
The school has put in place a clear system of rewards and consequences, so pupils know what to expect.[37]

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.
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  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.
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  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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  23. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: 16-18 destinations. Period 2018/19, 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.
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  32. 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.
  33. kent.gov.uk: kent.gov.uk — Weald of Kent Grammar School admissions criteria 2027-2028 (PDF). Period 2026-10-14. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quotes (5)
    1.2 The Published Admission Number (PAN) is 270 girls for entry in September 2027. (p. 1)
    The Published Admission Number (PAN) is 270 girls for entry in September 2027. (p. 1)
    closes Friday 10 July 2026 (4:00 p.m.) (p. 6)
    Registration period: Opens Monday 1 June 2026 (9:00 a.m.) (p. 6)
    A sister or brother attending Weald of Kent at the time the child will start at the school. (p. 2)
  34. 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.
  35. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  36. 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.
  37. files.ofsted.gov.uk: files.ofsted.gov.uk document. Period 2026-10-14. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quotes (11)
    Pupils value the school's caring and nurturing ethos (p. 2)
    Pupils and staff interact positively with one another (p. 2)
    Pupils achieve very well, as do students in the sixth form (p. 2)
    There is a strong emphasis on pupil welfare and helping to develop confident young people (p. 2)
    Behaviour is calm and settled as a result (p. 2)
    Consequently, there is no low-level disruption to learning (p. 2)
    The school has put in place a clear system of rewards and consequences, so pupils know what to expect (p. 2)
    At both campuses, pupils enjoy a broad variety of extra-curricular activities (p. 2)
    Pupils and parents feel that they have a voice in their education and that the school listens to them (p. 3)
    In sixth form, students with SEND achieve exceptionally well (p. 2)
    As a result, these pupils miss out on more of the learning and support on offer in school (p. 3)