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Oakwood Park Grammar School[1]

Grammar · Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 66 66.1 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL B B 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
66.1 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
93.6% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
42.7% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.62 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 68.9[6] 93%[6]
2023/24 64.9[4] 95.5%[4] +0.62[4]
2022/23 66.5[7] 92%[7] +0.72[7]
2021/22 68.4[8] 94%[8] +0.70[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
B 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
20% 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] 17.6%[10]
2022/23 C+[11] 14.5%[11]
2021/22 B-[12] 15.6%[12]
2018/19 C+[13] 10.8%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
98% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
89% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
0% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
7% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
0% 2022/23[14]
Employment
2% 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] 92%[15] 0%[15] 6%[15] 1%[15] 1%[15]
2020/21 98%[16] 87%[16] 0%[16] 6%[16] 1%[16] 1%[16]
2019/20 99%[17] 90%[17] 0%[17] 7%[17] 1%[17] 0%[17]
2018/19 99%[18] 86%[18] 0%[18] 9%[18] 2%[18] 1%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
90% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
65% 2022/23[19]
Education
66% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
2% 2022/23[19]
Employment
22% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 88%[20] 60%[20] 61%[20] 4%[20] 23%[20]
2020/21 96%[21] 67%[21] 68%[21] 3%[21] 25%[21]
2019/20 96%[22] 71%[22] 74%[22] 4%[22] 17%[22]
2018/19 97%[23] 60%[23] 67%[23] 4%[23] 25%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
76% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
30% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
23% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
2% 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 76%[26] 32%[26]
2019/20 82%[25] 28%[25] 23%[25] 2%[25]
2018/19 74%[27] 22%[27] 24%[27] 1%[27]
2017/18 75%[28] 24%[28] 21%[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 May 2024[29]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[29]
Report published
9 Jun 2024[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
School remains Good[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
6 Feb 2019[30] Exempt School Inspection[30] Good[30]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
3.8 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Applications (any preference)
607 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences
163 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Places offered
160 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences per place
1.0 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 561[31] 141[31] 143[31] 3.9[31] 1.0[31]
Entry Sept 2024 562[31] 121[31] 141[31] 4.0[31] 0.9[31]
Entry Sept 2023 583[31] 125[31] 160[31] 3.6[31] 0.8[31]
Entry Sept 2022 502[31] 91[31] 124[31] 4.0[31] 0.7[31]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Boys[1]
Admissions
Selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1035[1]
Trust
OAKWOOD PARK GRAMMAR SCHOOL[1]
Local authority
Kent[1]
Website
http://www.opgs.org[1]
District
Maidstone[32]
Postcode
ME16 8AH[1]
URN
136727[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1088 2024/25[33]
English as an additional language
14.6% 2024/25[33]
SEN support
1.8% 2024/25[33]
EHC plan
0.5% 2024/25[33]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
7.6% 2024/25[33]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
74.6%[34]
Mixed
7.1%[34]
Asian
8.5%[34]
Black
7.5%[34]
Any other ethnic group
1.4%[34]
Unclassified
0.9%[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

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