Wilmington Grammar School for Boys[1]

Grammar · Secondary · ages 11–18

Headline results

Attainment 8: A8 68 67.6 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade: AL C+ C+ 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8: 67.6 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 95.4% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths: 48% 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	Progress 8
2024/25	64.6[6]	90%[6]
2023/24	66.5[4]	92.6%[4]	+0.65[4]
2022/23	67.2[7]	95%[7]	+0.72[7]
2021/22	68[8]	95%[8]	+0.39[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade: C+ 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects: 11.1% 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	C+[10]	9.8%[10]
2022/23	C+[11]	11.7%[11]
2021/22	B-[12]	14.4%[12]
2018/19	C+[13]	6.1%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 100% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form: 94% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college: 0% 2022/23[14]
Further education college: 5% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship: 0% 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]	85%[15]	2%[15]	8%[15]	3%[15]	1%[15]
2020/21	99%[16]	90%[16]	1%[16]	5%[16]	2%[16]	1%[16]
2019/20	99%[17]	91%[17]	1%[17]	4%[17]	1%[17]	1%[17]
2018/19	99%[18]	93%[18]	1%[18]	4%[18]	1%[18]	1%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 92% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education: 60% 2022/23[19]
Education: 60% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship: 11% 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	96%[20]	60%[20]	63%[20]	15%[20]	18%[20]
2020/21	94%[21]	72%[21]	72%[21]	10%[21]	12%[21]
2019/20	95%[22]	71%[22]	73%[22]	4%[22]	18%[22]
2018/19	91%[23]	68%[23]	72%[23]	8%[23]	12%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education: 64% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities: 21% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities: 17% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge: 0% 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	77%[26]	35%[26]
2019/20	77%[25]	19%[25]	17%[25]	0%[25]
2018/19	77%[27]	14%[27]	11%[27]	1%[27]
2017/18	73%[28]	25%[28]	22%[28]	0%[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: 13 Mar 2023[29]
Type: Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[29]
Report published: 11 May 2023[29]
Safeguarding is effective: Yes[29]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections: School remains Good[29]

Earlier inspections
Inspection	Type	Overall
7 Nov 2017[30]	Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[30]	No overall grade[30]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place: 5.9 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Applications (any preference): 1067 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences: 179 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Places offered: 180 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	995[31]	185[31]	178[31]	5.6[31]	1.0[31]
Entry Sept 2024	1055[31]	175[31]	179[31]	5.9[31]	1.0[31]
Entry Sept 2023	969[31]	182[31]	179[31]	5.4[31]	1.0[31]
Entry Sept 2022	1009[31]	180[31]	181[31]	5.6[31]	1.0[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: 848[1]
Trust: ENDEAVOUR MAT[1]
Local authority: Kent[1]
Website: http://www.wgsb.co.uk [1]
District: Dartford [32]
Postcode: DA2 7DA[1]
URN: 137227[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll: 1178 2024/25[33]
English as an additional language: 17.3% 2024/25[33]
SEN support: 6.5% 2024/25[33]
EHC plan: 1% 2024/25[33]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 11.3% 2024/25[33]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 38.3%[34]
Mixed: 12.5%[34]
Asian: 24.1%[34]
Black: 21.6%[34]
Any other ethnic group: 2%[34]
Unclassified: 1.4%[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.

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