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Cranbrook School[1]

Grammar · Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 68 68.3 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL B B 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
68.3 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
88.9% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
36.1% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[4]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[4]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths
2024/25 66.9[5] 86.3%[5]
2023/24 69.1[6] 94%[6]
2022/23 66[7] 83%[7]
2021/22 71.2[8] 95%[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
B 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
21.7% 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] 26.1%[10]
2022/23 B-[11] 21.4%[11]
2021/22 B[12] 28.3%[12]
2018/19 B[13] 26.8%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
97% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
86% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
3% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
3% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
1% 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
2021/22 100%[15] 94%[15] 1%[15] 3%[15] 0%[15] 0%[15]
2020/21 100%[16] 90%[16] 0%[16] 4%[16] 1%[16] 1%[16]
2019/20 97%[17] 92%[17] 1%[17] 1%[17] 0%[17] 1%[17]
2018/19 96%[18] 84%[18] 0%[18] 4%[18] 0%[18] 1%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
83% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
52% 2022/23[19]
Education
55% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
1% 2022/23[19]
Employment
27% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 81%[20] 64%[20] 65%[20] 1%[20] 15%[20]
2020/21 87%[21] 60%[21] 62%[21] 1%[21] 23%[21]
2019/20 85%[22] 62%[22] 69%[22] 1%[22] 15%[22]
2018/19 81%[23] 57%[23] 61%[23] 1%[23] 19%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
89% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
51% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
43% 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 86%[26] 59%[26]
2019/20 85%[25] 46%[25] 43%[25] 2%[25]
2018/19 87%[27] 56%[27] 55%[27] 5%[27]
2017/18 84%[28] 49%[28] 42%[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
6 May 2026[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
6 Jul 2026[29]
Inclusion
Expected standard[29]
Achievement
Strong standard[29]
Safeguarding standards
Met[29]
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard[29]
Attendance and behaviour
Strong standard[29]
Leadership and governance
Expected standard[29]
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard[29]
Post-16 provision (where applicable)
Strong standard[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
22 Mar 2022[30] S5 Inspection[30] Good[30]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
3.2 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Applications (any preference)
281 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences
143 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Places offered
88 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences per place
1.6 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 272[31] 140[31] 89[31] 3.1[31] 1.6[31]
Entry Sept 2024 258[31] 133[31] 90[31] 2.9[31] 1.5[31]
Entry Sept 2023 268[31] 147[31] 90[31] 3.0[31] 1.6[31]
Entry Sept 2022 211[31] 118[31] 59[31] 3.6[31] 2.0[31]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Faith
Christian[1]
Admissions
Selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
Boarding school[1]
Capacity
954[1]
Trust
CRANBROOK SCHOOL ACADEMY TRUST[1]
Local authority
Kent[1]
Website
http://www.cranbrookschool.co.uk/[1]
District
Tunbridge Wells[32]
Postcode
TN17 3JD[1]
URN
137739[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
918 2024/25[33]
English as an additional language
7.4% 2024/25[33]
SEN support
1.3% 2024/25[33]
EHC plan
0.2% 2024/25[33]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
6.2% 2024/25[33]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
82.2%[34]
Mixed
6.5%[34]
Asian
6.9%[34]
Black
4%[34]
Any other ethnic group
0.4%[34]
Unclassified
0.1%[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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    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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