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The Harvey Grammar School[1]

Grammar · Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 65 65.2 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C+ C+ 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
65.2 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
90.4% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
30.8% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.24 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 61.8[6] 85.5%[6]
2023/24 62.9[4] 85.6%[4] +0.24[4]
2022/23 62.4[7] 87%[7] +0.27[7]
2021/22 66.3[8] 89%[8] +0.51[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C+ 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
13.2% 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] 15.9%[10]
2022/23 C+[11] 15.2%[11]
2021/22 B-[12] 15.8%[12]
2018/19 B-[13] 17.2%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
100% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
77% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
0% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
17% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
4% 2022/23[14]
Employment
1% 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 98%[15] 85%[15] 0%[15] 11%[15] 2%[15] 1%[15]
2020/21 99%[16] 91%[16] 0%[16] 7%[16] 0%[16] 1%[16]
2019/20 99%[17] 86%[17] 0%[17] 9%[17] 2%[17] 1%[17]
2018/19 99%[18] 82%[18] 1%[18] 15%[18] 1%[18] 1%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
89% 2022/23[19]
Education
50% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
8% 2022/23[19]
Employment
31% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 91%[20] 58%[20] 3%[20] 30%[20]
2020/21 93%[21] 59%[21] 5%[21] 29%[21]
2019/20 90%[22] 66%[22] 2%[22] 22%[22]
2018/19 80%[23] 57%[23] 5%[23] 18%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
62% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
16% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
13% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
1% 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 67%[26] 27%[26]
2019/20 73%[25] 20%[25] 13%[25] 1%[25]
2018/19 67%[27] 19%[27] 16%[27] 1%[27]
2017/18 65%[28] 15%[28] 10%[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
13 Dec 2022[29]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[29]
Report published
8 Feb 2023[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
School remains Outstanding[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
Date not published[30] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[30] Outstanding[30]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.4 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Applications (any preference)
348 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences
190 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Places offered
147 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences per place
1.3 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 332[31] 189[31] 150[31] 2.2[31] 1.3[31]
Entry Sept 2024 357[31] 200[31] 150[31] 2.4[31] 1.3[31]
Entry Sept 2023 356[31] 210[31] 149[31] 2.4[31] 1.4[31]
Entry Sept 2022 314[31] 201[31] 150[31] 2.1[31] 1.3[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
980[1]
Trust
THE HARVEY ACADEMY[1]
Local authority
Kent[1]
Website
http://www.harveygs.kent.sch.uk/[1]
District
Folkestone and Hythe[32]
Postcode
CT19 5JY[1]
URN
138480[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1015 2024/25[33]
English as an additional language
8.2% 2024/25[33]
SEN support
3.9% 2024/25[33]
EHC plan
0.4% 2024/25[33]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
13.8% 2024/25[33]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
82.5%[34]
Mixed
5.1%[34]
Asian
9.1%[34]
Black
1.6%[34]
Any other ethnic group
0%[34]
Unclassified
1.8%[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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    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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