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Wrotham School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 42 42.1 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C C 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
42.1 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
33.5% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
4.8% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.04 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 39.5[6] 25.7%[6]
2023/24 42.6[4] 36.5%[4] -0.04[4]
2022/23 41.7[7] 30%[7] -0.29[7]
2021/22 47.6[8] 49%[8] -0.22[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
8.3% 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] 25%[10]
2022/23 C[11]
2021/22 C[12] 28.6%[12]
2018/19 C-[13] 0%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
91% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
52% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
0% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
30% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
6% 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 95%[15] 59%[15] 0%[15] 28%[15] 3%[15] 5%[15]
2020/21 94%[16] 55%[16] 0%[16] 33%[16] 2%[16] 3%[16]
2019/20 96%[17] 53%[17] 0%[17] 35%[17] 2%[17] 3%[17]
2018/19 93%[18] 53%[18] 0%[18] 30%[18] 4%[18] 5%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
77% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
31% 2022/23[19]
Education
34% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
10% 2022/23[19]
Employment
34% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 82%[20] 35%[20] 39%[20] 8%[20] 35%[20]
2020/21 87%[21] 45%[21] 48%[21] 7%[21] 32%[21]
2019/20 88%[22] 40%[22] 49%[22] 10%[22] 29%[22]
2018/19 90%[23] 40%[23] 46%[23] 6%[23] 37%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
41% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
4% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
2% 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 55%[26] 15%[26]
2019/20 49%[25] 2%[25] 2%[25] 0%[25]
2018/19 52%[27] 2%[27] 2%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 49%[28] 2%[28] 2%[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
19 Nov 2024[29]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[29]
Report published
19 Dec 2024[29]
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes[29]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
Standards maintained[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
21 May 2019[30] S5 Inspection[30] Good[30]
5 Jun 2018[31] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[31] No overall grade[31]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.7 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Applications (any preference)
557 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences
140 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Places offered
210 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences per place
0.7 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 540[32] 156[32] 203[32] 2.7[32] 0.8[32]
Entry Sept 2024 602[32] 157[32] 199[32] 3.0[32] 0.8[32]
Entry Sept 2023 665[32] 182[32] 197[32] 3.4[32] 0.9[32]
Entry Sept 2022 530[32] 154[32] 187[32] 2.8[32] 0.8[32]

Admissions

Places (published admission number)
190 Entry Sept 2027[33]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
716[1]
Trust
CHARACTER EDUCATION TRUST[1]
Local authority
Kent[1]
Website
http://www.wrothamschool.com/[1]
District
Tonbridge and Malling[34]
Postcode
TN15 7RD[1]
URN
139542[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1019 2024/25[35]
English as an additional language
2.5% 2024/25[35]
SEN support
13.7% 2024/25[35]
EHC plan
1.7% 2024/25[35]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
19.8% 2024/25[35]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
92.4%[36]
Mixed
4.7%[36]
Asian
0.9%[36]
Black
0.9%[36]
Any other ethnic group
0.1%[36]
Unclassified
0.9%[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.

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.
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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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    Quote
    Type of school - Secondary, Academy, Mixed Published Admissions Number: 190 (PAN) (p. 1)
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