Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Sept 19 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Girls
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Kent
Unique reference
118789
Address
Southfield Road, TN4 9UJ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1042 (98% of total capacity)
Boys
0.0%
Girls
100.0%
First language not English
10.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
2.7%
Persistent absence
7.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
10.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 65.6%
Mixed 9.7%
Other White 7%
Indian 6.5%
Chinese 2.2%
Other 2.2%
Unclassified 1.6%
Other Asian 1.4%
Bangladeshi 1.1%
African 1.1%
Pakistani 0.8%
Irish 0.7%
Other Black 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
1.05
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.12
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 97%
Local authority average 40%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 97%
Local authority average 47%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 73.1
Local authority average 47
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 7.19
Local authority average 4.12
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE26
AstronomyGCSE1
BiologyGCSE122
ChemistryGCSE122
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE22
Design & TechnologyGCSE19
EconomicsGCSE72
English LanguageGCSE145
English LiteratureGCSE145
FrenchGCSE44
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School

Admission Policy
Selective
Total available places
174
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
224
2nd preference
186
3rd preference
195
From another Local Authority
164
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
160
2nd preference
14
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
3
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes23.5
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
178
0
178
Year 8
149
0
149
Year 9
149
0
149
Year 10
145
0
145
Year 11
144
0
144
Year 12
157
0
157
Year 13
120
0
120
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
99.0%
87.7%
86.5%
Further education
4.0%
25.6%
34.7%
School sixth form
91.0%
60.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
1.0%
0.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
4.0%
1.1%
0.9%
Entering employment
1.0%
4.0%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
2.7%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
0.0%
4.8%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.8%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
93.0%
61.7%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
59.0%
19.5%
19.7%
Russell Group
54.0%
16.6%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
5.0%
1.3%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
2.0%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.4%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020