Dover Grammar School for Boys

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Oct 16 2019 Ofsted report
Gender
Boys
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
118931
Address
Astor Avenue, CT17 0DQ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
865 (92% of total capacity)
Boys
97.7%
Girls
2.3%
First language not English
8%
Free school meals (FSM)
15.5%
Persistent absence
19.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
4.5%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 83.9%
Mixed 4.1%
Other Asian 3.1%
Other White 2.5%
Unclassified 2.1%
Indian 1.6%
Other 0.7%
African 0.6%
Bangladeshi 0.3%
Irish 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Other Black 0.2%
Chinese 0.2%
Pakistani 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.56
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.12
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 72%
Local authority average 40%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 85%
Local authority average 47%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 60.2
Local authority average 47
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 5.44
Local authority average 4.12
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE52
BiologyGCSE102
ChemistryGCSE102
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE37
Design & TechnologyGCSE42
English LanguageGCSE132
English LiteratureGCSE132
FrenchGCSE18
GeographyGCSE90
GermanGCSE45
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Dover Grammar School for Boys

Admission Policy
Selective
Total available places
154
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
174
2nd preference
109
3rd preference
38
From another Local Authority
4
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
149
2nd preference
5
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
0
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 classes19.4
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
150
150
0
Year 8
144
144
0
Year 9
145
145
0
Year 10
117
117
0
Year 11
127
127
0
Year 12
97
83
14
Year 13
85
79
6
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
94.0%
87.7%
86.5%
Further education
27.0%
25.6%
34.7%
School sixth form
65.0%
60.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
1.0%
0.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
2.0%
1.1%
0.9%
Entering employment
1.0%
4.0%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
2.7%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
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
80.0%
61.7%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
20.0%
19.5%
19.7%
Russell Group
16.0%
16.6%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
1.0%
1.3%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
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