Dartford Grammar School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Dec 7 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Boys
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Kent
Unique reference
136359
Address
West Hill, DA1 2HW

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1516 (98% of total capacity)
Boys
85.2%
Girls
14.8%
First language not English
40.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
5.4%
Persistent absence
15.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
6.3%
Pupil ethnicities
African 26.8%
Indian 16.6%
White British 15.7%
Mixed 9.4%
Other Asian 7.9%
Other White 6%
Chinese 5%
Other 4.4%
Bangladeshi 4.3%
Unclassified 1.6%
Pakistani 1.3%
Caribbean 0.6%
Irish 0.3%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2022-2023

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
1.12
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.12
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 100%
Local authority average 40%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 98%
Local authority average 47%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 78.2
Local authority average 47
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 7.79
Local authority average 4.12
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignGCSE12
BiologyGCSE159
ChemistryGCSE159
ChineseGCSE95
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE90
English LanguageGCSE184
English LiteratureGCSE184
FrenchGCSE63
GeographyGCSE167
GermanGCSE62
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Dartford Grammar School

Admission Policy
Selective
Total available places
177
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
551
2nd preference
358
3rd preference
235
From another Local Authority
980
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
136
2nd preference
29
3rd preference
7
To another Local Authority
78
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2023-2024

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes22.2
Year 2022-2023

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
183
183
0
Year 8
183
183
0
Year 9
183
183
0
Year 10
184
184
0
Year 11
184
184
0
Year 12
313
186
127
Year 13
286
188
98
Year 2022-2023

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
99.0%
87.7%
86.5%
Further education
2.0%
25.6%
34.7%
School sixth form
96.0%
60.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
1.0%
0.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.1%
0.9%
Entering employment
0.0%
4.0%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
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
94.0%
61.7%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
80.0%
19.5%
19.7%
Russell Group
69.0%
16.6%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
4.0%
1.3%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
2.0%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
3.0%
1.4%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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