Tonbridge Grammar School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Oct 16 2019 Ofsted report
Gender
Girls
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
136417
Address
Deakin Leas, TN9 2JR

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1136 (90% of total capacity)
Boys
2.5%
Girls
97.5%
First language not English
10.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
1.9%
Persistent absence
11.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
6.5%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 50.7%
Indian 17%
Other White 10.4%
Mixed 9.3%
Unclassified 3%
Chinese 2.5%
African 1.8%
Other Asian 1.4%
Pakistani 1.2%
Other 1.1%
Irish 0.8%
Bangladeshi 0.7%
Other Black 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.76
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 98%
Local authority average 47%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 77.3
Local authority average 47
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 7.65
Local authority average 4.12
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Additional Mathematics FSMQOther General Qualification (Level 3)32
Ancient HistoryGCSE1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE30
AstronomyGCSE1
BiologyGCSE167
ChemistryGCSE167
ChineseGCSE2
Classical CivilisationGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE57
Design & TechnologyGCSE51
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Tonbridge Grammar School

Admission Policy
Selective
Total available places
180
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
311
2nd preference
300
3rd preference
163
From another Local Authority
354
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
161
2nd preference
14
3rd preference
3
To another Local Authority
33
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 classes25
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
180
0
180
Year 8
180
0
180
Year 9
180
0
180
Year 10
179
0
179
Year 11
176
0
176
Year 12
125
11
114
Year 13
116
17
99
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
98.0%
87.7%
86.5%
Further education
0.0%
25.6%
34.7%
School sixth form
94.0%
60.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
1.0%
0.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
3.0%
1.1%
0.9%
Entering employment
0.0%
4.0%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
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
91.0%
61.7%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
76.0%
19.5%
19.7%
Russell Group
61.0%
16.6%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
4.0%
1.3%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
2.0%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
1.4%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020