Weald of Kent Grammar School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Apr 27 2022 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
136455
Address
Tudeley Lane, TN9 2JP

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1920 (98% of total capacity)
Boys
4.1%
Girls
95.9%
First language not English
6.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
3.8%
Persistent absence
12.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
3.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 73.9%
Other White 6.9%
Mixed 6.6%
Indian 3.5%
Other Asian 2.4%
African 1.9%
Unclassified 1.3%
Chinese 1.1%
Other 0.6%
Bangladeshi 0.5%
Irish 0.4%
Pakistani 0.4%
Other Black 0.3%
Caribbean 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.83
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.12
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 55%
Local authority average 40%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 95%
Local authority average 47%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 70.4
Local authority average 47
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 6.4
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)1
ArabicGCSE1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE66
BiologyGCSE246
Business Studies:SingleGCSE149
ChemistryGCSE245
ChineseGCSE1
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE63
Design & TechnologyGCSE43
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Weald of Kent Grammar School

Admission Policy
Selective
Total available places
300
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
223
2nd preference
279
3rd preference
206
From another Local Authority
244
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
182
2nd preference
83
3rd preference
27
To another Local Authority
64
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 classes21.9
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
272
0
272
Year 8
289
0
289
Year 9
304
0
304
Year 10
295
0
295
Year 11
302
0
302
Year 12
218
30
188
Year 13
240
48
192
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
5.0%
25.6%
34.7%
School sixth form
90.0%
60.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
2.0%
0.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
2.0%
1.1%
0.9%
Entering employment
SP
4.0%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
2.7%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
1.0%
4.8%
5.2%
Destination unknown
SP
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
89.0%
61.7%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
52.0%
19.5%
19.7%
Russell Group
49.0%
16.6%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
3.0%
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