Invicta Grammar School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Apr 16 2024 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
136582
Address
Huntsman Lane, ME14 5DS

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1645 (100% of total capacity)
Boys
2.4%
Girls
97.6%
First language not English
20%
Free school meals (FSM)
6.1%
Persistent absence
7.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
1.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 46.6%
Mixed 21.4%
Other White 7.3%
African 6.3%
Indian 5.5%
Other Asian 4.8%
Other 2.2%
Bangladeshi 1.6%
Pakistani 1.5%
Unclassified 0.9%
Other Black 0.7%
Caribbean 0.6%
Irish 0.4%
Chinese 0.4%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 95%
Local authority average 47%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 93%
Local authority average 47%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 70.6
Local authority average 46.6
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 6.82
Local authority average 4.17
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE45
Art & DesignGCSE26
BiologyGCSE221
Business Studies:SingleGCSE75
ChemistryGCSE220
ChineseGCSE1
Classical CivilisationGCSE41
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE67
Design & TechnologyGCSE19
DanceGCSE18
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Invicta Grammar School

Admission Policy
Selective
Total available places
244
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
271
2nd preference
145
3rd preference
122
From another Local Authority
107
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
229
2nd preference
7
3rd preference
4
To another Local Authority
32
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes23.5
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
256
0
256
Year 8
250
0
250
Year 9
253
0
253
Year 10
245
0
245
Year 11
250
0
250
Year 12
207
19
188
Year 13
184
20
164
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
95.0%
86.9%
85.5%
Further education
6.0%
28.4%
36.9%
School sixth form
89.0%
57.3%
35.2%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.4%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.8%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
2.5%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
2.7%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
1.0%
4.9%
5.7%
Destination unknown
1.0%
3.0%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
78.0%
58.3%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
41.0%
19.8%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
2.1%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
3.0%
2.5%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022