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
1625 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
3.0%
Girls
97.0%
First language not English
19.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
5.7%
Persistent absence
8.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
1.2%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 50.3%
Mixed 21.4%
Other White 7.9%
Other Asian 6%
Indian 4.8%
African 3.3%
Other 1.7%
Bangladeshi 1.5%
Unclassified 0.9%
Pakistani 0.7%
Caribbean 0.6%
Irish 0.4%
Other Black 0.4%
Chinese 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.52
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.12
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 96%
Local authority average 40%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 87%
Local authority average 47%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 66
Local authority average 47
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 6.39
Local authority average 4.12
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignGCSE35
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE11
BiologyGCSE224
Business Studies:SingleGCSE85
ChemistryGCSE224
ChineseGCSE1
Classical CivilisationGCSE36
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE72
Design & TechnologyGCSE12
DanceGCSE16
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Invicta Grammar School

Admission Policy
Selective
Total available places
251
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
303
2nd preference
178
3rd preference
129
From another Local Authority
148
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
238
2nd preference
10
3rd preference
2
To another Local Authority
26
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 classes23.6
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
245
0
245
Year 8
257
0
257
Year 9
249
0
249
Year 10
252
0
252
Year 11
249
0
249
Year 12
186
21
165
Year 13
187
27
160
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
99.0%
87.7%
86.5%
Further education
3.0%
25.6%
34.7%
School sixth form
96.0%
60.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
SP
1.1%
0.9%
Entering employment
SP
4.0%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
2.7%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
SP
4.8%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
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
74.0%
61.7%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
36.0%
19.5%
19.7%
Russell Group
33.0%
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
5.0%
1.4%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020