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Gravesend Grammar School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Jun 25 2015 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
137099
Address
Church Walk, DA12 2PR

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1465 (93% of total capacity)
Boys
93.2%
Girls
6.8%
First language not English
21.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
7.7%
Persistent absence
17.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
4.0%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 39.6%
Indian 15.9%
African 15.2%
Mixed 11.2%
Other White 6.4%
Other Asian 2.7%
Unclassified 2.5%
Pakistani 1.9%
Bangladeshi 1.5%
Other 1.5%
Other Black 1%
Caribbean 0.5%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.18
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.15
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 98%
Local authority average 46%
England average 40%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 89%
Local authority average 48%
England average 46%

Attainment 8 score

School 63.2
Local authority average 47
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 6.13
Local authority average 4.21
England average 4.07
Year 2023-2024

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Additional Mathematics FSMQOther General Qualification (Level 3)32
Art & DesignGCSE26
BiologyGCSE152
Business Studies:SingleGCSE122
ChemistryGCSE152
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE37
Design & TechnologyGCSE20
English LanguageGCSE184
English LiteratureGCSE185
GeographyGCSE111
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Gravesend Grammar School

Admission Policy
Selective
Total available places
210
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
289
2nd preference
150
3rd preference
169
From another Local Authority
258
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
183
2nd preference
20
3rd preference
6
To another Local Authority
1
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 classes23.4
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
221
221
0
Year 8
216
216
0
Year 9
220
220
0
Year 10
223
223
0
Year 11
185
185
0
Year 12
196
147
49
Year 13
204
154
50
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
98.0%
87.3%
86.0%
Further education
5.0%
26.6%
35.4%
School sixth form
92.0%
59.1%
36.6%
Sixth form college
1.0%
0.3%
13.0%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.3%
0.9%
Entering employment
0.0%
4.3%
4.0%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
2.4%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
1.0%
5.3%
5.8%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.8%
1.0%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
83.0%
63.8%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
36.0%
24.7%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
1.9%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
7.0%
2.5%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021