Mayfield Grammar School, Gravesend

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
May 1 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
137834
Address
Pelham Road, DA11 0JE

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1394 (96% of total capacity)
Boys
3.0%
Girls
97.0%
First language not English
26.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
10.9%
Persistent absence
10.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
3.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 37%
Mixed 27.4%
Indian 16.7%
Other White 5.3%
Other 4.4%
Other Asian 3.7%
Unclassified 2.5%
Bangladeshi 1.4%
Chinese 1.1%
Caribbean 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
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
0.37
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.12
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 65%
Local authority average 40%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 91%
Local authority average 47%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 64.4
Local authority average 47
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 6.05
Local authority average 4.12
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE20
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE32
Art & DesignGCSE1
BiologyGCSE87
ChemistryGCSE87
ChineseGCSE23
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE20
Design & TechnologyGCSE8
EconomicsGCSE82
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Mayfield Grammar School, Gravesend

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
267
2nd preference
119
3rd preference
149
From another Local Authority
180
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
175
2nd preference
21
3rd preference
13
To another Local Authority
0
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 classes20.8
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
214
0
214
Year 8
218
0
218
Year 9
215
0
215
Year 10
201
0
201
Year 11
185
0
185
Year 12
194
26
168
Year 13
167
16
151
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
97.0%
87.7%
86.5%
Further education
11.0%
25.6%
34.7%
School sixth form
85.0%
60.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.1%
0.9%
Entering employment
0.0%
4.0%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
2.7%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
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
84.0%
61.7%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
20.0%
19.5%
19.7%
Russell Group
21.0%
16.6%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
2.0%
1.3%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
2.0%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
3.0%
1.4%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020