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Top: Dartford Grammar School

  1. 179.9Dartford Grammar SchoolBoys · Kent · 98.9% grade 5+ English and maths
  2. 278.4The Judd SchoolBoys · Kent · 98.4% grade 5+ English and maths
  3. 377.2Tonbridge Grammar SchoolGirls · Kent · 98.3% grade 5+ English and maths
  4. 475.5Dartford Grammar School for GirlsGirls · Kent · 94.9% grade 5+ English and maths
  5. 573.4Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar SchoolGirls · Kent · 97.9% grade 5+ English and maths
  6. =670.8Highworth Grammar SchoolGirls · Kent · 95.3% grade 5+ English and maths
  7. =670.8Invicta Grammar SchoolGirls · Kent · 92.8% grade 5+ English and maths
  8. =670.8The Skinners' SchoolBoys · Kent · 93.4% grade 5+ English and maths
  9. 970.0Weald of Kent Grammar SchoolGirls · Kent · 94.5% grade 5+ English and maths
  10. 1068.9Oakwood Park Grammar SchoolBoys · Kent · 93% grade 5+ English and maths
  11. 1168.4Maidstone Grammar SchoolBoys · Kent · 92% grade 5+ English and maths
  12. 1267.7Simon Langton Girls' Grammar SchoolGirls · Kent · 89.8% grade 5+ English and maths
  13. 1367.3The Norton Knatchbull SchoolBoys · Kent · 90.9% grade 5+ English and maths
  14. 1466.9Cranbrook SchoolMixed · Kent · 86.3% grade 5+ English and maths
  15. 1566.8Simon Langton Grammar School for BoysBoys · Kent · 88.9% grade 5+ English and maths
  16. 1666.7Wilmington Grammar School for GirlsGirls · Kent · 89.2% grade 5+ English and maths
  17. =1766.4Barton Court Grammar SchoolMixed · Kent · 84.9% grade 5+ English and maths
  18. =1766.4Maidstone Grammar School for GirlsGirls · Kent · 87.7% grade 5+ English and maths
  19. 1965.4Dover Grammar School for BoysBoys · Kent · 93% grade 5+ English and maths
  20. =2065.3Dane Court Grammar SchoolMixed · Kent · 92.8% grade 5+ English and maths

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Questions people ask

What is the best grammar school in Kent?

On 2024/25 GCSE results, Dartford Grammar School had the highest Attainment 8 (79.9), then The Judd School (78.4) and Tonbridge Grammar School (77.2).

What is the best grammar school in Kent for girls?

Tonbridge Grammar School, with an Attainment 8 of 77.2 in 2024/25.

What is the best grammar school in Kent for boys?

Dartford Grammar School, with an Attainment 8 of 79.9 in 2024/25.

How many grammar schools are there in Kent?

32: 13 for boys, 13 for girls and 6 mixed.

Which Kent grammar school adds the most?

On Progress 8, which compares GCSEs with Year 6 SATs, Dartford Grammar School was highest in 2023/24 (+1.11). The DfE did not publish Progress 8 for 2024/25.

Are the top schools the hardest to get into?

Usually. The highest-ranked schools tend to have the most applicants per place and the highest cut-off scores, and some take only children living nearby.

How we work this out

What it does

All 32 of Kent's state grammar schools, ranked by their published GCSE results. Pick a boy or a girl to see the schools they could join.

The 32 state grammar schools in Kent, with the Department for Education's final GCSE (key stage 4) results for 2022/23 to 2024/25.

Method

  1. Attainment 8 is a pupil's average across eight GCSEs, with English and maths counted twice; the school figure is the average of its pupils.
  2. Grade 5+ in English and maths is the share of pupils with a grade 5 or above in both. Many grammar schools are at or near 100%, so ties are ranked equal and ordered by Attainment 8.
  3. Progress 8 compares pupils' GCSEs with others who had the same Year 6 SATs. The DfE did not publish it for 2024/25, so that ranking uses 2023/24.