Tonbridge Grammar School is a state-funded secondary school in Tonbridge and Malling, South East, for pupils aged 11 to 18 for girls. DfE data records 1,150 pupils on roll and a published capacity of 1,260.
The latest recorded Ofsted overall judgement is Outstanding (4 Dec 2024). The published Attainment 8 score was 77.2 for 2024/25. Admissions data records 353 first-preference applications and 180 offers made on national offer day for 2026/27.
Reporting periods vary by source — Methodology.
School admissions data, what the Ofsted report means for you, and how it compares to nearby schools.
Outstanding
Based on 4 Dec 2024 · Legacy grading · Open inspection report ↗
| Area | Judgement |
|---|---|
| Quality of education | Outstanding |
| Behaviour & attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership & management | Outstanding |
| Sixth-form provision | Outstanding |
| Area | Judgement |
|---|---|
| Overall effectiveness | Outstanding |
| Leadership & management | Outstanding |
| Sixth-form provision | Outstanding |
Ungraded inspection · 4 Dec 2024: Standards maintained
Published 7 Nov 2019.
Ofsted legacy grades; compare inspection dates and frameworks.
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| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| School’s local authority | Kent |
| Applications open | Usually 1 September 2026 |
| Application deadline | 31 October 2026 |
| National offer day | 1 March 2027 |
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| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Offers made on National Offer Day | 180 |
| First-preference applications | 353 |
| Applications (all preferences) | 975 |
| First-preference offers | 172 |
Source: Published admissions data; follow each measure’s labelled basis, including all preferences where shown.
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average score) | 77.2 |
| English & maths: grades 9–4 | 99.4% |
| English & maths: grades 9–5 | 98.3% |
| EBacc entry | 97.2% |
| EBacc grades 9–4 | 95.5% |
| EBacc grades 9–5 | 91.6% |
| EBacc average point score | 7.66 |
DfE · 2024/25; compare the same year and measure (— unavailable or suppressed).
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Value added | -1.87 |
| Value added: lower confidence limit | -2.66 |
| Value added: upper confidence limit | -1.07 |
| Pupils | 4 |
| Published progress band | Well below average |
DfE · 2024/25; compare the same year and measure (— unavailable or suppressed).
| Destination | Pupils |
|---|---|
| This school’s sixth form | 91% |
| Sixth-form college | 0% |
| Further education college | 1.7% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% |
| Employment | 0% |
| Not sustained | 0% |
| Unknown | 0% |
Cohort: 177 pupils · Sustained education or employment: 100%
DfE destinations follow school leavers, not current pupils.
| Destination | Pupils |
|---|---|
| Higher education | 69.5% |
| Further education | 3.4% |
| Other education | 0% |
| Apprenticeship | 0.8% |
| Employment | 17.8% |
| Not sustained | 6.8% |
| Unknown | 1.7% |
Cohort: 118 pupils · Sustained education or employment: 91.5%
DfE destinations follow school leavers, not current pupils.
19.1 pupils per qualified teacher
2025/26 · Full-time equivalent teachers, not class size.
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Authorised absence2024/25 | 5.12% |
| Unauthorised absence2024/25 | 0.67% |
| Group | Pupils |
|---|---|
| White British | 45% |
| White other | 10.1% |
| Mixed | 13.2% |
| Asian | 25% |
| Black | 2.8% |
| Other | 1.3% |
DfE school, census, workforce, absence and exclusion data; periods vary, and missing values are not zero.
DfE data; confirm current support with the school's SENCO.
96% would recommend this school
223 responses · Sep 2024 – Sep 2025
| Question | Agree or strongly agree |
|---|---|
| Happy at school | 97% |
| Feels safe | 98% |
| Well behaved pupils | 95% |
| Bullying dealt with | 13% |
| Question | Agree or strongly agree |
|---|---|
| Aware of curriculum | 95% |
| Concerns dealt with | 53% |
| SEND support | 79% |
| High expectations | 94% |
| Child does well | 94% |
| Progress updates | 88% |
| Subject range | 95% |
| Clubs & activities | 95% |
| Personal development | 91% |
View the Ofsted dataset: voluntary responses may not represent all families; separate from Classpot reviews.
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