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Tonbridge Grammar School
Secondary · Girls · Ages 11–18 · Academy
Deakin Leas, Tonbridge TN9 2JR · tgs.kent.sch.uk · 01732 365125
Overview
- Ofsted
- Outstanding
- 2019 framework · inspected Oct 2019
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 77.2
- average Attainment 8 score. Kent 46.7, England 46
- Demand for places
- 2.0
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,150
- 91% of 1,260 places
- Local authority
- Kent
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Admissions
- Selective
- Free school meals
- 2.4%
- First language not English
- 21.8%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 353 families put the school first and 180 places were offered; 49% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 180 | 353 | 2▲ | 49% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 180 | 302 | 1.7▲ | 56% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 180 | 311 | 1.7▲ | 52% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 180 | 295 | 1.6▲ | 59% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 179 | 321 | 1.8▲ | 51% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 77.2, and 98.3% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Kent it was 46.7, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▲77.2 | 46.0 | ||
| ▲98.3% | 45.4% | ||
| ▲99.4% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲97.2% | 40.5% | ||
| ▲7.66 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 93.1 | +5.9 |
| Sixth form college | 0.6 | 0 |
| Further education | 0.6 | 0 |
| Other education | 0.6 | −11.1 |
| Employment | 0.6 | — |
| Not in a lasting destination | 0.6 | — |
| Activity not captured | 4 | — |
A levels and other 16 to 18 results
All academic average grade
| 2024/25 | Trend | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| A level4 students | — | Well below average -1.87 | |
| 128 students | B+ (43.7) | Average -0.06 |
Where sixth-form leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| University | 80.7 | +6.2 |
| Apprenticeship | 0.9 | −0.5 |
| Employment | 9.6 | −0.3 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 4.4 | −4.1 |
| Activity not captured | 4.4 | +1.6 |
Ofsted
Tonbridge Grammar School was judged Outstanding at its last graded inspection, on 16 October 2019, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework. An ungraded inspection in Dec 2024 found: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 3 Dec 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Oct 2019
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Oct 2019Outstanding
Quality of education Outstanding Behaviour and attitudes Outstanding Personal development Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Sixth form Outstanding Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jun 2007Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding 16 to 19 study programmes Outstanding
What parents said
96% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (223 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 96%
- Replies
- 223
- 19% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 62% who raised concerns
based on the 25% who had a child bullied
based on 33 parents (15%) with SEND