Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School
Secondary · Foundation school · Girls · Kent
Southfield Road, Tunbridge Wells, TN4 9UJ
100
headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
Outstanding
Graded 19/09/2023
Application demand
72%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
94.9%
17.6% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,123
Capacity used
Over capacity100%
1,119 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
72%
1st preference success rate
153 of 213 families who put it first got an offer
174
Places offered
717
Total applications
4.1
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 213 | 153 | ● 72% |
| 2nd preference | 219 | 21 | ● 10% |
| 3rd preference | 160 | 0 | ● 0% |
| 4th preference | 125 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 717 | 174 | 24% |
1st preference success by year
Kent lets families list 4 preferences. 154 applications came from outside the council area (3 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Girls
- Religious character
- None
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Katie Marchant
- Address
- Southfield Road, Tunbridge Wells, TN4 9UJ
- Phone
- 01892520902
- Local authority
- Kent
- Ward / constituency
- Culverden · Tunbridge Wells
- Area
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- URN
- 118789
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 4% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 11% | — | — |
| SEN support | 11% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 1 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
1,123 pupils · 1,119 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 23
19 September 2023
Full graded inspection
Outstanding overall effectivenessSixth form Outstanding Personal development Outstanding Quality of education Outstanding Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 803 pupils
Attendance
94.9%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
5.1%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
17.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
0.6%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
0.3%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 70.1 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.77 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 94% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 99% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 6.85 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 44.40 | — | — |
Average grade: B+ (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 73.4 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 97.9% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 98.6% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 95.8% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 7.22 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 144 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 42.27 | 35 |
| Average grade | B+ | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 28.9% | 17% |
| A-level students | 152 | — |
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 143 | 66% | 99% | 99% | |
| English Language | 143 | 59% | 99% | 100% | |
| English Literature | 143 | 63% | 97% | 99% | |
| Biology | 125 | 70% | 98% | 100% | |
| Physics | 125 | 67% | 98% | 100% | |
| Chemistry | 125 | 62% | 96% | 100% | |
| History | 86 | 69% | 97% | 99% | |
| Geography | 85 | 85% | 96% | 100% | |
| French | 67 | 64% | 96% | 99% | |
| Spanish | 61 | 92% | 98% | 100% | |
| Computer Science | 43 | 74% | 100% | 100% | |
| German | 40 | 65% | 98% | 100% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biology | 60 | 12% | 40% | 72% | |
| Psychology | 47 | 26% | 57% | 87% | |
| Geography | 45 | 20% | 53% | 76% | |
| Mathematics | 45 | 11% | 40% | 62% | |
| English Literature | 44 | 14% | 36% | 70% | |
| Chemistry | 38 | 8% | 32% | 66% | |
| Sociology | 35 | 31% | 54% | 86% | |
| History | 20 | 15% | 65% | 90% | |
| Economics | 19 | 11% | 47% | 68% | |
| Drama and Theatre Studies | 18 | 17% | 28% | 83% | |
| Physics | 17 | 12% | 35% | 47% | |
| Spanish | 17 | 18% | 71% | 88% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
Ranked #160 of 1,018 UK schools with Cambridge offers2
UCAS apply centre 11380: Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Applications | 8 |
| Offers | ≤5 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | ≤5 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
Where students go next
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higher education (university) | 67% | — | — |
| Apprenticeships | 0% | — | — |
| Any education or training | 69% | — | — |
Oxford/Cambridge application numbers aren't published per school in official data, so university progression is shown instead.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Kent council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.