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Tonbridge Grammar School

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National rank

14=

Rank last year

91.5^%

A-level

77.6^%

GCSE

Need to know

Head teacher Rebecca Crean

Attendance 95.1%

Gender of entry Girls

Send pupils* 8.9% *Special educational needs and disabilities

Total pupils 1,163

Pupils on free school meals 2.2%

Progress 8

Progress 8 is a measure of the development a school cohort/pupils makes from year 6 to year 11. The data used is from 2024. There will be no KS2 updates for 2025 or 2026 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The government is consulting on an improved version of Progress 8 and Attainment 8

WELL ABOVE AVERAGE

Our methodology

Results

Grade

23.2

28.3

A*/A

63.2

A*-B

91.5

Grade

9/8

55.5

22.1

9/8/7

77.6

Grade

Higher Level 7

23.2

Higher Level 6

Higher Level 5

28.3

Higher Level 7 and 6

63.2

Higher Level 7, 6 and 5

91.5

Diploma pass

100

Average IB points

36.7

What the school inspection says

“All staff have very high expectations of pupils. Trying your best and working hard in school is part of everyday life … Pupils thrive because they are fully involved in school life. Almost all pupils attend extracurricular clubs. They really enjoy the academic and social aspects of the clubs they attend. Pupils compete with vigour in the school’s sports teams and they heartily support charities. National and international trips extend pupils’ learning … Leaders ensure that the curriculum is exceedingly ambitious ... Teachers astutely understand pupils’ needs … Students thrive because teachers plan very demanding lessons. Careers education is an important part of the curriculum.”

Inspection

2019

In detail *

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*Ofsted no longer makes an overall effectiveness judgment in inspections of state-funded schools. A five-point grading scale, including a new “exceptional” grade was introduced in November 2025.

About the school

When the school opened in 1905 it was with one teacher and 19 girls. It moved to its present site in 1913 to meet growing demand. Boys were admitted to the sixth form in 2002.
Sixth-form pupils study the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma curriculum. The class of 2025 achieved an average IB Diploma score of 36.7 points, well above both the UK and global averages. However, from 2026 sixth-form pupils will study A-levels.
Purpose-built in 2015, the IBarn is a sixth-form centre where pupils can study, socialise and eat in catering facilities.
The school badge carries the motto “Courage and honour”.
Extracurricular activities include sport, music and the creative arts, as well as clubs for everything from Lego robotics challenges to ukulele playing.
Alumni include the novelist Victoria Hislop; the first British woman to climb Mount Everest and the Seven Summits, Rebecca Stephens; and Andrea Leadsom, the former Conservative politician.

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office@tgs.kent.sch.uk

Telephone

01732 365 125

Website

tgs.kent.sch.uk

Address

Deakin Leas, Tonbridge, TN9 2JR

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