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Wilmington Grammar School for Boys

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National rank

355

n/a

Rank last year

48.8^%

A-level

37.9^%

GCSE

Need to know

Head teacher Stuart Harrington

Attendance 95.2%

Gender of entry Boys

Send pupils* 9.4% *Special educational needs and disabilities

Total pupils 1,175

Pupils on free school meals 11.3%

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

4.5

12.6

31.7

A*/A

17.1

A*-B

48.8

Grade

9/8

18.7

19.2

9/8/7

37.9

What the school inspection says

“It is a warm, friendly and aspirational school, and pupils feel happy and safe here. Pupils recognise, understand and value each other’s differences. Any incidents of bullying are resolved quickly by staff. Pupils understand the high expectations leaders have of them. Staff guide them very well to live up to these through the school’s shared ‘PRIDE’ values of personal excellence, respect, innovation, determination and equality. Pupils behave in an exemplary manner. In lessons, they are eager to learn. At social times, they enjoy happily chatting together, often in mixed year groups.”

Inspection

2023

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

All-boys grammar Wilmington has just over 1,000 pupils on roll and accepts girls into its sixth form. The six school houses are named after notable figures — Brunel, Turing, Johnson, Attenborough, Mandela and Keller.
Extracurricular activities include anime society, handball and model railway club.
The sixth form is provided jointly with Wilmington Grammar School for Girls and a further “smaller, more bespoke study programme” can be obtained at nearby Stone Lodge School. At the shared grammar sixth form a range of A-levels are offered in addition to the Extended Project Qualification, with a year 12 programme that includes mindfulness, volunteering and sporting opportunities.
Former pupils include the actor Mackenzie Crook.

office@wgsb.co.uk

Telephone

01322 223 090

Website

wgsb.co.uk

Address

Common Lane, Wilmington, Dartford, DA2 7DA

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