Which school had the best GCSE results in Kent in 2022?

On 2022 Attainment 8, St Olave's and St Saviour's Grammar School topped the table in Kent with 84.1. Attainment 8 rewards intake as well as teaching, so compare a school's grade 5+ pass rate and, where published, its Progress 8 before reading the rank as a verdict.

Where are the latest Kent GCSE results?

This page is the 2022 archive (the 2021/22 academic year). The latest published results for every school in Kent are on the main Kent GCSE results page, which updates when the DfE releases the next year's performance tables: provisional figures in the autumn, revised figures early in the new year.

What is Attainment 8?

Attainment 8 is the DfE's headline GCSE measure: the average points a school's pupils achieved across eight qualifications, with English and maths counted twice. A score of 50 means pupils averaged roughly a grade 5 across those subjects. Progress 8 measures the same pupils against others nationally with the same primary-school starting point.

Why does a school in Kent show no 2022 GCSE results?

A school has no published figure for 2022 when it had no Year 11 cohort in that year (a new school, or one that opened with younger year groups), when it converted to an academy and the DfE published that year's results under its previous identity, or when it is independent and its pupils sat IGCSE, Pre-U or IB qualifications that the DfE tables do not count. Independent schools with a published figure are listed separately and unranked for that reason.

Kent GCSE results 2022: secondary school league table

100 state secondary schools in Kent ranked on their 2022 GCSE results (Attainment 8, the 2021/22 academic year), with grade 5+ and grade 4+ in English and maths, Progress 8, EBacc average point score and cohort size for each school. 28 independent schools with published results are listed separately, unranked.

This is the 2022 archive of the table. See the latest Kent GCSE results for the newest year the DfE has published.

County 159 state secondary schools 2021/22 results Archive year

Secondary schools in Kent ranked on Attainment 8

100 of 159 schools have published 2022 results; the top 100 are shown here. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2021/22.

Secondary schools in Kent ranked on Attainment 8, 2022 results
Rank	School	Attainment 8	Progress 8	Grade 5+ English & maths	Grade 4+ English & maths	EBacc APS	Pupils
1	St Olave's and St Saviour's Grammar School Orpington · Voluntary aided school	84.1	+0.94 (0.68 to 1.21)	100%	100%	8.29	124
2	Newstead Wood School Orpington · Academy converter	84.0	+1.05 (0.81 to 1.28)	100%	100%	7.90	158
3	Tonbridge Grammar School Tonbridge · Academy converter	81.9	+0.61 (0.37 to 0.85)	99%	99%	8.12	179
4	Dartford Grammar School Dartford · Academy converter	79.7	+0.92 (0.71 to 1.14)	99%	99%	7.93	179
5	Dartford Grammar School for Girls Dartford · Academy converter	78.3	+1.01 (0.80 to 1.22)	97%	99%	7.50	174
6	Bexley Grammar School Welling · Academy converter	76.9	+0.63 (0.42 to 0.83)	99%	100%	7.63	190
7	Townley Grammar School Bexleyheath · Academy converter	76.7	+0.61 (0.42 to 0.80)	97%	100%	7.10	223
8	The Judd School Tonbridge · Voluntary aided school	75.9	+0.39 (0.16 to 0.62)	99%	99%	7.02	189
9	Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School Tunbridge Wells · Foundation school	75.6	+0.88 (0.63 to 1.13)	99%	100%	7.39	142
10	Beths Grammar School Bexley · Academy converter	75.4	+0.57 (0.36 to 0.77)	97%	100%	7.11	192
11	Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School Sidcup · Academy converter	75.0	+0.41 (0.20 to 0.61)	97%	100%	7.29	201
12	Highworth Grammar School Ashford · Academy converter	73.8	+0.95 (0.74 to 1.15)	93%	98%	7.03	194
13	Weald of Kent Grammar School Tonbridge · Academy converter	73.4	+0.81 (0.63 to 0.99)	96%	99%	6.69	285
14	The Rochester Grammar School Rochester · Academy converter	72.7	+0.75 (0.55 to 0.95)	98%	100%	6.91	200
15	The Skinners' School Tunbridge Wells · Academy converter	72.5	+0.03 (-0.22 to 0.27)	59%	60%	7.09	158
16=	Cranbrook School Cranbrook · Academy converter	71.2	–	95%	100%	6.93	147
16=	Wilmington Grammar School for Girls Dartford · Academy converter	71.2	+0.71 (0.47 to 0.95)	93%	99%	6.84	141
18	Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys Canterbury · Foundation school	71.1	+0.26 (0.01 to 0.50)	95%	96%	6.50	138
19	Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School Rochester · Academy converter	70.6	+0.91 (0.72 to 1.10)	96%	99%	6.95	215
20	Maidstone Grammar School for Girls Maidstone · Foundation school	69.4	+0.47 (0.26 to 0.69)	92%	99%	6.61	171
21	Invicta Grammar School Maidstone · Academy converter	68.7	+0.42 (0.23 to 0.61)	88%	98%	6.58	225
22	Oakwood Park Grammar School Maidstone · Academy converter	68.4	+0.70 (0.46 to 0.93)	94%	98%	6.47	142
23	Wilmington Grammar School for Boys Dartford · Academy converter	68.0	+0.39 (0.16 to 0.62)	95%	97%	6.14	148
24	Simon Langton Girls' Grammar School Canterbury · Voluntary controlled school	67.9	+0.39 (0.16 to 0.61)	93%	100%	6.30	163
25=	Dane Court Grammar School Broadstairs · Academy converter	67.5	+0.27 (0.06 to 0.48)	95%	99%	6.28	175
25=	Gravesend Grammar School Gravesend · Academy converter	67.5	+0.33 (0.11 to 0.54)	94%	98%	6.68	174
27	Rainham Mark Grammar School Gillingham · Academy converter	67.4	+0.42 (0.23 to 0.61)	89%	99%	6.47	211
28	Barton Court Grammar School Canterbury · Academy converter	67.3	+0.46 (0.23 to 0.70)	86%	97%	6.51	145
29	The Norton Knatchbull School Ashford · Academy converter	67.1	+0.29 (0.07 to 0.51)	91%	99%	6.52	164
30	Sir Roger Manwood's School Sandwich · Academy converter	67.0	+0.05 (-0.18 to 0.28)	86%	97%	6.31	153
31=	Fort Pitt Grammar School Chatham · Academy converter	66.8	+0.56 (0.31 to 0.82)	88%	98%	5.82	115
31=	Maidstone Grammar School Maidstone · Foundation school	66.8	+0.20 (0.00 to 0.39)	89%	98%	6.16	208
33	Mayfield Grammar School, Gravesend Gravesend · Academy converter	66.7	+0.30 (0.10 to 0.51)	89%	98%	6.30	186
34	The Harvey Grammar School Folkestone · Academy converter	66.3	+0.51 (0.29 to 0.72)	89%	97%	5.98	178
35	The Folkestone School for Girls Folkestone · Academy converter	65.7	+0.34 (0.14 to 0.55)	80%	97%	6.06	184
36=	Highsted Grammar School Sittingbourne · Academy converter	64.9	+0.12 (-0.14 to 0.37)	80%	97%	6.23	116
36=	Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys Tunbridge Wells · Community school	64.9	+0.23 (0.03 to 0.43)	92%	99%	6.00	209
38=	Borden Grammar School Sittingbourne · Academy converter	64.3	+0.06 (-0.19 to 0.30)	89%	98%	5.81	127
38=	Chatham Grammar Chatham · Academy converter	64.3	+0.54 (0.33 to 0.75)	85%	98%	5.99	176
40	Langley Park School for Girls Beckenham · Academy converter	63.9	+0.65 (0.46 to 0.83)	83%	94%	6.14	239
41	Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School Faversham · Academy converter	62.9	-0.07 (-0.30 to 0.16)	86%	94%	5.91	151
42	Chatham & Clarendon Grammar School Ramsgate · Academy converter	62.8	-0.05 (-0.25 to 0.14)	79%	94%	6.02	211
43	Holcombe Grammar School Chatham · Academy converter	62.6	+0.29 (0.06 to 0.52)	90%	99%	5.51	146
44	Dover Grammar School for Girls Dover · Community school	60.2	+0.17 (-0.07 to 0.41)	63%	90%	5.72	131
45	Bennett Memorial Diocesan School Tunbridge Wells · Academy converter	59.5	+0.76 (0.58 to 0.94)	68%	92%	5.58	262
46	St Catherine's Catholic School Bexleyheath · Academy converter	59.1	+0.70 (0.50 to 0.89)	67%	87%	5.42	206
47=	Dover Grammar School for Boys Dover · Foundation school	57.6	-0.01 (-0.25 to 0.24)	69%	94%	5.03	127
47=	Hayes School Bromley · Academy converter	57.6	+0.13 (-0.05 to 0.31)	67%	83%	5.27	238
49	Harris Academy Beckenham Beckenham · Academy sponsor led	57.3	+0.53 (0.32 to 0.73)	69%	83%	5.29	194
50	Langley Park School for Boys Beckenham · Academy converter	56.5	+0.29 (0.09 to 0.48)	66%	83%	5.33	207
51=	Bullers Wood School Chislehurst · Academy converter	56.2	+0.11 (-0.08 to 0.30)	62%	79%	5.22	229
51=	Harris Girls Academy Bromley Beckenham · Academy converter	56.2	+0.52 (0.29 to 0.75)	58%	83%	5.48	158
53	Ravens Wood School Bromley · Academy converter	55.4	+0.03 (-0.16 to 0.22)	68%	88%	5.11	221
54	Duke of York's Royal Military School Dover · Academy sponsor led	54.5	+0.61 (0.25 to 0.97)	52%	77%	4.68	87
55	Darrick Wood School Orpington · Academy converter	53.8	-0.03 (-0.20 to 0.14)	55%	81%	4.96	257
56	Trinity School Sevenoaks · Free schools	52.5	+0.32 (0.10 to 0.53)	53%	74%	4.62	176
57	Harris Academy Falconwood Welling · Academy sponsor led	52.4	+0.31 (0.11 to 0.52)	52%	78%	4.73	186
58	Orion Ravensbourne Bromley · Academy converter	50.6	-0.22 (-0.41 to -0.02)	53%	68%	4.30	214
59	Chislehurst School for Girls Chislehurst · Academy converter	50.5	-0.09 (-0.30 to 0.12)	59%	74%	4.44	187
60=	Haberdashers' Crayford Academy Dartford · Academy sponsor led	49.7	+0.37 (0.15 to 0.60)	52%	71%	4.21	163
60=	St Columba's Catholic Boys' School Bexleyheath · Academy converter	49.7	-0.15 (-0.40 to 0.10)	46%	74%	4.35	127
60=	St Gregory's Catholic School Tunbridge Wells · Academy converter	49.7	+0.23 (0.03 to 0.43)	53%	78%	4.22	208
63	Dartford Science & Technology College Dartford · Foundation school	49.2	+0.21 (-0.03 to 0.45)	54%	74%	4.33	145
64	Orion Coopers Chislehurst · Academy converter	48.8	-0.28 (-0.46 to -0.10)	53%	73%	4.49	245
65	Wye School Wye · Free schools	48.7	+0.42 (0.11 to 0.73)	58%	78%	4.53	93
66	St Simon Stock Catholic School Maidstone · Academy converter	48.3	-0.02 (-0.23 to 0.19)	43%	67%	4.28	176
67=	Blackfen School for Girls Sidcup · Academy converter	47.8	-0.23 (-0.42 to -0.03)	41%	69%	3.94	215
67=	Leigh Academy Tonbridge Tonbridge · Academy converter	47.8	+0.24 (-0.08 to 0.56)	52%	69%	3.91	83
69	Orion Eden Park Beckenham · Free schools	47.7	-0.37 (-0.59 to -0.16)	45%	71%	4.33	176
70	Wrotham School Sevenoaks · Academy converter	47.6	-0.22 (-0.46 to 0.02)	49%	78%	3.95	134
71=	Bishop Justus CofE School Bromley · Academy converter	47.2	-0.44 (-0.64 to -0.24)	49%	75%	3.86	211
71=	Lift Bexleyheath Bexleyheath · Academy sponsor led	47.2	+0.05 (-0.15 to 0.24)	40%	69%	3.69	221
73=	Harris Garrard Academy Erith · Academy sponsor led	46.7	+0.34 (0.06 to 0.62)	35%	52%	4.01	113
73=	Hillview School for Girls Tonbridge · Academy converter	46.7	-0.01 (-0.22 to 0.21)	43%	66%	2.77	175
73=	Leigh Academy Wilmington Wilmington · Academy sponsor led	46.7	+0.01 (-0.18 to 0.20)	45%	68%	3.94	228
76=	Charles Darwin School Westerham · Academy converter	45.6	-0.70 (-0.90 to -0.51)	42%	71%	3.83	207
76=	St Anselm's Catholic School, Canterbury Canterbury · Academy converter	45.6	-0.03 (-0.25 to 0.19)	43%	68%	3.91	170
78	The Malling School West Malling · Foundation school	45.5	+0.03 (-0.18 to 0.23)	36%	59%	3.71	181
79	Northfleet School for Girls Gravesend · Foundation school	45.4	+0.00 (-0.24 to 0.24)	42%	62%	3.70	139
80	Rainham School for Girls Gillingham · Academy converter	45.1	+0.11 (-0.06 to 0.29)	37%	63%	3.89	267
81=	Haberdashers' Knights Academy Bromley · Academy sponsor led	44.9	-0.04 (-0.25 to 0.18)	39%	65%	4.18	187
81=	Meopham School Gravesend · Academy sponsor led	44.9	-0.24 (-0.46 to -0.02)	53%	77%	4.22	167
83	Sir Geoffrey Leigh Academy Dartford · Academy sponsor led	44.8	-0.02 (-0.20 to 0.17)	38%	64%	3.81	231
84	Skinners' Kent Academy Tunbridge Wells · Academy sponsor led	44.7	-0.21 (-0.43 to 0.00)	38%	68%	4.19	177
85=	Leigh Academy Mascalls Tonbridge · Academy converter	44.6	-0.07 (-0.26 to 0.13)	38%	61%	3.57	212
85=	The Maplesden Noakes School Maidstone · Academy converter	44.6	-0.30 (-0.51 to -0.10)	23%	61%	3.65	183
87	Trinity Church of England School, Belvedere Belvedere · Academy converter	44.5	-0.26 (-0.48 to -0.04)	43%	63%	4.14	178
88	Homewood School and Sixth Form Centre Tenterden · Academy converter	44.4	-0.18 (-0.34 to -0.02)	40%	65%	3.71	295
89	Saint George's Church of England School Gravesend · Academy converter	44.3	-0.10 (-0.31 to 0.10)	46%	73%	3.86	180
90=	Harris Academy Orpington Academy sponsor led	43.9	-0.32 (-0.58 to -0.06)	43%	63%	4.13	121
90=	The Charles Dickens School Broadstairs · Academy sponsor led	43.9	-0.13 (-0.32 to 0.06)	28%	60%	3.53	215
90=	The Whitstable School Whitstable · Academy converter	43.9	-0.43 (-0.66 to -0.21)	42%	70%	3.76	156
93	Leigh Academy Hundred of Hoo Rochester · Academy sponsor led	43.8	+0.02 (-0.17 to 0.21)	33%	57%	3.51	225
94=	Knole Academy Sevenoaks · Academy sponsor led	43.6	-0.37 (-0.56 to -0.19)	36%	61%	3.73	236
94=	The Thomas Aveling School Rochester · Academy converter	43.6	-0.02 (-0.22 to 0.18)	35%	66%	3.56	191
94=	Towers School and Sixth Form Centre Ashford · Academy converter	43.6	-0.12 (-0.31 to 0.08)	43%	64%	3.98	211
97	Leigh Academy Ebbsfleet Swanscombe · Academy sponsor led	43.3	-0.33 (-0.60 to -0.05)	42%	60%	3.68	123
98	The Howard School Gillingham · Academy converter	43.0	-0.19 (-0.36 to -0.01)	35%	59%	3.63	254
99=	St John's Catholic Comprehensive Gravesend · Voluntary aided school	42.5	+0.05 (-0.15 to 0.26)	34%	57%	3.62	190
99=	Westlands School Sittingbourne · Academy converter	42.5	-0.17 (-0.33 to 0.00)	38%	60%	3.48	286

Schools with the same Attainment 8 score share a rank (shown as "=").

Independent schools in Kent with published 2022 GCSE results

Listed as published, not ranked. The DfE tables count only reformed GCSEs, so a school whose pupils sit IGCSE, Pre-U or the IB reports a lower figure than its results merit, or none at all. Compare independent schools on their own published examination results and inspection reports.

School	Attainment 8 (as published)	Grade 5+ English & maths	Pupils
Ashford School Ashford · Other independent school	46.8	0%	66
Babington House School Chislehurst · Other independent school	67.5	94%	17
Beechwood School Tunbridge Wells · Other independent school	44.6	0%	21
Benenden School Cranbrook · Other independent school	20.3	0%	89
Bethany School Cranbrook · Other independent school	14.5	0%	74
Bromley High School GDST Bromley · Other independent school	33.3	0%	82
Cobham Hall Other independent school	41.8	75%	32
Dover College Dover · Other independent school	25.7	0%	40
Earlscliffe (Sussex Summer Schools Ltd) Folkestone · Other independent school	16.4	0%	27
Farringtons School Chislehurst · Other independent school	26.9	0%	76
Gad's Hill School Rochester · Other independent school	50.7	65%	20
Kent College (Canterbury) Canterbury · Other independent school	33.8	2%	81
Kent College International Study Centre Canterbury · Other independent school	10.3	0%	8
Kent College Pembury Tunbridge Wells · Other independent school	21.0	0%	65
King's School, Rochester Rochester · Other independent school	22.3	0%	46
MEPA ACADEMY Other independent school	51.3	50%	8
OneSchool Global UK - Maidstone Campus Maidstone · Other independent school	55.9	57%	21
Radnor House Sevenoaks Other independent school	51.2	83%	47
Rochester Independent College Rochester · Other independent school	22.6	2%	45
Sackville School Tonbridge · Other independent school	42.8	49%	37
Sevenoaks School Sevenoaks · Other independent school	6.6	0%	228
St Edmund's School Canterbury Canterbury · Other independent school	38.4	0%	74
Sutton Valence School Maidstone · Other independent school	27.4	0%	81
The King's School Canterbury Canterbury · Other independent school	14.0	0%	191
The Worthgate School Canterbury · Other independent school	1.6	0%	44
Tonbridge School Tonbridge · Other independent school	4.9	0%	154
VTC Independent School Sittingbourne · Other independent school	3.0	0%	7
Walthamstow Hall Sevenoaks · Other independent school	13.9	0%	72

How to read this table

Attainment 8 is the average points a school's pupils achieved across eight GCSE subjects: English and maths (double-weighted), three EBacc subjects (sciences, computing, history, geography, languages) and three further approved qualifications. The DfE publishes it for every state school.

Grade 5+ in English and maths is the share of pupils reaching a "strong pass" in both; grade 4+ is the "standard pass". EBacc APS is the average point score across the English Baccalaureate subjects, including pupils who did not enter them.

Progress 8 measures how much progress pupils made from the end of primary school to their GCSEs against pupils nationally with the same starting point; it is the like-for-like measure, and the range in brackets is its confidence interval.

Ranks are shared where scores tie. Schools are ranked here on published results alone; our composite score, which also weighs Ofsted inspection, progress and attendance, orders the same schools on the best secondary schools page.

This is the 2022 archive of the table: each school's 2022 figures, ranked within that year, so a school with no 2022 figure is listed unranked even where it has results for a later year. The main Kent GCSE results page always ranks the newest year the DfE has published.

See the best secondary schools in Kent on our composite score

Kent GCSE results 2022: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in Kent ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in Kent with published 2022 GCSE results

More about schools in Kent

Kent GCSE results: common questions