Which school had the best GCSE results in Kent in 2023?

On 2023 Attainment 8, St Olave's and St Saviour's Grammar School topped the table in Kent with 84.4, against an England average of 46.3. 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 2023 archive (the 2022/23 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 2023 GCSE results?

A school has no published figure for 2023 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 2023: secondary school league table

100 state secondary schools in Kent ranked on their 2023 GCSE results (Attainment 8, the 2022/23 academic year), with grade 5+ and grade 4+ in English and maths, Progress 8, EBacc average point score and cohort size for each school against the England average. 28 independent schools with published results are listed separately, unranked.

This is the 2023 archive of the table. See the latest Kent GCSE results for the newest year the DfE has published.

County 159 state secondary schools 2022/23 results Archive year

Secondary schools in Kent ranked on Attainment 8

100 of 159 schools have published 2023 results; the top 100 are shown here. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2022/23.

Secondary schools in Kent ranked on Attainment 8, 2023 results
Rank	School	Attainment 8	Progress 8	Grade 5+ English & maths	Grade 4+ English & maths	EBacc APS	Pupils
–	England average	46.3	0.00	45%	65%	4.05	–
1	St Olave's and St Saviour's Grammar School Orpington · Voluntary aided school	84.4	+1.11 (0.85 to 1.37)	100%	100%	8.37	125
2	Newstead Wood School Orpington · Academy converter	81.5	+1.13 (0.90 to 1.37)	100%	100%	7.60	160
3	Dartford Grammar School Dartford · Academy converter	78.2	+1.12 (0.91 to 1.33)	98%	100%	7.79	184
4	Tonbridge Grammar School Tonbridge · Academy converter	77.3	+0.76 (0.51 to 1.00)	98%	99%	7.65	177
5	The Judd School Tonbridge · Voluntary aided school	76.2	+0.59 (0.37 to 0.82)	97%	98%	7.11	184
6	Townley Grammar School Bexleyheath · Academy converter	75.6	+0.69 (0.50 to 0.88)	99%	100%	6.99	222
7	Dartford Grammar School for Girls Dartford · Academy converter	75.2	+0.93 (0.71 to 1.15)	99%	100%	7.20	173
8	Bexley Grammar School Welling · Academy converter	74.0	+0.62 (0.41 to 0.82)	98%	99%	7.32	192
9	Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School Tunbridge Wells · Foundation school	73.1	+1.05 (0.80 to 1.30)	97%	100%	7.19	145
10=	Beths Grammar School Bexley · Academy converter	73.0	+0.63 (0.42 to 0.83)	99%	100%	6.61	191
10=	Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School Sidcup · Academy converter	73.0	+0.46 (0.25 to 0.67)	97%	99%	7.12	191
12	The Skinners' School Tunbridge Wells · Academy converter	72.7	+0.71 (0.46 to 0.96)	97%	100%	6.82	161
13	The Rochester Grammar School Rochester · Academy converter	71.6	+0.83 (0.63 to 1.03)	99%	100%	6.90	200
14=	Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School Rochester · Academy converter	70.4	+0.85 (0.65 to 1.04)	98%	100%	6.89	203
14=	Weald of Kent Grammar School Tonbridge · Academy converter	70.4	+0.83 (0.66 to 1.01)	95%	99%	6.40	292
16	Highworth Grammar School Ashford · Academy converter	69.7	+0.71 (0.52 to 0.90)	91%	99%	6.55	222
17	Dane Court Grammar School Broadstairs · Academy converter	69.2	+0.67 (0.46 to 0.89)	94%	99%	6.16	170
18	Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys Canterbury · Foundation school	68.5	+0.46 (0.20 to 0.71)	91%	97%	6.19	140
19	Wilmington Grammar School for Girls Dartford · Academy converter	67.7	+0.74 (0.50 to 0.97)	91%	99%	6.50	141
20	Wilmington Grammar School for Boys Dartford · Academy converter	67.2	+0.72 (0.49 to 0.95)	95%	99%	6.08	149
21	Oakwood Park Grammar School Maidstone · Academy converter	66.5	+0.72 (0.49 to 0.95)	92%	99%	6.20	153
22=	Cranbrook School Cranbrook · Academy converter	66.0	–	83%	96%	6.48	153
22=	Invicta Grammar School Maidstone · Academy converter	66.0	+0.52 (0.34 to 0.70)	87%	97%	6.39	245
24	Simon Langton Girls' Grammar School Canterbury · Voluntary controlled school	65.7	+0.49 (0.27 to 0.71)	90%	100%	6.00	174
25	Gravesend Grammar School Gravesend · Academy converter	65.4	+0.34 (0.13 to 0.55)	88%	97%	6.36	182
26	Maidstone Grammar School Maidstone · Foundation school	64.8	+0.25 (0.05 to 0.44)	86%	97%	6.02	208
27	Mayfield Grammar School, Gravesend Gravesend · Academy converter	64.4	+0.37 (0.16 to 0.58)	91%	98%	6.05	187
28	The Folkestone School for Girls Folkestone · Academy converter	64.0	+0.34 (0.13 to 0.55)	74%	97%	5.75	182
29	Maidstone Grammar School for Girls Maidstone · Foundation school	63.6	+0.49 (0.28 to 0.70)	87%	96%	6.00	184
30	Barton Court Grammar School Canterbury · Academy converter	63.5	+0.15 (-0.08 to 0.38)	82%	97%	6.04	146
31=	Fort Pitt Grammar School Chatham · Academy converter	63.3	+0.54 (0.29 to 0.80)	84%	97%	5.95	118
31=	The Norton Knatchbull School Ashford · Academy converter	63.3	+0.43 (0.22 to 0.63)	87%	96%	6.08	187
33=	Borden Grammar School Sittingbourne · Academy converter	62.7	+0.19 (-0.06 to 0.44)	92%	97%	5.83	126
33=	Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School Faversham · Academy converter	62.7	+0.13 (-0.10 to 0.36)	87%	96%	5.83	151
35	Rainham Mark Grammar School Gillingham · Academy converter	62.6	+0.28 (0.10 to 0.46)	87%	98%	6.02	241
36	The Harvey Grammar School Folkestone · Academy converter	62.4	+0.27 (0.03 to 0.50)	87%	96%	5.68	142
37	Chatham & Clarendon Grammar School Ramsgate · Academy converter	60.9	+0.12 (-0.07 to 0.30)	81%	96%	5.89	238
38	Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys Tunbridge Wells · Community school	60.8	+0.25 (0.06 to 0.44)	83%	95%	5.60	227
39	Dover Grammar School for Boys Dover · Foundation school	60.2	+0.56 (0.32 to 0.80)	85%	97%	5.44	132
40	Sir Roger Manwood's School Sandwich · Academy converter	60.0	-0.24 (-0.48 to -0.01)	78%	95%	5.64	147
41	Dover Grammar School for Girls Dover · Community school	59.7	+0.28 (0.04 to 0.51)	78%	96%	5.83	143
42	Chatham Grammar Chatham · Academy converter	59.5	+0.34 (0.09 to 0.60)	79%	94%	5.51	122
43	Langley Park School for Girls Beckenham · Academy converter	59.1	+0.69 (0.51 to 0.88)	72%	86%	5.69	238
44	Bennett Memorial Diocesan School Tunbridge Wells · Academy converter	58.2	+0.95 (0.77 to 1.13)	68%	88%	5.41	266
45	Holcombe Grammar School Chatham · Academy converter	57.9	+0.06 (-0.17 to 0.29)	82%	95%	5.02	147
46=	Harris Girls Academy Bromley Beckenham · Academy converter	57.7	+0.98 (0.76 to 1.19)	65%	82%	5.68	178
46=	Highsted Grammar School Sittingbourne · Academy converter	57.7	-0.25 (-0.48 to -0.01)	64%	90%	5.39	143
48	Bullers Wood School Chislehurst · Academy converter	55.4	+0.28 (0.08 to 0.47)	63%	82%	5.08	222
49	Langley Park School for Boys Beckenham · Academy converter	54.8	+0.24 (0.04 to 0.43)	64%	80%	5.12	211
50	St Catherine's Catholic School Bexleyheath · Academy converter	53.9	+0.56 (0.36 to 0.76)	53%	82%	4.75	203
51	Hayes School Bromley · Academy converter	53.8	+0.10 (-0.09 to 0.28)	61%	82%	5.00	240
52	Harris Academy Beckenham Beckenham · Academy sponsor led	51.5	+0.30 (0.09 to 0.51)	58%	75%	4.75	190
53	Duke of York's Royal Military School Dover · Academy sponsor led	50.0	+0.48 (0.06 to 0.90)	46%	71%	4.23	70
54	Ravens Wood School Bromley · Academy converter	49.4	-0.09 (-0.27 to 0.10)	55%	76%	4.59	238
55	Chislehurst School for Girls Chislehurst · Academy converter	49.1	+0.00 (-0.22 to 0.22)	56%	74%	4.41	171
56	Darrick Wood School Orpington · Academy converter	48.7	-0.19 (-0.36 to -0.01)	49%	75%	4.53	254
57=	Hillview School for Girls Tonbridge · Academy converter	48.5	+0.34 (0.15 to 0.52)	41%	73%	3.06	232
57=	Trinity School Sevenoaks · Free schools	48.5	+0.22 (0.01 to 0.44)	51%	74%	4.32	178
59=	Harris Academy Falconwood Welling · Academy sponsor led	47.7	+0.18 (-0.02 to 0.39)	39%	65%	4.18	192
59=	Orion Eden Park Beckenham · Free schools	47.7	-0.15 (-0.37 to 0.06)	47%	69%	4.38	171
61	St Gregory's Catholic School Tunbridge Wells · Academy converter	47.4	+0.25 (0.06 to 0.44)	51%	76%	4.08	236
62	The Ravensbourne School Bromley · Academy converter	46.5	-0.29 (-0.49 to -0.09)	46%	67%	3.99	198
63	Blackfen School for Girls Sidcup · Academy converter	46.4	-0.11 (-0.30 to 0.08)	42%	72%	3.81	226
64=	Harris Garrard Academy Erith · Academy sponsor led	46.2	+0.28 (0.08 to 0.48)	34%	58%	3.98	205
64=	Orion Coopers Chislehurst · Academy converter	46.2	-0.34 (-0.52 to -0.16)	44%	69%	4.19	240
66	Charles Darwin School Westerham · Academy converter	45.5	-0.19 (-0.39 to 0.01)	43%	68%	3.94	201
67	Wye School Wye · Free schools	45.3	+0.13 (-0.19 to 0.44)	41%	74%	4.13	88
68	Dartford Science & Technology College Dartford · Foundation school	45.0	+0.01 (-0.23 to 0.24)	49%	72%	3.60	147
69	Haberdashers' Knights Academy Bromley · Academy sponsor led	44.7	+0.10 (-0.12 to 0.31)	37%	53%	4.20	185
70=	Haberdashers' Crayford Academy Dartford · Academy sponsor led	44.6	+0.04 (-0.18 to 0.25)	38%	63%	3.74	171
70=	Sir Geoffrey Leigh Academy Dartford · Academy sponsor led	44.6	+0.01 (-0.17 to 0.20)	41%	66%	3.63	235
72	Westlands School Sittingbourne · Academy converter	44.5	+0.02 (-0.15 to 0.18)	45%	63%	3.66	300
73	Northfleet School for Girls Gravesend · Foundation school	44.3	+0.15 (-0.06 to 0.36)	37%	61%	3.60	190
74=	Leigh Academy Wilmington Wilmington · Academy sponsor led	44.0	+0.11 (-0.08 to 0.29)	42%	62%	3.75	232
74=	St John's Catholic Comprehensive Gravesend · Voluntary aided school	44.0	+0.33 (0.12 to 0.54)	32%	63%	3.48	179
76	St Simon Stock Catholic School Maidstone · Academy converter	43.9	-0.16 (-0.37 to 0.05)	31%	61%	3.84	183
77=	Leigh Academy Tonbridge Tonbridge · Academy converter	43.8	+0.16 (-0.18 to 0.50)	42%	67%	3.44	72
77=	The Thomas Aveling School Rochester · Academy converter	43.8	+0.27 (0.07 to 0.47)	40%	63%	3.64	195
79=	Rainham School for Girls Gillingham · Academy converter	43.4	+0.01 (-0.16 to 0.18)	29%	60%	3.81	265
79=	St Columba's Catholic Boys' School Bexleyheath · Academy converter	43.4	-0.17 (-0.38 to 0.05)	39%	60%	3.82	168
81	Lift Bexleyheath Bexleyheath · Academy sponsor led	43.3	-0.09 (-0.30 to 0.13)	43%	65%	3.38	201
82=	Cleeve Park School Sidcup · Academy converter	42.8	-0.07 (-0.29 to 0.16)	37%	60%	3.67	162
82=	Knole Academy Sevenoaks · Academy sponsor led	42.8	-0.44 (-0.63 to -0.25)	35%	60%	3.91	229
82=	St Anselm's Catholic School, Canterbury Canterbury · Academy converter	42.8	-0.12 (-0.34 to 0.09)	35%	65%	3.56	179
85	The North School Ashford · Academy converter	42.7	+0.05 (-0.16 to 0.25)	38%	61%	3.64	201
86=	King Ethelbert School Birchington · Academy converter	42.6	-0.16 (-0.39 to 0.07)	29%	62%	3.39	145
86=	The Howard School Gillingham · Academy converter	42.6	+0.24 (0.05 to 0.42)	31%	57%	3.51	231
86=	The Malling School West Malling · Foundation school	42.6	+0.29 (0.08 to 0.49)	36%	59%	3.46	182
89	Bishop Justus CofE School Bromley · Academy converter	42.2	-0.69 (-0.90 to -0.49)	37%	60%	3.59	205
90	Leigh Academy Mascalls Tonbridge · Academy converter	41.9	-0.11 (-0.29 to 0.08)	28%	59%	3.41	235
91=	Meopham School Gravesend · Academy sponsor led	41.7	-0.26 (-0.48 to -0.04)	38%	64%	3.81	165
91=	The Charles Dickens School Broadstairs · Academy sponsor led	41.7	+0.06 (-0.13 to 0.26)	30%	50%	3.23	205
91=	Wrotham School Sevenoaks · Academy converter	41.7	-0.29 (-0.53 to -0.05)	30%	53%	3.65	139
94	Leigh Academy Hundred of Hoo Rochester · Academy sponsor led	41.6	-0.10 (-0.28 to 0.08)	29%	61%	3.44	236
95	Orchards Academy Swanley · Academy converter	41.4	-0.08 (-0.34 to 0.19)	32%	61%	3.37	112
96=	Herne Bay High School Herne Bay · Academy converter	41.0	-0.94 (-1.11 to -0.76)	31%	63%	2.95	252
96=	Saint George's Church of England School Gravesend · Academy converter	41.0	-0.01 (-0.20 to 0.19)	35%	62%	3.50	206
98	The Whitstable School Whitstable · Academy converter	40.8	-0.56 (-0.78 to -0.33)	35%	61%	3.52	153
99=	Towers School and Sixth Form Centre Ashford · Academy converter	40.7	-0.15 (-0.35 to 0.04)	28%	60%	3.66	205
99=	Trinity Church of England School, Belvedere Belvedere · Academy converter	40.7	-0.66 (-0.87 to -0.44)	38%	63%	3.70	176

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

Independent schools in Kent with published 2023 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	45.1	0%	88
Babington House School Chislehurst · Other independent school	59.3	72%	18
Beechwood School Tunbridge Wells · Other independent school	36.9	0%	38
Benenden School Cranbrook · Other independent school	17.4	0%	98
Bethany School Cranbrook · Other independent school	13.5	0%	63
Bromley High School GDST Bromley · Other independent school	31.7	0%	106
Cobham Hall Other independent school	34.5	38%	21
Dover College Dover · Other independent school	14.1	0%	93
Earlscliffe (Sussex Summer Schools Ltd) Folkestone · Other independent school	9.9	0%	29
Farringtons School Chislehurst · Other independent school	27.6	0%	79
Gad's Hill School Rochester · Other independent school	49.2	57%	28
Kent College (Canterbury) Canterbury · Other independent school	34.5	0%	77
Kent College International Study Centre Canterbury · Other independent school	22.6	0%	21
Kent College Pembury Tunbridge Wells · Other independent school	32.4	0%	82
King's School, Rochester Rochester · Other independent school	18.4	0%	50
MEPA ACADEMY Other independent school	33.7	17%	6
OneSchool Global UK - Maidstone Campus Maidstone · Other independent school	52.8	36%	22
Radnor House Sevenoaks Other independent school	48.5	73%	56
Rochester Independent College Rochester · Other independent school	21.0	0%	58
Sackville School Tonbridge · Other independent school	34.9	40%	35
Sevenoaks School Sevenoaks · Other independent school	19.9	0%	175
St Edmund's School Canterbury Canterbury · Other independent school	39.8	0%	87
St Lawrence College Ramsgate · Other independent school	37.5	0%	78
Sutton Valence School Maidstone · Other independent school	21.5	0%	104
The King's School Canterbury Canterbury · Other independent school	16.0	0%	205
The Worthgate School Canterbury · Other independent school	2.5	0%	22
Tonbridge School Tonbridge · Other independent school	8.6	0%	158
Walthamstow Hall Sevenoaks · Other independent school	14.4	0%	65

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; the England average for 2023 was 46.3.

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 2023 archive of the table: each school's 2023 figures, ranked within that year, so a school with no 2023 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 2023: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in Kent ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in Kent with published 2023 GCSE results

More about schools in Kent

Kent GCSE results: common questions