Gravesend Grammar School
Ofsted: Strong
Score
B73
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Gravesend, DA12 2PR
- Distance
- 0.3km away
St John's Catholic Comprehensive
Rochester Road, Gravesend, DA12 2JW
Local ranking41st of 102 secondary schools in Kent
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1184
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 8 January 2025. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 45.3 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 33.8% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 63.6% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 195
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Continued in education
- 89.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 1.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 4.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 82.0%
- Higher education
- 56.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 21.0%
- Not sustained
- 14.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C
Avg A-Level Grade
29.4
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
29.4
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
75
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 0.0% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 28.0
- 16-18 Cohort
- 346
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1322
- Boys
- 655 (49%)
- Girls
- 680 (51%)
- Capacity
- 1184 (113% full)
- SEND
- 14.1%
- FSM Eligible
- 28.6%
- EAL
- 31.9%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.8%
- SEN Support
- 11.3%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 15.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 87.5
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,348/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 6.6% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 18.4% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Roman Catholic
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 37.0%
- White Other: 15.0%
- Black African: 12.1%
- Asian Indian: 11.2%
- Mixed Other: 9.6%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.3%
- Black Other: 2.1%
- Asian Other: 2.0%
37.0%
White British
15.0%
White Other
12.1%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Rochester Road
Gravesend, South East
Administrative
- URN
- 118933
- UKPRN
- 10006200
- Establishment No.
- 5461
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