Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School
Ofsted: Outstanding
Score
B84
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Tunbridge Wells, TN4 9UJ
- Distance
- 0.8km away
Bennett Memorial Diocesan School
Culverden Down, Tunbridge Wells, TN4 9SH
Local ranking11th of 102 secondary schools in Kent
Ofsted: OutstandingUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1452
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 13 December 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 53.4 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 56.8% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 79.3% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 294
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 97.0%
- Continued in education
- 95.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 0.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 2.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 88.0%
- Higher education
- 60.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 24.0%
- Not sustained
- 10.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
B-
Avg A-Level Grade
36.1
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
36.9
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
183
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 13.8% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 36.5
- 16-18 Cohort
- 400
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1892
- Boys
- 992 (52%)
- Girls
- 921 (48%)
- Capacity
- 1452 (132% full)
- SEND
- 10.2%
- FSM Eligible
- 10.1%
- EAL
- 11.5%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.5%
- SEN Support
- 8.7%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.7:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 107.1
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,063/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
- 5.1% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 12.0% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Church of England
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 70.7%
- White Other: 9.2%
- Mixed Other: 6.1%
- Asian Chinese: 3.0%
- Black African: 2.9%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.0%
- Other: 1.6%
- Asian Indian: 1.5%
70.7%
White British
9.2%
White Other
6.1%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Culverden Down
Tunbridge Wells, South East
Administrative
- URN
- 136603
- UKPRN
- 10033233
- Establishment No.
- 5464
- Trust
- THE TENAX SCHOOLS TRUST
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