Highsted Grammar School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C65
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Sittingbourne, ME10 4PT
- Distance
- 0.5km away
Borden Grammar School
Avenue of Remembrance, Sittingbourne, ME10 4DB
Local ranking24th of 102 secondary schools in Kent
Ofsted: StrongUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
750
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Boys
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 12 May 2026. Figures last updated .
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Strong standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Expected standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership & governance
- Strong standard
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Post-16 provision
- Expected standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 62.7 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 83.3% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 95.7% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 138
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 96.0%
- Continued in education
- 92.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 2.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 83.0%
- Higher education
- 59.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 8.0%
- Employment
- 16.0%
- Not sustained
- 10.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C+
Avg A-Level Grade
34.1
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
36.2
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
117
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 12.8% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 37.7
- 16-18 Cohort
- 218
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 928
- Boys
- 914 (97%)
- Girls
- 24 (3%)
- Capacity
- 750 (125% full)
- SEND
- 2.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 12.3%
- EAL
- 10.2%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 0.9%
- SEN Support
- 2.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.5:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 53.1
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,881/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
- 4.1% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 6.6% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 71.4%
- Black African: 11.6%
- White Other: 4.9%
- Mixed Other: 2.7%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.5%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 1.4%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.3%
- Asian Indian: 1.3%
71.4%
White British
11.6%
Black African
4.9%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Avenue of Remembrance
Sittingbourne, South East
Administrative
- URN
- 137800
- UKPRN
- 10035796
- Establishment No.
- 4527
- Trust
- BORDEN GRAMMAR SCHOOL TRUST
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