Secondary
Dartford Grammar School
West Hill, Dartford, DA1 2HW
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Boys
- Pupils
- 1576 of 1550 places
- Local authority
- Kent
- Admissions
- Selective (grammar)
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- DARTFORD GRAMMAR SCHOOL
Ofsted
Last inspected December 2022
Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Leadership and governanceOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Quality of educationOutstanding
- Sixth formOutstanding
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
99%
79.9
1st of 9 by our score, among the secondary schools in Dartford we can score - see them all. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 79.9 |
| EBacc average point score | 7.99 |
| Entered the EBacc | 99% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 100% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 99% |
| A level students | 2 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 99% |
| 22/23 | 98% |
| 23/24 | 98% |
| 24/25 | 99% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.92 |
| 22/23 | +1.12 |
| 23/24 | +1.11 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 79.7 |
| 22/23 | 78.2 |
| 23/24 | 78.4 |
| 24/25 | 79.9 |
West Hill, Dartford, DA1 2HW
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Kent admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headmaster
- Julian Metcalf
- Address
- West Hill, Dartford, DA1 2HW
- Telephone
- 01322223039