Secondary
Tonbridge Grammar School
Deakin Leas, Tonbridge, TN9 2JR
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Girls
- Pupils
- 1150 of 1260 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.7
- Local authority
- Kent
- Admissions
- Selective (grammar)
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- TONBRIDGE GRAMMAR SCHOOL
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 60.6
- All staff (FTE)
- 81.0
- Pupils per adult
- 14.0
- Pupils
- 1,136
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected December 2024
Standards maintained
Still graded as at
Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Leadership and governanceOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Quality of educationOutstanding
- Sixth formOutstanding
SafeguardingMet
An ungraded inspection, which checks whether a school remains at its previous grade rather than re-grading it. 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.
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
98%
35 points above the Tonbridge average (63% across 7 schools)
77.2
20.4 above the Tonbridge average (56.8 across 7 schools)
1st of 7 by our score, among the secondary schools in Tonbridge 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 | 77.2 |
| EBacc average point score | 7.66 |
| Entered the EBacc | 97% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 99% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 98% |
| A level students | 4 |
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 | 100% |
| 24/25 | 98% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.61 |
| 22/23 | +0.76 |
| 23/24 | +0.75 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 81.9 |
| 22/23 | 77.3 |
| 23/24 | 79.4 |
| 24/25 | 77.2 |
Deakin Leas, Tonbridge, TN9 2JR
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
- Head Teacher
- Joseph Jardine-Viner
- Address
- Deakin Leas, Tonbridge, TN9 2JR
- Telephone
- 01732365125