Secondary school

Highsted Grammar School

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  • ages 11–18
  • Girls · mixed sixth form
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  • Kent
  • ME10 4PT
Ofsted Good · inspected Jan 2023

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 231 of 3,280 secondaries in England · top 8%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 5%5%2016/17: top 5%2017/18: top 4%4% · 2017/182018/19: top 6%2021/22: top 6%2022/23: top 11%2023/24: top 8%2024/25: top 8%No exams

A-level results

#237 of 394 South East sixth forms, state and independent, 2024/25

Independent and selective (grammar) schools choose their pupils, so high results partly reflect who gets in, not only teaching. Some independent schools don't publish results.

Against South East

Attainment 861.1 · South East 469/10 Top 20%
Grade 5+ English and maths82.4% · South East 44.8%9/10 Top 20%
EBacc point score5.88 · South East 4.039/10 Top 20%
Progress 8 · 2023/24-0.04 · South East +0.015/10 Middle−19.4 pts since 18/19
A level points per entry33.8 · South East 33.56/10 Middle−35.1 pts since 21/22
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No exams 2019/20–21

Attainment 8
2015/16: 64.6 · 142 pupils · South East 50.92016/17: 63.3 · 118 pupils · South East 46.72017/18: 66.9 · 123 pupils · South East 46.72018/19: 62.6 · 111 pupils · South East 47.12021/22: 64.9 · 116 pupils · South East 49.12022/23: 57.7 · 143 pupils · South East 46.52023/24: 60.6 · 148 pupils · South East 46.22024/25: 61.1 · 142 pupils · South East 4666.957.7No exams
Grade 5+ English and maths
2016/17: 87% · 118 pupils · South East 43%2017/18: 89% · 123 pupils · South East 43.5%2018/19: 72% · 111 pupils · South East 43%2021/22: 80% · 116 pupils · South East 51%2022/23: 64% · 143 pupils · South East 45%2023/24: 76.4% · 148 pupils · South East 45.9%2024/25: 82.4% · 142 pupils · South East 44.8%89%64%No exams
A level points per entry
2015/16: 35.2 · 97 pupils · South East 28.942016/17: 33.64 · 116 pupils · South East 29.962017/18: 35.59 · 121 pupils · South East 30.252018/19: 34.96 · 96 pupils · South East 31.762021/22: 42.95 · 76 pupils · South East 36.42022/23: 35.16 · 96 pupils · South East 32.822023/24: 35.33 · 77 pupils · South East 32.832024/25: 33.8 · 76 pupils · South East 33.4742.9533.64No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in77.7%
108 of 139 who put it first2014 · 76.1%2026 · 77.7%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st139108
2nd640
3rd601

No last distance offered published

Inspections · 2005–2023

  1. 2005Outstandingas predecessor
  2. 2009Outstandingas predecessor
  3. 2023Good

5 strong areas

  • Personal development
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Sixth form provision
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management

0 weak areas

5 areas graded · safeguarding effective

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026793
Free school meals (past 6 years)12.5%
First language not English8.2%
SEN support4.3%
EHC plan0.5%
Absence (sessions missed)6.0%
Persistently absent pupils16.1%

Girls 98.7%Boys 1.3%

all pupils, incl. sixth form

95.5% full · 830 places · 163 in sixth form

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Not published for this school

Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher16.0
Pupils per adult14.0
  • Classroom teachers 43.7
  • Leadership 6
  • Teaching assistants 3
  • Other support 10

Teachers 49.7 FTE · Whole workforce 62.7 · 65 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£7,019
Spend per pupil£6,466
Staff spend per pupil£5,060
Reserve per pupil£3,415
  • +£2,841,000revenue reserve
  • +£460,000in-year balance

Grants £6,645 · self-generated £50 · premises £341 per pupil

Single-academy trust: HIGHSTED ACADEMY TRUST

Destinations · 2023/24 leavers

After Year 11

148 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained96.6%
  • Education95.3%
  • Apprenticeship0.7%
  • Employment0.7%
  • Not sustained2.7%
  • Unknown0.7%

After sixth form (16–18)

82 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained97.6%
  • Education78%
  • Higher education75.6%
  • Apprenticeship6.1%
  • Employment13.4%
  • Not sustained1.2%
  • Unknown1.2%