Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School
Southfield Road, Tunbridge Wells, TN4 9UJ
1,123 pupils · 100% of 1,119 capacity
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 11–18
- Gender
- Girls
- Admissions
- Selective
- Local authority
- Kent
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 3.8%
Ofsted
Outstanding (2023) — Rated under the pre-September 2024 inspection system
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 19 September 2023, published 9 November 2023. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 73.4 |
| Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass) | 97.9% |
| Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass) | 98.6% |
| Entering the English Baccalaureate | 95.8% |
Progress 8 is not published nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26 while KS2 baselines are missing (no SATs in 2020/21). It returns from 2026/27.
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Oversubscribed — 1.31 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 174 | 228 | 786 | 174 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 174 | 213 | 717 | 174 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 174 | 224 | 723 | 174 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 145 | 222 | 706 | 145 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 145 | 160 | 616 | 145 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 145 | 252 | 844 | 145 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 144 | 166 | 600 | 144 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 145 | 137 | 546 | 145 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- The Skinners' School 0.3 km · Most areas: Strong standard (2026)
- Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys 0.7 km · Most areas: Strong standard (2026)
- St Gregory's Catholic School 0.7 km · No overall grade (2024)
- Bennett Memorial Diocesan School 0.8 km · Outstanding (2023) · previous system
- Skinners' Kent Academy 2.5 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Tonbridge Grammar School 4.6 km · Outstanding (2019) · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.