Dover Grammar School for Boys
Astor Avenue, Dover, CT17 0DQ
960 pupils · 106% of 905 capacity
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 11–18
- Gender
- Boys
- Admissions
- Selective
- Local authority
- Kent
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 21%
Ofsted
No overall grade (2025) — Inspected 2024–2025 — no overall grade under the interim framework
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 21 January 2025, published 4 March 2025. 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 | 65.4 |
| Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass) | 93% |
| Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass) | 97.4% |
| Entering the English Baccalaureate | 71.9% |
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?
Roughly one first choice per place — 1.17 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 157 | 183 | 340 | 157 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 157 | 198 | 373 | 157 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 154 | 174 | 349 | 154 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 145 | 156 | 335 | 143 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 149 | 158 | 297 | 148 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 143 | 149 | 374 | 143 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 125 | 121 | 289 | 119 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 137 | 147 | 271 | 137 |
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
- Astor Secondary School 0.2 km · Most areas: Needs attention (2026)
- Dover Grammar School for Girls 1.3 km · No overall grade (2025)
- St Edmund's Catholic School 1.5 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- Dover Christ Church Academy 2.6 km · Requires improvement (2022) · previous system
- Duke of York's Royal Military School 3 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Folkestone Academy 9.5 km · Good (2022) · 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.