Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School

Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School continues to perform at an outstanding level across all areas, showcasing exceptional educational quality and a comprehensive range of curricular and extra-curricular opportunities. The school has a strong culture of high expectations and success, ensuring that pupils not only excel academically but also develop as well-rounded individuals. The positive environment fosters pupil engagement and confidence, with a focus on well-being, inclusivity, and personal development. The recent inspection marks the school's return to routine evaluation after being exempt since 2020, highlighting its resilience and commitment to educational excellence.

Strengths

• Exceptional educational quality across the curriculum
• Outstanding behaviour and attitudes of pupils
• Rich variety of extra-curricular activities that enhance personal development
• Strong support for students with special educational needs
• Highly effective leadership and management that inspires success

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School attended 94.9% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 17.6% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 1.7% of pupils at Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School had 17.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 3.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 4.5% of pupils at Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 0.3% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School received £6,500 and spent £6,558 for each of its 1,150 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £179,000 (£156 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School is Outstanding, from an inspection in November 2023.

When was Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School last inspected by Ofsted?

Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School was last inspected in November 2023.

How many pupils does Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School have?

Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School has 1,123 pupils on roll.

What age range does Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School cover?

Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School for pupils aged 11 to 18.

What are Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 72.5, and 95% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School?

Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School is at Southfield Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN4 9UJ.