Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School
Secondary · Foundation school · Ages 11–18 · Tunbridge Wells, Kent
11+ scores · 2026 entry
| Lowest score offered · Governors' places (initial allocation) | 375 |
| Kent Test pass mark (lowest on any one paper) | 108 |
| Kent Test pass mark (total) | 332 |
From Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School, Kent grammar schools (Sir Roger Manwood's School website) · a pass mark doesn't guarantee a place
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.961 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2020–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School is a secondary school in Tunbridge Wells, Kent for ages 11–18 (foundation school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 19 September 2023. Kent and the school have published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2020 to 2026 entry.
Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 1.961 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Year 7 place in 2026 lived 1.961 miles away, the 21st shortest of 56 Kent secondary schools with a published last distance.
- For Year 7 entry, the 2026 last distance was nearer the school than in 2025 and nearer than in 2020, having swung sharply between some years.
- For Year 7 entry in 2026 there were 228 first-choice applications for 174 offers; 146 offers went to first-choice families and 82 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 98% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), 2nd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Kent.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Kent schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Southfield Road, Tunbridge Wells, TN4 9UJ
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 1,123 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 4.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 19 September 2023
Strengths
- “The school has exceptionally high expectations of all pupils, which they consistently meet.”
- “Across the curriculum, pupils keenly engage in challenging subject content.”
- “Staff foster a love of each subject so that all pupils thrive in their phase and are well prepared for their next stages of learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 November 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 98% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 73.4 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | B+ | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 228 first-preference applications, 174 offers in total, 146 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Kent.
- The Skinners' School 0.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Gregory's Catholic School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Bennett Memorial Diocesan School 0.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Skinners' Kent Academy 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Tonbridge Grammar School 2.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Weald of Kent Grammar School 2.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Leigh Academy Tonbridge 3.0 mi Good Last distance published