South East
Independent schools in Kent
684 schools, 266,938 pupils. Average Attainment 8 across the authority's state secondaries is 38.1.
Ofsted across Kent
Good307
Outstanding44
Requires improvement14
No overall grade319
365 of these schools carry a one-word grade from before September 2024, when Ofsted stopped awarding them. The remaining 319 either have no published outcome or were inspected under the current framework, which does not give an overall grade. What changed.
Independent schools in Kent
Sorted by name. A gap of a point or two is noise, not a ranking — read the school pages for the intake-adjusted comparison.
| School | Area | Ofsted | Attainment 8 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashford SchoolOther independent school | Ashford | No grade | — |
| Beech Grove SchoolOther independent school | Dover | No grade | — |
| Beechwood SchoolOther independent school | Tunbridge Wells | No grade | — |
| Benenden SchoolOther independent school | Cranbrook | No grade | — |
| Bethany SchoolOther independent school | Cranbrook | No grade | — |
| Bronte SchoolOther independent school | Gravesend | No grade | — |
| Cobham HallOther independent school | Kent | No grade | — |
| Dover CollegeOther independent school | Dover | No grade | — |
| Earlscliffe (Sussex Summer Schools Ltd)Other independent school | Folkestone | No grade | — |
| Gad's Hill SchoolOther independent school | Rochester | No grade | — |
| Hilden Grange SchoolOther independent school | Tonbridge | No grade | — |
| Hilden Oaks Preparatory School and NurseryOther independent school | Tonbridge | No grade | — |
| Holmewood House SchoolOther independent school | Tunbridge Wells | No grade | — |
| Junior King's SchoolOther independent school | Canterbury | No grade | — |
| Kent College (Canterbury)Other independent school | Canterbury | No grade | — |
| Kent College International Study CentreOther independent school | Canterbury | No grade | — |
| Kent College Nursery, Infant and Junior SchoolOther independent school | Canterbury | No grade | — |
| Kent College PemburyOther independent school | Tunbridge Wells | No grade | — |
| Lorenden Preparatory SchoolOther independent school | Kent | No grade | — |
| MEPA ACADEMYOther independent school | Kent | No grade | — |
| Northbourne Park SchoolOther independent school | DEAL | No grade | — |
| OneSchool Global UK - Maidstone CampusOther independent school | Maidstone | No grade | — |
| Radnor House SevenoaksOther independent school | Kent | No grade | — |
| Rose Hill SchoolOther independent school | Tunbridge Wells | No grade | — |
| Russell House SchoolOther independent school | Sevenoaks | No grade | — |
| Sackville SchoolOther independent school | Tonbridge | No grade | — |
| Sevenoaks Preparatory SchoolOther independent school | Sevenoaks | No grade | — |
| Sevenoaks SchoolOther independent school | Sevenoaks | No grade | — |
| Solefield SchoolOther independent school | Sevenoaks | No grade | — |
| SomerhillOther independent school | Kent | No grade | — |
| Spring Grove School 2003 LtdOther independent school | Ashford | No grade | — |
| St Edmund's School CanterburyOther independent school | Canterbury | No grade | — |
| St Faith's At Ash School LimitedOther independent school | Canterbury | No grade | — |
| St Helens Montessori SchoolOther independent school | Maidstone | No grade | — |
| St Lawrence CollegeOther independent school | Ramsgate | No grade | — |
| St Lawrence College Junior SchoolOther independent school | Ramsgate | No grade | — |
| St Michael's Prep SchoolOther independent school | Otford | No grade | — |
| St Ronan's SchoolOther independent school | Cranbrook | No grade | — |
| Steephill SchoolOther independent school | Longfield | No grade | — |
| Sutton Valence SchoolOther independent school | Maidstone | No grade | — |
| The Dulwich School CranbrookOther independent school | CRANBROOK | No grade | — |
| The Granville SchoolOther independent school | Sevenoaks | No grade | — |
| The King's School CanterburyOther independent school | Canterbury | No grade | — |
| The Mead SchoolOther independent school | Tunbridge Wells | No grade | — |
| The New Beacon SchoolOther independent school | Sevenoaks | No grade | — |
| The Worthgate SchoolOther independent school | Canterbury | No grade | — |
| Tonbridge SchoolOther independent school | Tonbridge | No grade | — |
| VTC Independent SchoolOther independent school | Sittingbourne | No grade | — |
| Walthamstow HallOther independent school | Sevenoaks | No grade | — |
| Wellesley Haddon Dene SchoolOther independent school | Kent | No grade | — |