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Secondary school in Tunbridge Wells, Kent

St Gregory's Catholic School

Reynolds Lane, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN4 9XL

Sixth form Roman Catholic Full
School website 01892527444

Ofsted

Inspected under the current framework, which gives no overall grade, on 15 October 2024.

Inspections since September 2024 do not give an overall grade, so there is no one-word judgement to report. The full report sets out what inspectors found.

Read the Ofsted report

GCSE results 2024/25

Attainment 8 score

43.8 England 47

The average grade across eight GCSEs, doubling English and maths. 50 is roughly a grade 5 average.

Grade 5+ in English & maths

42% England 46.2%

Grade 4+ in English & maths

66% England 66.2%

EBacc average point score

3.8 England 4.2

Entered the EBacc

37% England 40.8%

On Attainment 8 this school is in the lower half of state-funded secondaries in England.

Compared with the fifth of schools whose intake is second least disadvantaged, which is where this one sits, it is in the bottom quarter.

Progress 8 2023/24

0.17confidence interval -0.02 to 0.36

Taking that range into account, progress was not statistically different from the national average. DfE bands this as average.

Progress 8 measures how far pupils moved between the end of primary and their GCSEs, which makes it far fairer than raw attainment. It is shown for 2023/24 because it could not be calculated for 2024/25: that year group would have sat their key stage 2 tests in summer 2020, when the tests were cancelled, so there is no starting point to measure from. Every school in England is affected, not just this one.

A levels 2024/25

Average grade per entry
C
Average points per entry
29.8

England average 32.3

A level students
130

Pupils

Pupils on roll
1093
Places
1082
How full
Full — 1093 pupils against 1082 places
Girls / boys
443 / 650
Overall absence
9%

secondary schools average 8.6%

Persistently absent
25%

secondary schools average 23.9% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions

Free school meals, last 6 years
21%

England 25.7%

English as an additional language
18%

England 18.7%

With an EHC plan
3%

England 3.5%

On SEN support
7%

England 15%

What pupils do next

After GCSEs

In education, work or training
94%

England 91.4%

Stayed in education
92%

England 85.4%

Started an apprenticeship
1%

England 3.5%

Stayed at this school's sixth form
67%
No sustained destination
4%

England 5.8%

Pupils in the cohort
236

After sixth form

Went to university
40%

England 50%

In education, work or training
86%

England 84.3%

Started an apprenticeship
2%

England 6.5%

Students in the cohort
122

Going on to university 2021/22 leavers

Went to a top third university

14% England 20.9%

The third of higher education providers whose entrants hold the highest average entry qualifications. It is the closest thing in the public data to "did they get into a competitive university", and it separates schools far more sharply than the headline progression rate does.

Went on to a degree
60%

England 65.3%

Students in the cohort
123

These follow an earlier group of leavers than the figures above, and count anyone reaching higher education within two years rather than the term after leaving, so they are not directly comparable with them.

A destination counts only if it lasted at least six months, which is why these figures lag the exam results by a year, and why the university figures track leavers from 2021/22. Small cohorts move these percentages a long way — check the cohort size before reading much into a gap.

The neighbourhood around the school

Census 2021 figures for Tunbridge Wells 002A, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.

Adults with a degree
43%

England 33.8%

Adults with no qualifications
11%

England 18.3%

Households owning their home
81%

England 62.7%

Households in social housing
10%

England 17%

Households with no car
9%

England 21.9%

Adults economically inactive
32%

England 39.9%

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
Ages
Ages 11–18
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Sixth form
Yes
Nursery
No
Boarding
Day school
Trust
KENT CATHOLIC SCHOOLS' PARTNERSHIP
Headteacher
Headteacher: Michael Wilson
Local authority
Kent
Ward
Culverden
Constituency
Tunbridge Wells
URN
140640

The unique reference number used in all official school data.

Nearest secondary schools

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8Distance
Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for BoysCommunity school No grade 63.7 0.1 mi
Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar SchoolFoundation school Outstanding 2023 73.4 0.5 mi
The Skinners' SchoolAcademy converter No grade 70.8 0.6 mi
Bennett Memorial Diocesan SchoolAcademy converter Outstanding 2023 54 0.8 mi
Beechwood SchoolOther independent school No grade 1.6 mi
Skinners' Kent AcademyAcademy sponsor led Good 2023 38.4 1.6 mi
Tonbridge Grammar SchoolAcademy converter No grade 77.2 2.4 mi
Weald of Kent Grammar SchoolAcademy converter No grade 70 2.4 mi

Schools with a similar intake

State-funded secondary schools nationally whose share of disadvantaged pupils is closest to this school's. This is the fairest like-for-like comparison the published data supports.

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8
Lady Manners SchoolFoundation school No grade 52.2
The Community College, Bishop's CastleFoundation school Good 2023 43.4
The Winston Churchill School A Specialist Sports CollegeFoundation school Good 2023 48.7
Hethersett AcademyAcademy sponsor led Outstanding 2022 59
Sybil Andrews AcademyAcademy sponsor led Good 2023 49.5
St Augustine's Catholic High SchoolAcademy converter Outstanding 2024 47.3
Wolfreton School and Sixth Form CollegeAcademy converter No grade 47.6
St Augustine's Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter Good 2023 44.9

Where these figures come from

  • School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
  • Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25, and 2023/24 for Progress 8.
  • Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
  • Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
  • Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.

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