The Holmesdale School

GCSE results 2024/25

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 most disadvantaged, which is where this one sits, it is in the lower half.

Progress 8 2023/24

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

E-

Average points per entry

5

England average 32.3

A level students

12

Pupils

Pupils on roll

606

Places

959

How full

63% full — 606 of 959 places taken, so places are likely to be available

Girls / boys

323 / 283

Overall absence

9%

secondary schools average 8.6%

Persistently absent

26%

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

Free school meals, last 6 years

37%

England 25.7%

English as an additional language

3%

England 18.7%

With an EHC plan

2%

England 3.5%

On SEN support

12%

England 15%

What pupils do next

After GCSEs

In education, work or training

84%

England 91.4%

Stayed in education

76%

England 85.4%

Started an apprenticeship

4%

England 3.5%

Stayed at this school's sixth form

41%

No sustained destination

11%

England 5.8%

Pupils in the cohort

99

After sixth form

Went to university

27%

England 50%

In education, work or training

82%

England 84.3%

Started an apprenticeship

5%

England 6.5%

Students in the cohort

22

A destination counts only if it lasted at least six months, which is why these figures lag the exam results by a year. 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 Tonbridge and Malling 002D, 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

21%

England 33.8%

Adults with no qualifications

18%

England 18.3%

Households owning their home

79%

England 62.7%

Households in social housing

7%

England 17%

Households with no car

11%

England 21.9%

Adults economically inactive

34%

England 39.9%

School details

Type

Academy sponsor led

Phase

Secondary

Ages

Ages 11–18

Gender

Mixed

Admissions

Non-selective

Religious character

None

Sixth form

Yes

Nursery

No

Boarding

Day school

Trust

SWALE ACADEMIES TRUST

Headteacher

Headteacher: Glenn Prebble

Local authority

Kent

Ward

Snodland East & Ham Hill

Constituency

Chatham and Aylesford

URN

147897

The unique reference number used in all official school data.

Nearest secondary schools

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.