Best Match
Dartford
Best for Ofsted
- GCSE 9-7
- —
- Progress 8
- —
- Ofsted
- Outstanding
- Yr 7 places
- 177
- Per place
- 8.1:1
- Qualifying
- 332
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Dartford
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| DartfordDartford | |
|---|---|
| Overview | |
| Gender | Boys |
| Pupils | 1,543 |
| Sixth form | Yes |
| Ofsted rating | Outstanding |
| Admissions | |
| Test / consortium | Kent Test |
| Year 7 places | 177 |
| Applicants per place | 8.1 : 1 |
| Qualifying score | 332 |
| Academic results | |
| Attainment 8 | 79.7 |
| Eng+Maths 9-5 | 99% |
| EBacc entry | 99% |
| EBacc avg points | 8.0 |
| A-Level avg grade | c |
| Disadvantage gap (Att 8) | +1.1 |
| Destinations | |
| Russell Group | 73% |
| Oxbridge offers | 8 |
| Ofsted sub-judgements | |
| Quality of education | Outstanding |
| Behaviour & attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership | Outstanding |
| Sixth form | Outstanding |
| Finance | |
| Funding per pupil | £6,407 |
| Staff share of spend | 73% |
| Teaching staff / pupil | £4,642 |
| Revenue reserve / pupil | £1,719 |
| Pupil Premium grant | £82,775 |
| Demographics | |
| Free school meals | 7.7% |
| English as add. language | 36.3% |
| Absence rate | 2.6% |
The same charts you see on each school's profile page, lined up side by side — one panel per school, never blended.
Each school against the England average (grey tick) and the typical grammar (indigo tick).
Dartford
The disadvantage gap — how far disadvantaged pupils trail the rest of the cohort. Smaller gap = stronger teaching impact.
Dartford
| Metric | Disadv. | Non-dis. | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 78.7 | 79.8 | +1.1 |
| E+M grade 5+ | 92% | 99% | +8pp |
| EBacc entry | 92% | 99% | +8pp |
Disadvantaged = pupils eligible for free school meals in the last 6 years, looked-after, or adopted from care. A small or zero gap is the goal — it means the school helps every pupil reach the same outcomes.
Whether pupils stay on after GCSEs, and how the headline results have moved over recent years.
Dartford
University funnel per school — each row is a subset of the one above.
Dartford
All five sub-judgements per school, on the Inadequate → Outstanding scale.
Dartford
Scale: Inadequate → Requires Improvement → Good → Outstanding
Staff share of total spend, and what each school spends per pupil per year.
Dartford
Share of total spend going on staff
Typical English secondary: 75–80% on staff.
Spend per pupil per year
Entries and grade-4+ pass rate for each school's biggest GCSE subjects.
Dartford
Bar = entries · chip = grade 4+ pass rate
Entries and A*–E pass rate for each school's biggest A-Level subjects.
Dartford
Bar = entries · chip = A*–E pass rate