Dover Grammar School for Boys

Astor Avenue, Dover, CT17 0DQ

960 pupils · 106% of 905 capacity

Phase
Secondary
Type
Foundation school
Ages
11–18
Gender
Boys
Admissions
Selective
Local authority
Kent
Sixth form
Yes
Free school meals
21%

Ofsted

No overall grade (2025)Inspected 2024–2025 — no overall grade under the interim framework

This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.

Inspected 21 January 2025, published 4 March 2025. Read the full Ofsted report

England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.

Exam results

Measure2024/25
Attainment 8 score65.4
Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass)93%
Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass)97.4%
Entering the English Baccalaureate71.9%

Progress 8 is not published nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26 while KS2 baselines are missing (no SATs in 2020/21). It returns from 2026/27.

Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.

Will my child get in?

Roughly one first choice per place 1.17 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)

Applications and offers by entry year
EntryPlaces1st preferencesTotal preferencesOffers
Sept 2026 entry157183340157
Sept 2025 entry157198373157
Sept 2024 entry154174349154
Sept 2023 entry145156335143
Sept 2022 entry149158297148
Sept 2021 entry143149374143
Sept 2020 entry125121289119
Sept 2019 entry137147271137

First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.

Nearby alternatives

Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.

Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.