Dane Court Grammar School
About the school
Dane Court Grammar School is a state-funded grammar school in South East England.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 10 May 2022
- Published
- 6 July 2022
- Inspection type
- S5 Inspection
- Latest outcome
- Good
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Not applicable
Sixth form
Outstanding
Results and school context
GCSE and key stage 4
Attainment 8
- School
- 65.3
- Kent
- 46.7
- England
- 46.1
Progress 8
The DfE has not published this measure for 2024/25.
- School
- N/A
- Kent
- N/A
- England
- N/A
English and maths grade 5+
- School
- 92.80%
- Kent
- 47.00%
- England
- 45.40%
English and maths grade 4+
- School
- 96.40%
- Kent
- 65.10%
- England
- 64.80%
EBacc entry
- School
- 79.00%
- Kent
- 46.90%
- England
- 40.50%
EBacc average point score
- School
- 6.16
- Kent
- 4.18
- England
- 4.09
A levels and sixth form
Average A-level grade
- School
- Suppressed
Average A-level points
- School
- Suppressed
AAB or better
- School
- No entries
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
1227
Girls
50.04%
Boys
49.96%
SEN support
4.40%
Education, health and care plan
0.49%
English as an additional language
10.60%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
21.11%
Overall absence
6.34
Persistent absence
14.56
Pupil destinations
DfE destination measures from the 2024/25 release. These outcomes are published after a time lag.
After Key Stage 4
Cohort
170
Sustained education or employment
96%
Education
95%
Apprenticeship
1%
Employment
1%
Not sustained
3%
After 16–18 study
Cohort
180
Sustained education or employment
84%
Higher education
51%
Further education
1%
Apprenticeship
5%
Employment
27%