Wilmington Grammar School for Boys, Dartford

In 2026, pupils at Wilmington Grammar School for Boys averaged an Attainment 8 score of 67.6, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 48.1 in Kent and 47 across England.

95% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 49% in Kent and 47% in England.

That is up from 64.6 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.65: pupils made well above average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 58.5, against 68.9 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 10.4 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 22 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Religious Studies, Business Studies and Geography.

Wilmington Grammar School for Boys is a grammar school: places go to children who reach the required standard in its entrance test, and only then are the oversubscription criteria applied.

For September 2026 entry, 179 families put Wilmington Grammar School for Boys as their first choice and 1067 named it as one of their preferences, for 180 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 96 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

Wilmington Grammar School for Boys admits pupils through an entrance test - in Kent, the Kent Test. Children have to be registered for it in advance, normally in the spring or summer of Year 5; the test itself is usually sat in September of Year 6, and results come out in October, before the 31 October deadline for naming secondary schools.

Passing the test makes a child eligible rather than guaranteeing a place: when more children pass than there are places, Wilmington Grammar School for Boys ranks them by the criteria in its admissions policy, which can include test score and distance. Check Kent's admissions pages and the school's own policy for this year's registration deadline - a child who is not registered in time cannot sit the test.

Kent has 32 state grammar schools in all, so a child who passes may have several selective schools to choose between.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Wilmington Grammar School for Boys are Leigh Academy Wilmington (under 0.1 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 45.1); Wilmington Grammar School for Girls (0.2 miles, Good, selective, Attainment 8 65.3); Dartford Science & Technology College (1 mile, Good, Attainment 8 47.1); and Dartford Grammar School for Girls (1.1 miles, Outstanding, selective, Attainment 8 77.3).

Wilmington Grammar School for Boys's 2026 results were higher than 3 of these 4 schools.

Wilmington Grammar School for Boys is one of 4 schools run by Endeavour MAT, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 58.4 in 2024/25.

Of the 148 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 97% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 5% to a further education college and 1% to an apprenticeship.

Of the 120 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 65% went on to university or other higher education, 10% to apprenticeships and 15% into work. 20% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

10.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 30 pupils (2.6%) received SEN support and 14 (1.2%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is autism.

The nearest railway station is Crayford Station, about 1.5 miles away in a straight line.

7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Wilmington Grammar School for Boys (in), 50 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 58 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and criminal damage and arson. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Kent (101).

In 2024/25, Wilmington Grammar School for Boys issued 38 suspensions, 3.2 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Wilmington Grammar School for Boys are Wilmington Primary School (under 0.1 miles), Joydens Wood Infant School (0.8 miles), Joydens Wood Junior School (0.8 miles) and Oakfield Primary Academy (0.8 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.