Sixth Forms / Kent
Sixth Forms in Kent
Browse 270 sixth forms and sixth-form colleges in Kent. Compare A-Level results, entry requirements, Ofsted ratings and university destinations.
270 sixth forms in Kent
Bennett Memorial Diocesan School
Tunbridge Wells · Secondary · Mixed
Bexley Grammar School
Welling · Secondary · Mixed
Dartford Grammar School
Dartford · Secondary · Boys
EKC Group
Broadstairs · Post-16 · Mixed
Five Acre Wood School
Maidstone · Special · Mixed
Fort Pitt Grammar School
Chatham · Secondary · Girls
Goldwyn School
Ashford · Special · Mixed
Hayes School
Bromley · Secondary · Mixed
Invicta Grammar School
Maidstone · Secondary · Girls
Laleham Gap School
Ramsgate · Special · Mixed
Leigh Academy Snowfields
Maidstone · Special · Mixed
Leigh Academy Wilmington
Wilmington · Secondary · Mixed
Life Skills Manor
Sandwich · Special · Mixed
Maidstone Grammar School for Girls
Maidstone · Secondary · Girls
Mayfield Grammar School, Gravesend
Gravesend · Secondary · Girls
School of Science and Technology Maidstone
Maidstone · Secondary · Mixed
Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School
Rochester · Secondary · Boys
Skills for Independence and Employability Ltd
Tonbridge · Special · Mixed
Small Haven School
Kent · Special · Mixed
The Quest School
Paddock Wood · Special · Mixed
Townley Grammar School
Bexleyheath · Secondary · Girls
Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School
Tunbridge Wells · Secondary · Girls
Woodpecker Court
Dover · Special · Mixed
ADO River Valley School
Welling · Special · Mixed
Beech Grove School
Dover · All-through · Mixed
Bemix
Canterbury · Special · Mixed
Beths Grammar School
Bexley · Secondary · Boys
Blue Skies School
Chatham · Special · Mixed
Brewood Secondary School
Deal · Special · Mixed
Bullers Wood School
Chislehurst · Secondary · Girls
Charles Darwin School
Westerham · Secondary · Mixed
City of Rochester School
Rochester · Special · Mixed
Cleeve Park School
Sidcup · Secondary · Mixed
Cornerstone School
Belvedere · Special · Mixed
Craftworks
Iwade · Special · Mixed
Dane Court Grammar School
Broadstairs · Secondary · Mixed
Darrick Wood School
Orpington · Secondary · Mixed
Duke of York's Royal Military School
Dover · Secondary · Mixed
Folkestone Beacon Plus
Folkestone · Special · Mixed
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Rochester · Special · Mixed
Grange Park School
Sevenoaks · Special · Mixed
Great Oaks Small School
Ramsgate · Special · Mixed
Greenfields School
Ashford · Special · Mixed
Grow 19 LTD
Snodland · Special · Mixed
Haberdashers' Crayford Academy
Dartford · Secondary · Mixed
Harris Academy Orpington
Orpington · Secondary · Mixed
Helen Allison School
Gravesend · Special · Mixed
Herne Bay High School
Herne Bay · Secondary · Mixed
Highsted Grammar School
Sittingbourne · Secondary · Girls
Homewood School and Sixth Form Centre
Tenterden · Secondary · Mixed
Hope View School
Canterbury · Special · Boys
Infiniti School
Kent · Special · Mixed
ISP School
Kent · Special · Mixed
King Ethelbert School
Birchington · Secondary · Mixed
Langley Park School for Girls
Beckenham · Secondary · Girls
Learning Opportunities Centre Secondary
Deal · Special · Mixed
Leigh Academy Longfield
Longfield · Secondary · Mixed
Leigh Academy Rainham
Gillingham · Secondary · Mixed
Leigh Academy Tonbridge
Tonbridge · Secondary · Mixed
Liberty College
Margate · Special · Mixed
London South East Colleges
Bromley · Post-16 · Mixed
Meopham School
Gravesend · Secondary · Mixed
MidKent College
Gillingham · Post-16 · Mixed
Newingate School
Canterbury · Special · Mixed
Nexus Foundation Special School
Tonbridge · Special · Mixed
Northfleet Technology College
Gravesend · Secondary · Boys
North Kent College
Dartford · Post-16 · Mixed
Orion Ravensbourne
Bromley · Secondary · Mixed
Pier View Academy
Gravesend · Special · Mixed
Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School
Faversham · Secondary · Mixed
Rainham Mark Grammar School
Gillingham · Secondary · Mixed
Saint George's Church of England School
Gravesend · All-through · Mixed
Sir Roger Manwood's School
Sandwich · Secondary · Mixed
Skinners' Kent Academy
Tunbridge Wells · Secondary · Mixed
Sports Connect
Aylesford · Special · Mixed
St Anselm's Catholic School, Canterbury
Canterbury · Secondary · Mixed
St Edmund's Catholic School
Dover · Secondary · Mixed
Stone Bay School
Broadstairs · Special · Mixed
Stone Lodge School
Dartford · Secondary · Mixed
SupaJam Education In Music and Media
Swanley · Special · Mixed
Thamesview School
Gravesend · Secondary · Mixed
The Archbishop's School
Canterbury · Secondary · Mixed
The Charles Dickens School
Broadstairs · Secondary · Mixed
The Elmley Dray School
Sheerness · Special · Mixed
The Folkestone School for Girls
Folkestone · Secondary · Girls
The John Wallis Church of England Academy
Ashford · All-through · Mixed
The Llewellyn School and Nursery
Margate · Special · Mixed
The Malling School
West Malling · Secondary · Mixed
The Maplesden Noakes School
Maidstone · Secondary · Mixed
The Marsh Academy
New Romney · Secondary · Mixed
The Norton Knatchbull School
Ashford · Secondary · Boys
The Rochester Grammar School
Rochester · Secondary · Girls
The Rosewood School
West Malling · PRU · Mixed
The Sittingbourne School
Sittingbourne · Secondary · Mixed
The Tutorial Foundation
Bromley · Special · Mixed
The Victory Academy
Chatham · Secondary · Mixed
The Whitstable School
Whitstable · Secondary · Mixed
The Wyvern School (Buxford)
Ashford · Special · Mixed
Turner Free School
Folkestone · Secondary · Mixed
Waterfront UTC
Chatham · Secondary · Mixed
White Rocks Farm College At Rooks Hill Farm
Sevenoaks · Special · Mixed
Wilmington Grammar School for Girls
Dartford · Secondary · Girls
Woodview
Orpington · Special · Mixed
Abbey Court Foundation Special School
Rochester · Special · Mixed
Alkerden Church of England Academy
Ebbsfleet Valley · All-through · Mixed
ALP Sittingbourne
Sittingbourne · Special · Mixed
Ashford School
Ashford · All-through · Mixed
Astor Secondary School
Dover · Secondary · Mixed
Aylesford School
Aylesford · Secondary · Mixed
Babington House School
Chislehurst · All-through · Mixed
Barton Court Grammar School
Canterbury · Secondary · Mixed
Barton Manor School
Canterbury · Secondary · Mixed
Baston House School
Bromley · Special · Mixed
Beechwood School
Tunbridge Wells · All-through · Mixed
Benenden School
Cranbrook · All-through · Girls
Bethany School
Cranbrook · Senior · Mixed
Bishop Justus CofE School
Bromley · Secondary · Mixed
Blackfen School for Girls
Sidcup · Secondary · Girls
Borden Grammar School
Sittingbourne · Secondary · Boys
Bradfields Academy
Chatham · Special · Mixed
Brockhill Park Performing Arts College
Hythe · Secondary · Mixed
Bromley Beacon Academy
Orpington · Special · Mixed
Bromley High School GDST
Bromley · All-through · Girls
Brompton Academy
Gillingham · Secondary · Mixed
Broomhill Bank School
Tunbridge Wells · Special · Mixed
Browns School
Orpington · Special · Mixed
Caldecott Foundation School
Ashford · Special · Mixed
Chatham & Clarendon Grammar School
Ramsgate · Secondary · Mixed
Chatham Grammar
Chatham · Secondary · Mixed
Chilmington Green School
Great Chart · Secondary · Mixed
Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School
Sidcup · Secondary · Mixed
Chislehurst School for Girls
Chislehurst · Secondary · Girls
Cobham Hall
Brewers Road · Senior · Mixed
Cornwallis Academy
Maidstone · Secondary · Mixed
Cranbrook School
Cranbrook · Secondary · Mixed
Curly's Farm and School
Sheerness · Special · Mixed
Dartford Grammar School for Girls
Dartford · Secondary · Girls
Dartford Science & Technology College
Dartford · Secondary · Girls
Dorton College of Further Education
Orpington · Special · Mixed
Dover Christ Church Academy
Dover · Secondary · Mixed
Dover College
Dover · All-through · Mixed
Dover Grammar School for Boys
Dover · Secondary · Boys
Dover Grammar School for Girls
Dover · Secondary · Girls
Earlscliffe (Sussex Summer Schools Ltd)
Folkestone · Senior · Mixed
Farringtons School
Chislehurst · All-through · Mixed
Folkestone Academy
Folkestone · Secondary · Mixed
Foreland Fields School
Ramsgate · Special · Mixed
Fulston Manor School
Sittingbourne · Secondary · Mixed
Glebe School
West Wickham · Special · Mixed
Goodwin Academy
Deal · Secondary · Mixed
Gravesend Grammar School
Gravesend · Secondary · Boys
Greenacre School
Chatham · Secondary · Boys
Haberdashers' Knights Academy
Bromley · Secondary · Mixed
Harris Academy Beckenham
Beckenham · Secondary · Mixed
Harris Academy Falconwood
Welling · Secondary · Mixed
Harris Garrard Academy
Erith · All-through · Mixed
Harris Girls Academy Bromley
Beckenham · Secondary · Girls
Hartsdown Academy
Margate · Secondary · Mixed
Haven Nook
Canterbury · Special · Mixed
Hawthorn
Chartham · Special · Mixed
Heath Farm School
Ashford · Special · Mixed
Highworth Grammar School
Ashford · Secondary · Girls
Hilden Park
Tonbridge · Special · Mixed
Hillview School for Girls
Tonbridge · Secondary · Girls
Holcombe Grammar School
Chatham · Secondary · Boys
Ifield School
Gravesend · Special · Mixed
INSPIRE Free Special School
Chatham · Special · Mixed
Kemnal Technology College
Sidcup · Secondary · Mixed
Kent College (Canterbury)
Canterbury · Senior · Mixed
Kent College International Study Centre
Canterbury · Senior · Mixed
Kent College Pembury
Tunbridge Wells · All-through · Mixed
King's Reach Education
Maidstone · Special · Boys
King's School, Rochester
Rochester · All-through · Mixed
KITE College
Sittingbourne · Special · Mixed
Knole Academy
Sevenoaks · Secondary · Mixed
Langley Park School for Boys
Beckenham · Secondary · Boys
Leigh Academy Bexley
Erith · Secondary · Mixed
Leigh Academy Ebbsfleet
Swanscombe · Secondary · Mixed
Leigh Academy Hugh Christie
Tonbridge · Secondary · Mixed
Leigh Academy Hundred of Hoo
Rochester · All-through · Mixed
Leigh Academy Mascalls
Tonbridge · Secondary · Mixed
Leigh Academy Milestone
Longfield · Special · Mixed
Leigh Academy Minster
Sheerness · Secondary · Mixed
Leigh Academy Strood
Rochester · Secondary · Mixed
Leigh UTC Dartford
Dartford · Secondary · Mixed
Life Skills Enterprise
Margate · Special · Mixed
Lift Bexleyheath
Bexleyheath · Secondary · Mixed
LINK19 College
Gravesend · Special · Mixed
Maidstone Grammar School
Maidstone · Secondary · Boys
Maple Haven Ltd
Birchington · Special · Mixed
Maritime Academy
Rochester · Secondary · Mixed
Marlborough School
Sidcup · Special · Mixed
Meadowfield School
SITTINGBOURNE · Special · Mixed
Meadows School
Tunbridge Wells · Special · Mixed
Newstead Wood School
Orpington · Secondary · Girls
Northfleet School for Girls
Gravesend · Secondary · Girls
Oakley School
Tunbridge Wells · Special · Mixed
Oakwood Park Grammar School
Maidstone · Secondary · Boys
OneSchool Global UK - Maidstone Campus
Maidstone · All-through · Mixed
Orchards Academy
Swanley · Secondary · Mixed
Orion Coopers
Chislehurst · Secondary · Mixed
Orion Eden Park
Beckenham · Secondary · Mixed
Park View Academy
WELLING · Special · Mixed
Parkwood Hall Academy Trust
Swanley · Special · Mixed
PGW Partnership of Greenacre and Walderslade
Chatham · Secondary · Mixed
Radnor House Sevenoaks
Sevenoaks · All-through · Mixed
Rainham School for Girls
Gillingham · Secondary · Girls
Ravens Wood School
Bromley · Secondary · Boys
Ripplevale School
Deal · Special · Mixed
Ripplevale School Rochester
Rochester · Special · Mixed
Riverside School
Orpington · Special · Mixed
Rochester Independent College
Rochester · Senior · Mixed
Sackville School
Tonbridge · Senior · Mixed
SALT COLLEGE
Herne Bay · Special · Mixed
Sandwich Technology School
Sandwich · Secondary · Mixed
School of English Studies
Folkestone · Mixed
Serenity School Maidstone
Maidstone · Special · Mixed
Sevenoaks School
Sevenoaks · Senior · Mixed
Shenstone School
Crayford · Special · Mixed
Simon Langton Girls' Grammar School
Canterbury · Secondary · Girls
Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys
Canterbury · Secondary · Boys
Sir Geoffrey Leigh Academy
Dartford · Secondary · Mixed
St Catherine's Catholic School
Bexleyheath · Secondary · Girls
St Edmund's School Canterbury
Canterbury · All-through · Mixed
St George's Church of England Foundation School
Broadstairs · All-through · Mixed
St Gregory's Catholic School
Tunbridge Wells · Secondary · Mixed
St John Fisher Catholic Comprehensive School
Rochester · Secondary · Mixed
St John's Catholic Comprehensive
Gravesend · Secondary · Mixed
St Nicholas' School
Canterbury · Special · Mixed
St Olave's and St Saviour's Grammar School
Orpington · Secondary · Boys
St Simon Stock Catholic School
Maidstone · Secondary · Mixed
Sutton Valence School
Maidstone · All-through · Mixed
The Abbey School
Faversham · Secondary · Mixed
The Beacon Folkestone
Folkestone · Special · Mixed
The Canterbury Academy
Canterbury · Secondary · Mixed
The FAR Academy
Whitsable · Special · Mixed
The Harvey Grammar School
Folkestone · Secondary · Boys
The Holmesdale School
Snodland · Secondary · Mixed
The Howard School
Gillingham · Secondary · Boys
The Judd School
Tonbridge · Secondary · Boys
The King's School Canterbury
Canterbury · Senior · Mixed
The Lenham School
Maidstone · Secondary · Mixed
The North School
Ashford · Secondary · Mixed
The Robert Napier School
Gillingham · Secondary · Mixed
The Royal Harbour Academy
Ramsgate · Secondary · Mixed
The Skinners' School
Tunbridge Wells · Secondary · Boys
The Thomas Aveling School
Rochester · Secondary · Mixed
The View School
Edenbridge · Special · Mixed
The Worthgate School
Canterbury · Senior · Mixed
TLC The Learning Centre
Orpington · Special · Mixed
Tonbridge Grammar School
Tonbridge · Secondary · Girls
Tonbridge School
Tonbridge · Senior · Boys
Towers School and Sixth Form Centre
Ashford · Secondary · Mixed
Trinity Church of England School, Belvedere
Belvedere · Secondary · Mixed
Trinity School
Sevenoaks · Secondary · Mixed
Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys
Tunbridge Wells · Secondary · Boys
Ursuline College
Westgate-on-Sea · Secondary · Mixed
Valence School
Westerham · Special · Mixed
Valley Park School
Maidstone · Secondary · Mixed
VTC Independent School
Sittingbourne · Senior · Mixed
Walderslade School
Chatham · Secondary · Girls
Walthamstow Hall
Sevenoaks · All-through · Mixed
Weald of Kent Grammar School
Tonbridge · Secondary · Girls
Welling School
Welling · Secondary · Mixed
West Heath School
Kent · Special · Mixed
Westlands School
Sittingbourne · Secondary · Mixed
Wilmington Grammar School for Boys
Dartford · Secondary · Boys
Woodside Academy
Erith · Special · Mixed
Wrotham School
Sevenoaks · Secondary · Mixed
YMCA West Kent
Tonbridge · Special · Mixed
About sixth forms in Kent
Sixth forms in Kent provide 16-18 education through school sixth forms and dedicated sixth-form or further education colleges, each offering a different mix of A-Levels, T-Levels and BTECs. Entry requirements are set by each institution and typically depend on GCSE grades - most ask for at least five passes at grade 4 or above, with higher grades required for individual subjects. Course availability varies considerably across sixth forms in Kent, so it is worth checking whether the specific A-Level or vocational subjects you want are actually on offer before you apply. Open evenings in the autumn term of Year 11 are the best chance to ask questions in person and compare the teaching environment, support offer and facilities.
When comparing sixth forms in Kent, start with A-Level results - the average points per entry and grades at AAB or above give a consistent measure to work with across different institutions. Look at university destinations too: progression to Russell Group universities and the quality of UCAS guidance can vary significantly between a school sixth form and a standalone sixth-form college. Application deadlines in Kent typically fall in the winter of Year 11, so shortlist early, attend open evenings and use School Signal to compare the data in one place.
Choosing a school in Kent
Whether or not Kent has schools of a particular type, the same fundamentals help you compare your options. Ofsted judgements - Outstanding, Good, Requires Improvement or Inadequate - summarise the quality of education, behaviour, personal development and leadership. A rating is a useful starting point, but bear in mind that some schools have not been inspected for several years and that a single word cannot capture everything about a school.
For secondary schools, Progress 8 is often more revealing than raw results. It measures how much pupils improve between the end of primary school and their GCSEs, so a school serving a less advantaged community can still post strong progress. Attainment 8 shows average achievement across eight GCSEs, and the percentage of pupils reaching grade 5 or above in English and maths is a useful benchmark. For 16-18 study, look at A-Level and applied-course results and where students go next.
Beyond the data, look at how places are allocated when a school is oversubscribed and whether your address is likely to secure one, the range of subjects and activities on offer, the sixth-form provision if you are planning ahead, and travel and transport. Above all, visit. An open day tells you more about a school's atmosphere, pastoral care and whether it will suit your child than any league table can.
Frequently asked questions
How many sixth forms are there in Kent?
There are 270 sixth forms in Kent listed on School Signal, of which 103 are rated Outstanding or Good by Ofsted.
Which sixth form in Kent has the best Ofsted rating?
Bennett Memorial Diocesan School is among the highest rated sixth forms in Kent, judged Outstanding at its most recent Ofsted inspection.
What grades do I need for sixth form in Kent?
Most sixth forms in Kent ask for a minimum of five GCSEs at grade 4 or above, including English and Maths, though the exact threshold varies by institution. Individual A-Level subjects typically have their own grade requirements - sciences, Maths and languages often ask for a 6 or 7 in the relevant GCSE. Some sixth forms in Kent set higher overall entry thresholds, particularly those with strong university progression records, so always check the specific entry offer on each school's page.