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Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys

Community secondary school in Tunbridge Wells (Kent).

Attainment 8
64.5
▲ 18.3 England 2025/26 provisional: 46.2
2025/26 provisional
English & maths 5+
88.4%
▲ 42pp England 2025/26 provisional: 46.3%
2025/26 provisional
Attendance rate
94.9%
▲ 3pp England 2024/25: 91.6%
2024/25 academic year
Pupil : Teacher
19.6
▲ 2.9 England 2025/26: 16.7
2025/26
Eligible for free school meals
5.5%
▼ 22pp England 2025/26: 27.3%
school census 15/01/2026
Teacher turnover
14.6%
▲ 0.4pp England 2024/25: 14.2% (secondary schools)
2024/25
Capacity
143%
1,875 / 1,308 pupils
register figure (GIAS)
Ofsted
Report card
inspected Mar 2026

Location

iSchool location from Get Information about Schools. Nearby schools are coloured by phase. Open Map+ for a full-screen map with neighbourhood deprivation (England only).

About

At Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys we strive to equip our students for a full and constructive place in society, to help them to be adaptive, to exercise critical judgement and to be prepared for the rapidly changing requirements of the twenty-first century. Academic excellence is very impor...

In the school’s own words, from the school website.

Enrichment

26 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.
  • Band
  • Book Club
  • Chess
  • Choir
  • Climbing
  • Cooking
  • Cricket
  • Dance
  • Debating
  • Drama
  • Duke of Edinburgh
  • Football
  • Gardening
  • Lego
  • Minecraft
  • Orchestra

and 10 more

Awards

1 awardiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.
  • Duke of EdinburghPersonal development

Key facts

URN
118790
Type
Community school
Phase
Secondary
Ages
11 to 18
Gender
Boys
Admissions
Selective
Sixth form
Has a sixth form
Nursery
No Nursery Classes
Local authority
Kent
Constituency
Tunbridge Wells
Setting
Urban: Further from a major town or city

Governing body (13 current, 5 former)

Maintained school governing body.

Leadership

NameRoleHow appointedTerm
Dr Philip DrewChair of GovernorsNominated by LA and appointed by GBsince 2024 · until 2028

Full governing body

NameRoleHow appointedTerm
Mrs Susie MartinGovernorAppointed by GB/boardsince 2026 · until 2030
Ms Lucia Cathryn DormerGovernorAppointed by GB/boardsince 2026 · until 2030
Mr Steve Paul NashGovernorAppointed by GB/boardsince 2026 · until 2030
Ms Carolyn SteerGovernorAppointed by GB/boardsince 2025 · until 2027 ends 2027
Mr Ian BuckleyGovernorAppointed by GB/boardsince 2025 · until 2027 ends 2027
Mr Stephen Peter SladeGovernorAppointed by GB/boardsince 2025 · until 2029
Mr Frank Yui Fai CheungGovernorAppointed by GB/boardsince 2025 · until 2029
Mrs Petra SlukaGovernorAppointed by GB/boardsince 2024 · until 2027 ends 2027
Dr Ruth PettiferGovernorAppointed by GB/boardsince 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027
Ms Fiona HawkesGovernorElected by school staffsince 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027
Mr Peter Martin FallonGovernorAppointed by GB/boardsince 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027
Ms Amanda SimpsonGovernorEx-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principalsince 2017
Mrs Clare Sinha FormerGovernorAppointed by GB/boardsince 2025 · term ended 2025
Mr David Madin FormerGovernorAppointed by GB/boardsince 2024 · term ended 2026
Mr Keith Ditcham FormerGovernorAppointed by GB/boardsince 2022 · term ended 2026
Mr Bhaskar Shankar FormerGovernorParent appointed by GB/board due to no election candidatessince 2022 · term ended 2026
Mrs Anna Pace FormerGovernorAppointed by GB/boardsince 2021 · term ended 2025

Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools (governance records, as at 25 October 2026). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Names are shown as published; there are no addresses or contact details. Current and former are worked out from term end dates when the page loads. Object or ask for removal · Report an issue with this record