Dover Grammar School for Boys
Secondary schoolDover Grammar School for Boys is a secondary school in Dover, for pupils aged 11 to 18. It had 960 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 21 January 2025
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Dover Grammar School for Boys was 63.1, against 42.0 in Dover and 46.2 in England.
90.1% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Dover | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 63.1 | 42.0 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 90.1% | 39.1% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 98.6% | 55.6% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 142 | – | – |
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Astor Secondary SchoolSecondary. Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 30.3 (2025/26, provisional)200 m
- White Cliffs Primary and Nursery SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), May 2024. 57% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)500 m
- St Martin's SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, February 2024. 70% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)530 m
- Priory Fields SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, May 2024. 53% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)550 m
- Vale View Community SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), April 2022. 60% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)550 m
- Elms SchoolSpecial. School remains Good, March 20231 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Dover
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).