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Schools in the Kent local authority

Kent has 714 schools listed on OfferDay across 62 towns.

1 nursery school · 459 primary schools · 100 secondary schools · 4 all-through schools · 2 sixth forms and colleges · 95 special and alternative provision schools · 50 independent schools · 3 other establishments

About schools in Kent

Kent lists 714 schools, most of them primary schools. Its 100 secondary schools are where families compare options once a child finishes primary. The area also has four all-through schools, which teach every age from the early years to school-leaving age on one site.

Ofsted inspects every school listed here. Its newer reports judge a school across several areas rather than giving one overall grade, while older reports still carry the previous single grade, so read the framework and the date on each page before you set two schools side by side. Where results have been published you will also find key stage 2 scores for the primary schools and Attainment 8 for the secondary schools. An inspection or a results table captures a school at one past moment, so use this page to draw up a shortlist and then visit.

Key stage 2, 2024/25
62%
of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, across the 447 schools with published results
Key stage 4, 2024/25
46.9
average Attainment 8 score, across the 129 schools with published results

Top schools in Kent

Ranked by the latest published results; primary and secondary schools are measured differently and never compared with each other.

Primary

  1. 1 Four Elms Primary School 100%
  2. 2 Stowting Church of England Primary School 100%
  3. 3 Ebbsfleet Green Primary School 97%
  4. 4 Leigh Academy Dartford 94%
  5. 5 Borden Church of England Primary School 94%
  6. 6 Charing Church of England Primary School 93%
  7. 7 Valley Invicta Primary School At Kings Hill 90%
  8. 8 Bredhurst Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 90%

Secondary

  1. 1 Dartford Grammar School 79.9
  2. 2 The Judd School 78.4
  3. 3 Tonbridge Grammar School 77.2
  4. 4 Dartford Grammar School for Girls 75.5
  5. 5 Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School 73.4
  6. 6 Highworth Grammar School 70.8
  7. 7 The Skinners' School 70.8
  8. 8 Invicta Grammar School 70.8

Schools by town

The count beside each town is the number of its schools under Kent.

Schools not listed under a town

These schools have no town recorded in the national register.

Common questions about schools in Kent

How many schools does Kent have?
OfferDay lists 714 schools in Kent, including 459 primary schools and 100 secondary schools.
Who inspects schools in Kent?
Every school in Kent is inspected by Ofsted. Newer reports grade several areas of a school separately on a report card, while older reports carry a single overall grade, so check the framework and the date on each page before you compare two schools.
How are schools in Kent ranked?
OfferDay ranks schools in Kent where the Department for Education has published results, by key stage 2 scores for primary schools and Attainment 8 for secondary schools. The ranking links are near the top of this page. A results table only captures one part of a school, so use it to draw up a shortlist and then visit.
How many towns are in the Kent local authority?
OfferDay groups the Kent schools across 62 towns, listed in the schools-by-town section on this page. Any school with no town recorded in the national register is listed separately, grouped by phase, so every school in the local authority is reachable.

School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. Information on this page was last updated on 24 July 2026.