- Ofsted:Outstanding
- Girls
- Grammar
- Has a sixth form
Results well above the South East average, low absence.
351 first choices, 127 offers made
Typical GCSE gradeGrade 8
South East Grade 5England Grade 5
- Days missed a year
- Pupils
- 939
Secondary schools in the South East
All 1,105 secondary schools in the South East. Narrow them down, then shortlist up to four to compare.
- Ofsted:Outstanding
- Boys
- Grammar
- Has a sixth form
Results well above the South East average, low absence.
400 first choices, 146 offers made
Typical GCSE gradeGrade 8
South East Grade 5England Grade 5
- Days missed a year
- Pupils
- 1,138
- Ofsted:Outstanding in every area
- Boys
- Grammar
- Has a sixth form
Results well above the South East average, low absence.
400 first choices, 179 offers made
Typical GCSE gradeGrade 8
South East Grade 5England Grade 5
- Days missed a year
- Pupils
- 1,541
Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School
Rochester, ME1 3EL · Academy · Secondary · Ages 11 to 18 · Boys
- Ofsted:Outstanding
- Boys
- Grammar
- Has a sixth form
Results well above the South East average, low absence.
336 first choices, 201 offers made
Typical GCSE gradeGrade 7
South East Grade 5England Grade 5
- Days missed a year
- Pupils
- 1,555
- Ofsted:Outstanding in every area
- Grammar
- Has a sixth form
Results well above the South East average, low absence.
309 first choices, 183 offers made
Typical GCSE gradeGrade 8
South East Grade 5England Grade 5
- Days missed a year
- Pupils
- 1,331
- Ofsted:Outstanding
- Girls
- Grammar
- Has a sixth form
Results well above the South East average, low absence.
302 first choices, 189 offers made
Typical GCSE gradeGrade 8
South East Grade 5England Grade 5
- Days missed a year
- Pupils
- 1,391
- Ofsted:Outstanding
- Boys
- Grammar
- Has a sixth form
Results well above the South East average, low absence.
238 first choices, 185 offers made
Typical GCSE gradeGrade 8
South East Grade 5England Grade 5
- Days missed a year
- Pupils
- 1,384
- Ofsted:Outstanding
- Girls
- Grammar
- Has a sixth form
Results well above the South East average, low absence.
290 first choices, 255 offers made
Typical GCSE gradeGrade 7
South East Grade 5England Grade 5
- Days missed a year
- Pupils
- 1,670
- Ofsted:Outstanding
- Grammar
- Has a sixth form
Results well above the South East average, low absence.
256 first choices, 184 offers made
Typical GCSE gradeGrade 7
South East Grade 5England Grade 5
- Days missed a year
- Pupils
- 1,353
- Ofsted:Outstanding
- Grammar
- Has a sixth form
Results well above the South East average, low absence.
257 first choices, 146 offers made
Typical GCSE gradeGrade 8
South East Grade 5England Grade 5
- Days missed a year
- Pupils
- 1,222
- Ofsted:Outstanding
- Girls
- Grammar
- Has a sixth form
Results well above the South East average, low absence.
268 first choices, 191 offers made
Typical GCSE gradeGrade 8
South East Grade 5England Grade 5
- Days missed a year
- Pupils
- 1,368
- Ofsted:Outstanding
- Grammar
- Has a sixth form
Results well above the South East average, low absence.
195 first choices, 165 offers made
Typical GCSE gradeGrade 8
South East Grade 5England Grade 5
- Days missed a year
- Pupils
- 1,155
- Ofsted:Outstanding in every area
- Girls
- Grammar
- Has a sixth form
Results well above the South East average, low absence.
267 first choices, 214 offers made
Typical GCSE gradeGrade 7
South East Grade 5England Grade 5
- Days missed a year
- Pupils
- 1,553
- Ofsted:Outstanding
- Catholic
- Has a sixth form
Results well above the South East average, low absence.
378 first choices, 236 offers made
Typical GCSE gradeGrade 7
South East Grade 5England Grade 5
- Days missed a year
- Pupils
- 1,594
- Ofsted:Strong standard or better
- Girls
- Grammar
- Has a sixth form
Results well above the South East average, low absence.
428 first choices, 178 offers made
Typical GCSE gradeGrade 8
South East Grade 5England Grade 5
- Days missed a year
- Pupils
- 1,257
- Ofsted:Outstanding in every area
- Has a sixth form
Results well above the South East average, low absence.
209 first choices, 106 offers made
Typical GCSE gradeGrade 6
South East Grade 5England Grade 5
- Days missed a year
- Pupils
- 988
- Ofsted:Expected standard or better
- Grammar
- Has a sixth form
Results well above the South East average, low absence.
347 first choices, 177 offers made
Typical GCSE gradeGrade 8
South East Grade 5England Grade 5
- Days missed a year
- Pupils
- 1,284
- Ofsted:Outstanding in every area
- Catholic
- Has a sixth form
Results well above the South East average, low absence.
379 first choices, 273 offers made
Typical GCSE gradeGrade 6
South East Grade 5England Grade 5
- Days missed a year
- Pupils
- 1,884
- Ofsted:Expected standard or better
- Boys
- Grammar
- Has a sixth form
Results well above the South East average, low absence.
232 first choices, 160 offers made
Typical GCSE gradeGrade 7
South East Grade 5England Grade 5
- Days missed a year
- Pupils
- 1,149
- Ofsted:Outstanding
- Catholic
- Has a sixth form
Results well above the South East average, low absence.
260 first choices, 206 offers made
Typical GCSE gradeGrade 6
South East Grade 5England Grade 5
- Days missed a year
- Pupils
- 1,360
- Ofsted:Outstanding
- Girls
- Has a sixth form
Results well above the South East average, low absence.
276 first choices, 237 offers made
Typical GCSE gradeGrade 7
South East Grade 5England Grade 5
- Days missed a year
- Pupils
- 1,468
- Ofsted:Outstanding
- Catholic
- Grammar
- Has a sixth form
Results well above the South East average, low absence.
178 first choices, 150 offers made
Typical GCSE gradeGrade 7
South East Grade 5England Grade 5
- Days missed a year
- Pupils
- 1,178
- Ofsted:Outstanding
- Girls
- Grammar
- Has a sixth form
Results well above the South East average, low absence.
353 first choices, 180 offers made
Typical GCSE gradeGrade 8
South East Grade 5England Grade 5
- Days missed a year
- Pupils
- 1,150
- Ofsted:Outstanding
- Girls
- Grammar
- Has a sixth form
Results well above the South East average, low absence.
263 first choices, 190 offers made
Typical GCSE gradeGrade 7
South East Grade 5England Grade 5
- Days missed a year
- Pupils
- 1,371
- Secondary schools1,105including 327 special
- Typical GCSE grade47.8England 46.2
- Good or Outstanding94%of graded schools · England 94.8%
- Faith schools226 of 1,10551 Catholic, 99 Church of England
- With a nursery class142take children from 2 or 3
- Free school meals21.9%of pupils get them
The big picture
How the South East's secondary schools spread out
Each dot is one school. Hover over a dot to see which school it is.
Ofsted grades in the South East
The last full grade for each school Ofsted has graded.
- Outstanding: 61 of 327
- Good: 246 of 327
- Requires improvement: 8 of 327
- Inadequate: 12 of 327
Before you apply
Four things worth knowing in the South East
Some are faith schools.
226 of the 1,105 secondary schools in the South East have a religious character. When they're full, they can put families of their faith first, so check each school's rules.
Show schools with no religious characterApply by 31 October.
Apply to your council in Year 6 for a Year 7 place. Offers come out on 1 March.
Check how old the Ofsted grade is.
Some grades are many years old. Each school's page shows the date of its last inspection and what's changed since.
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About these schools
Secondary schools in the South East, explained
There are 1,105 secondary schools in the South East, teaching 730,000 children. 107 are run by the council and 503 are academies or free schools. Among them are 327 special and 387 independent schools.
94% of the mainstream state schools Ofsted has graded are Good or Outstanding, against 94.8% across England. 61 of them are Outstanding, though some grades are several years old, so check the date on each school's page.
Pupils in South East scored an average Attainment 8 of 47.8 across their best eight GCSEs, against 46.2 across England.
21.9% of pupils get free school meals. Schools here spend £8,662 a year on each pupil, against £8,120 across England. 23.7% of pupils are persistently absent, missing one day in ten or more, against 18.1% across England.
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Pick an area to see its secondary schools, or browse other kinds of school in and around the South East.
- Kent206 secondary schools
- Surrey162 secondary schools
- Hampshire148 secondary schools
- Oxfordshire92 secondary schools
- West Sussex91 secondary schools
- Buckinghamshire65 secondary schools
- East Sussex64 secondary schools
- Medway32 secondary schools
- Milton Keynes29 secondary schools
- Windsor and Maidenhead28 secondary schools
- West Berkshire26 secondary schools
- Wokingham25 secondary schools
- Southampton24 secondary schools
- Brighton and Hove22 secondary schools
- Reading22 secondary schools
- Slough22 secondary schools
- Portsmouth19 secondary schools
- Bracknell Forest15 secondary schools
- Isle of Wight13 secondary schools
Other schools in the South East
- Primary schools3,180 schools
- Nurseries3,488 schools
- Sixth forms632 schools
- Grammar schools57 schools
- Private schools542 schools
- Special schools402 schools
- Boarding schools202 schools
- Faith schools1,283 schools
- Catholic schools217 schools
- Church of England schools931 schools
- Muslim schools8 schools
- Girls' schools74 schools
- Boys' schools68 schools
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Questions
Questions parents ask
How many secondary schools are in the South East?
There are 1,105 secondary schools in the South East, including state-funded, academies, and independent schools.
What are the best secondary schools in the South East?
The highest-ranked secondary schools in the South East on Eduscope are Kendrick School, Reading School and The Judd School. We rank each state school against schools of the same phase across England on its Ofsted inspection, results and attendance.
How many Ofsted Outstanding secondary schools are in the South East?
the South East has 61 secondary schools rated Outstanding by Ofsted. A further 246 are rated Good, meaning 94% of inspected schools hold a Good or Outstanding rating.
How are secondary schools in the South East ranked on Eduscope?
Each state school gets a rank score out of 100. We place each measure as a percentile among state schools of the same phase across England, then weight them. Primary schools: latest Ofsted inspection 30%, pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 30%, pupils reaching the higher standard 10%, persistent absence (lower is better) 20%, average reading and maths scores 10%. Secondary schools: latest Ofsted inspection 25%, Attainment 8 25%, grade 5 or above in English and maths 15%, persistent absence (lower is better) 15%, pupils staying in education or work after GCSEs 10%, A level average points (sixth forms only) 10%. Results are averaged over up to three years, and an Ofsted grade older than five years counts for less. A school needs data for at least 60% of the weights. Special schools, pupil referral units, nurseries, independent schools and 16 to 19 schools aren't ranked, and are listed by Ofsted grade and name. Our methodology page explains more.
What is the average class size in the South East secondary schools?
The average pupil-teacher ratio across secondary schools in the South East is 17:1. While this is not a direct measure of class size, it indicates the level of teaching resource available per pupil.
How do I choose a secondary school in the South East?
When choosing a secondary school in the South East, consider Ofsted ratings, GCSE results (Progress 8 and Attainment 8), sixth form provision, and the school's specialisms. You can compare all 1,105 secondary schools on Eduscope using filters for school type, gender, and admissions policy.
Sources: Department for Education school performance tables, school census and workforce data, Get Information About Schools and Ofsted. Distances are straight-line estimates.