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Duke of Kent School

Mixed · ages 3–16 · no sixth formSurrey, South East · Cranleigh GU6 7NSSchool website
Pupils on roll
303of 360 places
Free school meals
Year 11 cohort 2025
43
Ofsted
Not covered by Ofsted school inspections
What the data says

The Department for Education has not published where Duke of Kent School’s Year 11 leavers went next (destination measures are not published for independent schools), so this page relies on the school’s results and subjects.

Physical Education is unusually popular at GCSE: 47% of the year group took it, against 11% of pupils across England.

Where pupils went after Year 11

Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Surrey and England.

The Department for Education has not published destination figures for this school (new school, small cohort or not a state-funded school).

GCSE results 2025

MeasureDuke of Kent SchoolSurreyEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)36.050.846.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths0%55%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths0%74%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects0%44%41%
EBacc average point score3.644.554.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort15%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils32.634.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils54.250.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language12%19%

Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.

Subjects taken at GCSE

Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
Geography3274%41%72%25%100%
Combined Science3070%65%30%9%100%
Physical Education2047%11%25%24%100%
Design and Technology1740%11%41%23%100%
Spanish1433%19%71%27%100%
Computer Science1433%13%71%30%100%
Drama1228%7%67%27%100%
Biology1228%23%75%45%100%
Chemistry1228%23%83%47%100%
Physics1228%23%83%46%100%
Art and Design1126%7%55%24%100%
Music921%5%56%33%100%
French512%18%29%

Other secondary schools in Surrey

Ash Manor School

Community school · 1,252 pupils

84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 49.7

Blenheim High School

Academy converter · sixth form · 1,370 pupils

88% stayed in education · Attainment 8 49.4

Broadwater School

Academy converter · 750 pupils

86% stayed in education · Attainment 8 55.9

Carrington School

Academy converter · 1,012 pupils

90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.0

Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.