Best Secondary Schools in Dover

We checked all 8 secondary schools in Dover, Kent, and list every one: 6 ranked, then 2 without a rank.

Schools checked
8
Ranked
6
Without a rank
2

Ranks combine 2024/25 GCSE results, worth 60% of each school's score, with the latest Ofsted outcome, worth 40%, as how we rank schools sets out. Rank 1 is the highest score in Dover. Schools with the same score share a rank. Schools without published results or an Ofsted outcome follow the ranked schools, in name order.

Dover also has 22 primary schools, ranked on SATs results and Ofsted. Every school in the area is also listed with the other schools in Kent. Kent also has rankings for Maidstone, Canterbury, Gravesend, Tonbridge, Dartford and all of Kent.

Ranked secondary schools in Dover

  1. 1

    Dover Grammar School for Boys

    Local authority maintained, Selective, 960 pupils, inspected January 2025

    Ofsted judgements: Good to outstanding
    Attainment 8
    65.4
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    93%

  2. 2

    Dover Grammar School for Girls

    Local authority maintained, Selective, 847 pupils, inspected March 2025

    Ofsted judgements: Good
    Attainment 8
    59.9
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    75.2%

  3. 3

    Duke of York's Royal Military School

    Academy, 470 pupils, inspected February 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    55.0
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    61.3%

  4. 4

    St Edmund's Catholic School

    Academy, 644 pupils, inspected July 2022

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    39.0
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    33.6%

  5. 5

    Astor Secondary School

    Academy, 732 pupils, inspected March 2026

    Report card: Needs attention to expected standard
    Attainment 8
    27.9
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    10.1%

  6. 6

    Dover Christ Church Academy

    Academy, 761 pupils, inspected October 2022

    Ofsted: Requires improvement
    Attainment 8
    30.4
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    8.3%

Secondary schools in Dover without a rank

  • Beech Grove School

    Independent, Selective, 86 pupils, inspected April 2024

    Ofsted: Good

  • Dover College

    Independent, 242 pupils

    No Ofsted inspection
    Attainment 8
    25.5
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    0%