About Tonbridge Grammar School
Tonbridge Grammar School is a high achieving selective mainstream foundation state grammar school educating approximately just over 1000 students between 11 and 18. The 6th form has been coeducational since 2002. We have specialist status in Maths and Computing and also Languages and Internationalism. We also have Leading Edge status. The school prepares students for GCSEs, AS and A levels and the International Baccalaureate. In addition to a extensive curricular timetable, our students have the opportunity to take part in a very wide range of extracurricular opportunities including Outreach, “Extend, Excel, Explore” and Building Bridges programmes.
The school opened in 1905 and is situated in 14 acres in Deakin Leas on the south side of Tonbridge. In 2007 and 2008 an ambitious fundraising campaign financed a brand new school building that replaced many temporary buildings on the campus and that financed the redevelopment the original School on the Hilltop. The Hands Building opened in late 2009.
Our facilities
The Hands Building comprises 35 class rooms, a drama studio, a dance studio and a sports hall.
The Matthews Centre comprises 4 Science laboratories and 5 Design and Technology workshops.
The original School on the Hilltop comprises 6 further Science laboratories, 9 Music rooms, 4 Art rooms (including a photographic studio), the food and technology workroom, and the school’s Main Hall.
Our outdoor facilities currently consist of two hard courts and pitches on grass for hockey, rounders, football and summer athletics.
Specialisms
Mathematics & Computing: Students benefit from a broad range of links with other schools and businesses, as well as from the use of specialist equipment brought in by our specialist status.
Languages: As a Leading Edge school we have developed links with our partner primary schools in Modern Languages which supports faster progression at Key Stage 3. We continue to develop the International dimension to teaching and learning, through exchanges and video conference links with schools in continental Europe and beyond.
Our School Community
The School Leader and Student Manager work closely with parents and with Subject Leaders with the goal of ensuring that each student has a carefully balanced programme of personal development and pastoral care that complements the academic curriculum.
Sixth Form
Tonbridge Grammar School is one of a growing number of state schools nationally to offer the International Baccalaureate to Sixth Form students.
A Life Long Education
We intend that our curriculum should imbue in our students these qualities: responsibility, independence, and a sense that learning can thrill and invigorate throughout life.