Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys is a large selective boys' grammar school on St John's Road, with a co-educational sixth form and about 1,799 pupils on roll. The school describes itself as one school on two sites, and that scale matters: TWGSB is one of the bigger Kent grammar-school communities, with a Year 7 intake of 300 and a sixth form that draws both internal and external applicants.
The academic language is built around all-round excellence. The school says its broad and ambitious curriculum is designed to help students achieve their fullest potential, while the headteacher's welcome links academic aspiration with confidence, resilience, critical thinking and respectful relationships. In Years 7 to 11, target grades are tied to prior attainment and all students are expected to work towards at least GCSE grade 6 targets.
Facilities and sixth-form provision are unusually prominent. A recent 12 million pound expansion at the Tunbridge Wells campus added a two-storey teaching centre, sports centre and reconfigured dining hall. TWGSB6 is based in a new building, offers 25 A-level subjects, and includes a study centre with silent and quiet work areas, an ICT suite and charging lockers. Co-curricular opportunities include music, drama, sport, Duke of Edinburgh, chess and student leadership.
Admission to Year 7 is through the Kent Test. The 2027 policy gives priority to looked-after and previously looked-after children, then current family association, health or special access reasons, boys within three miles, named parishes and finally other eligible boys by distance. Pupil Premium priority applies within oversubscribed criteria where the supplementary form is returned. The latest applications record lists 1,059 applications and 299 offers for 2025/26; published measures add Ofsted Good, +0.46 Progress 8, 95.9% grade 5+ in English and maths and 20% AAB or better at A level.
