Cranbrook School is an Academy converter serving secondary age pupils, located in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. The school has 918 pupils enrolled. Ofsted: Good (graded inspection, 22 March 2022). Last inspected 6 May 2026. The Headteacher is David Clark. The school is administered by Kent local authority. It belongs to CRANBROOK SCHOOL ACADEMY TRUST. The school has a Christian religious character. It opened in 1 December 2011.
Applications for places at Cranbrook School are handled by the school or the local authority (Kent). See the school's website for admissions arrangements, or read the GOV.UK guide to school admissions.
GCSE Performance (Key Stage 4)
66.9
Attainment 8 · 2024-25
+0.43
Progress 8 · 2023-24
86%
Grade 5+ in English & maths · 2024-25
95%
Grade 4+ in English & maths · 2024-25
6.58
EBacc average point score · 2024-25
88%
Entering the EBacc · 2024-25
Attainment 8 is the school's average GCSE score across eight key subjects — higher is better.
Progress 8 shows how much progress pupils made between ages 11 and 16 compared with similar pupils nationally — 0 is average, positive is above average. Shown for 2023-24, the most recent year the Department for Education published it.
Grade 5+ / 4+ in English & maths is the share of pupils achieving at least a strong pass (5) or a standard pass (4) in both subjects.
EBacc covers the English Baccalaureate subject mix: English, maths, sciences, a language, and history or geography.