Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School

This school is excellent for already high achieving students.
Lessons are taught thoroughly by mostly excellent teachers.
Lack of non academic opportunities and recognition for non academic achievement.
Students have a lot of pressure placed on them academically without mental health care available to every student.
This school will probably give you good grades but the overall school experience could be better.
Some great school trips take place and communication with parents is excellent all round.
This school is definitely an excellent choice if your child is high achieving and copes well under pressure!

I really love it here, I moved from a mixed comprehension to here in sixth form and so far I've loved the experience. It's been a great working environments with a far greater focus on mental health than my old school, and during covid times where my year groups isolating it's beven really good with the online schooling, even though I'm not in school I'm still not feeling like I'm missing out. All the students have been so friendly and I'm so glad that I chose to come here, and nearly every other new student I've spoken to has also been so glad they've moved here.

Huge pressure on students to get As and A*.
Lack of flexibility.
Don’t care about students well-being at all, only the grades they are getting.

You will get top grades (especially at gcse) but it’s mainly due to student’s already being high performing. Exams are the focus not learning about a subject.

Can be a really good school if you’re very mentally robust and have high self esteem. Otherwise can just be very demoralising, and a lack of sports opportunities or activities outside academia.