Our independent status means that we can prepare pupils for a wide variety of schools and we aim to place each child in the best school most suited to their individual needs. This is achieved through discussions between staff, parents and pupils, and close liaison with senior schools.
Children can leave Northbourne Park at the end of Year 6 to enter local grammar schools. The school has an excellent pass rate for the Kent Test (11+). Many pupils remain at the school to sit Common Entrance exams ready for entry at senior independent schools or grammar schools in Year 9.
We are very proud of our children's successes. Each year since our foundation we have achieved 100% pass rate in the ISEB Common Entrance (13+). Children also take scholarship exams set by individual senior schools with pupils most recently gaining scholarships to Kent College, St Edmunds (Canterbury), King's School Canterbury, and Tonbridge School.
Year 8 children leaving Northbourne Park have gone on to: Eton, Harrow, Benenden, Kings School Canterbury, Cheltenham College, St Edmunds (Canterbury), Kent College, Dover College, and Millfield.
Children in the Section Française Bilingue return to continue their studies in their home country or remain in the English education system. In 2024, 93.5% of pupils passed their entrée en 4e and entrée en 5e exams. 100% of pupils passed their Cambridge English KET, PET, and FCE Exams.
The number of children in Reception class achieving their Early Learning Goals is consistently higher than the national average.
Read more about leaving pupils' destination schools, scholarship awards, and 2023/4's public examination results here.