The Duke of York’s Royal Military School

Ranked in the top 5% of schools nationally, students make outstanding progress at GCSE, over two-thirds of a grade higher than the national average. 95% of students move on to university, 40% of which were Oxbridge and Russell group universities. From the moment you enter the 150-acre Kentish parkland estate, you will be amazed at the facilities on offer and the breadth of opportunities students can access. The school, open to all 11–18-year-olds, is boarding school with no day students offering Saturday morning lessons and co-curricular activities throughout the week and on Saturday afternoons.

The school boasts unrivalled facilities including an Olympic standard floodlit athletics track, state-of-the-art strength and conditioning gym suite, an indoor heated 6-lane swimming pool, two climbing walls and squash courts. Students enjoy a unique blend of academic achievement and an active lifestyle with sport,music, drama, and a vast activities programme of over 60 clubs and societies a week including Combined Cadet Force and Duke of Edinburgh’s Award scheme.

Those qualifying for the MOD Continuity of Education Allowance benefit from a 92% reduction in fees, for 2025-26 this leaves £592 per term payable by parents.