The top and bottom five schools in the county have been revealed as the GCSE results for this year are released.

Tonbridge Grammar School was the best performing last year, according to the new figures from the Department for Education.

School's have been ranked in order of average Attainment 8 score - a tool which measures the achievement of a pupil across eight different subjects during the exams which took place earlier this summer.

The data puts Tonbridge Grammar top of the pile with a score of 77.9 - substantially ahead of The Judd School, also based in Tonbridge, which is ranked second with 75.7.

Rosemary Joyce, head teacher at Tonbridge Grammar School, said: “We are delighted with the hard work and achievements of our students; however academic outcomes are only one of the ways success is measured at Tonbridge Grammar School.

"The teaching team prides itself on ensuring each student is ‘real world ready’. When we see students become independent learners who are curious, creative and critical thinkers and are driven to make a difference in the world, we feel a great sense of accomplishment.”

Completing the county's top five are Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School with 73.2, then Dartford Grammar School and The Skinners' School in Tunbridge Wells, which both scored 73.2.

The top 31 spots are dominated by grammars, with the highest non-selective score coming from Tunbridge Wells' Bennett Memorial Diocesan School, with 57.7

Excluding special schools, Margate's Hartsdown Academy is the school with the lowest Attainment 8 score with just 23.3.

Joining them in the bottom five are Oasis Academy Isle of Sheppey with 28.4, Dover Christ Church Academy with 29.8, The Royal Harbour Academy in Ramsgate with 30.5 and Folkestone Academy with 31.

Dover Grammar School for Boys had the lowest score of all the selectives on the list, with 56.2.

Joanne Bartley, from the anti-grammar campaign, Kent Education Network, however, felt the list was unfair because of the county's selective system.

"I'd dispute that this is a list of the best and worst schools in Kent because the stats here are different to everywhere else," she said.

"Parents may think these mean something but grammars are bound to get these higher scores because they carefully select the pupils who will do well in exams - they are not doing any magic in the classrooms."