Northfleet School for Girls

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 1 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Girls
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Kent
Unique reference
118788
Address
Hall Road, Northfleet, DA11 8AQ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1302 (97% of total capacity)
Boys
1.8%
Girls
98.2%
First language not English
21.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
34.6%
Persistent absence
23.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
15.3%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 57.5%
Other White 9.9%
African 9.6%
Mixed 7.4%
Indian 6.6%
Other 2.7%
Pakistani 1.5%
Unclassified 1.2%
Bangladeshi 0.9%
Other Asian 0.9%
Gypsy/Roma 0.5%
Caribbean 0.5%
Other Black 0.4%
Irish 0.3%
Chinese 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 46%
Local authority average 47%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 36%
Local authority average 47%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 42.9
Local authority average 46.6
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.76
Local authority average 4.17
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Animal Care (Non-Agricultural)Technical Award55
Art & DesignTechnical Award10
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award16
Art & DesignGCSE4
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE25
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE51
Business Studies:SingleGCSE82
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE20
DanceGCSE17
English LanguageGCSE204
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Northfleet School for Girls

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
218
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
181
2nd preference
166
3rd preference
124
From another Local Authority
9
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
160
2nd preference
39
3rd preference
13
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes22.3
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
219
0
219
Year 8
219
0
219
Year 9
204
0
204
Year 10
201
0
201
Year 11
204
0
204
Year 12
147
10
137
Year 13
108
14
94
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
86.0%
86.9%
85.5%
Further education
30.0%
28.4%
36.9%
School sixth form
55.0%
57.3%
35.2%
Sixth form college
1.0%
0.4%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.8%
0.5%
Entering employment
4.0%
2.5%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
2.7%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
4.9%
5.7%
Destination unknown
4.0%
3.0%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
53.0%
58.3%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
4.0%
19.8%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
3.0%
2.1%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
4.0%
2.5%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022