Northfleet School for Girls

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 2 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
1283 (97% of total capacity)
Boys
2.4%
Girls
97.6%
First language not English
22.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
33.4%
Persistent absence
30.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
14.8%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 58.9%
Other White 10.6%
African 8.5%
Mixed 7.5%
Indian 6.2%
Other 2.5%
Pakistani 1.6%
Other Asian 1%
Bangladeshi 0.8%
Caribbean 0.8%
Gypsy/Roma 0.5%
Unclassified 0.5%
Irish 0.4%
Chinese 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.15
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.12
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 17%
Local authority average 40%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 37%
Local authority average 47%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 44.3
Local authority average 47
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.6
Local authority average 4.12
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Animal Care (Non-Agricultural)Technical Award39
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award13
ArabicGCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE10
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE37
BiologyGCSE12
Business Studies:SingleGCSE54
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE16
Design & TechnologyGCSE13
DanceGCSE12
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Northfleet School for Girls

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
216
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
206
2nd preference
188
3rd preference
119
From another Local Authority
13
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
153
2nd preference
42
3rd preference
17
To another Local Authority
2
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes23.3
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
215
0
215
Year 8
208
0
208
Year 9
206
0
206
Year 10
209
0
209
Year 11
208
0
208
Year 12
133
15
118
Year 13
104
16
88
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
81.0%
86.7%
85.6%
Further education
22.0%
26.6%
35.4%
School sixth form
60.0%
59.1%
36.6%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.3%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.8%
0.5%
Entering employment
3.0%
4.4%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
2.4%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
10.0%
5.4%
5.9%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.0%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
59.0%
63.8%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
4.0%
24.7%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
1.9%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
2.5%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021