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
29.7%
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 %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and 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
Childcare SkillsTechnical Award53
Animal Care (Non-Agricultural)Technical Award23
Sports LeadershipTechnical Award28
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE2
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE54
Business Studies:SingleGCSE53
ChineseGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE19
Design & TechnologyGCSE18
English LanguageGCSE189
Year 2022-2023

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
85.0%
87.7%
86.5%
Further education
29.0%
25.6%
34.7%
School sixth form
54.0%
60.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
1.0%
0.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
1.1%
0.9%
Entering employment
4.0%
4.0%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
2.7%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
7.0%
4.8%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
0.8%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
72.0%
61.7%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
6.0%
19.5%
19.7%
Russell Group
4.0%
16.6%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
1.3%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
2.0%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.4%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020