Dover Grammar School for Girls

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Nov 14 2013 Ofsted report
Gender
Girls
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Kent
Unique reference
118806
Address
Frith Road, CT16 2PZ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
875 (97% of total capacity)
Boys
3.5%
Girls
96.5%
First language not English
11%
Free school meals (FSM)
14.4%
Persistent absence
15.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
5.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 79.2%
Mixed 9%
Other White 4.2%
Other Asian 2.4%
Indian 1.8%
Unclassified 0.9%
Bangladeshi 0.8%
Other 0.8%
African 0.6%
Irish 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.28
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.12
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 92%
Local authority average 40%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 78%
Local authority average 47%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 59.7
Local authority average 47
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 5.83
Local authority average 4.12
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignGCSE44
BiologyGCSE57
Business Studies:SingleGCSE55
ChemistryGCSE57
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE19
Design & TechnologyGCSE36
English LanguageGCSE143
English LiteratureGCSE143
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE15
FrenchGCSE89
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Dover Grammar School for Girls

Admission Policy
Selective
Total available places
140
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
166
2nd preference
89
3rd preference
37
From another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
136
2nd preference
4
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
0
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 classes19.7
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
143
0
143
Year 8
131
0
131
Year 9
135
0
135
Year 10
133
0
133
Year 11
124
0
124
Year 12
119
15
104
Year 13
90
16
74
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
98.0%
87.7%
86.5%
Further education
8.0%
25.6%
34.7%
School sixth form
89.0%
60.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.1%
0.9%
Entering employment
2.0%
4.0%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
2.7%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
1.0%
4.8%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
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
83.0%
61.7%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
23.0%
19.5%
19.7%
Russell Group
20.0%
16.6%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
1.3%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
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