Maidstone Grammar School for Girls

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Mar 8 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Girls
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Kent
Unique reference
118836
Address
Buckland Road, ME16 0SF

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1244 (96% of total capacity)
Boys
5.9%
Girls
94.1%
First language not English
10.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
8.7%
Persistent absence
17.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
3.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 70.7%
African 8.6%
Mixed 5.4%
Other White 5.1%
Indian 3.3%
Other Asian 1.8%
Other 1.3%
Bangladeshi 1%
Chinese 1%
Pakistani 0.6%
Irish 0.4%
Other Black 0.4%
Caribbean 0.2%
Unclassified 0.2%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.49
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.12
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 93%
Local authority average 40%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 87%
Local authority average 47%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 63.6
Local authority average 47
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 6
Local authority average 4.12
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignGCSE74
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE15
AstronomyGCSE20
BiologyGCSE112
ChemistryGCSE112
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE68
Design & TechnologyGCSE19
DanceGCSE13
English LanguageGCSE183
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Maidstone Grammar School for Girls

Admission Policy
Selective
Total available places
166
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
175
2nd preference
240
3rd preference
147
From another Local Authority
91
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
141
2nd preference
13
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
22
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 classes22.2
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
191
0
191
Year 8
161
0
161
Year 9
179
0
179
Year 10
173
0
173
Year 11
183
0
183
Year 12
189
30
159
Year 13
168
43
125
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
97.0%
86.7%
85.6%
Further education
5.0%
26.6%
35.4%
School sixth form
91.0%
59.1%
36.6%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.3%
13.0%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.8%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
4.4%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
2.4%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
1.0%
5.4%
5.9%
Destination unknown
2.0%
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
77.0%
63.8%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
32.0%
24.7%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
1.9%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
5.0%
2.5%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021