Maidstone Grammar School for Girls

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Mar 7 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
1274 (100% of total capacity)
Boys
5.2%
Girls
94.8%
First language not English
11.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
9.7%
Persistent absence
9.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
5.0%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 70.8%
African 8.3%
Mixed 5.8%
Other White 4.9%
Indian 3.1%
Other Asian 1.6%
Other 1.5%
Bangladeshi 1.3%
Chinese 0.9%
Pakistani 0.5%
Caribbean 0.5%
Irish 0.4%
Other Black 0.3%
Unclassified 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 94%
Local authority average 47%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 88%
Local authority average 47%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 66.4
Local authority average 46.6
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 6.31
Local authority average 4.17
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Additional Mathematics FSMQOther General Qualification (Level 3)30
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE64
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE12
AstronomyGCSE1
BiologyGCSE107
ChemistryGCSE107
ChineseGCSE3
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE52
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Maidstone Grammar School for Girls

Admission Policy
Selective
Total available places
131
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
142
2nd preference
215
3rd preference
134
From another Local Authority
89
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
117
2nd preference
3
3rd preference
5
To another Local Authority
14
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 classes24.5
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
198
0
198
Year 8
203
0
203
Year 9
165
0
165
Year 10
179
0
179
Year 11
171
0
171
Year 12
174
36
138
Year 13
184
30
154
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
96.0%
86.9%
85.5%
Further education
10.0%
28.4%
36.9%
School sixth form
83.0%
57.3%
35.2%
Sixth form college
1.0%
0.4%
12.9%
Other education destinations
3.0%
0.8%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
2.5%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
2.7%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
4.9%
5.7%
Destination unknown
1.0%
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
81.0%
58.3%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
37.0%
19.8%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
2.1%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
3.0%
2.5%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022