Wilmington Grammar School for Girls

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Nov 17 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Girls
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Kent
Unique reference
137250
Address
Wilmington Grange, Parsons Lane, Wilmington, DA2 7BB

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1068 (89% of total capacity)
Boys
8.6%
Girls
91.4%
First language not English
15.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
5%
Persistent absence
7.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
1.5%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 41.9%
African 18.5%
Mixed 9.3%
Other White 6.1%
Indian 5.8%
Other Asian 5.3%
Unclassified 4%
Bangladeshi 2.8%
Other 1.7%
Chinese 1.6%
Pakistani 1.2%
Caribbean 0.7%
Other Black 0.6%
Irish 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Capacity % and other Pupils data: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.74
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.12
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 99%
Local authority average 40%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 91%
Local authority average 47%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 67.7
Local authority average 47
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 6.5
Local authority average 4.12
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignGCSE36
BiologyGCSE73
Business Studies:SingleGCSE44
ChemistryGCSE73
ChineseGCSE31
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE40
English LanguageGCSE141
English LiteratureGCSE141
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE12
FrenchGCSE43
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Wilmington Grammar School for Girls

Admission Policy
Selective
Total available places
180
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
231
2nd preference
315
3rd preference
172
From another Local Authority
572
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
110
2nd preference
65
3rd preference
3
To another Local Authority
30
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2023-2024

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes23.5
Year 2022-2023

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
179
0
179
Year 8
180
0
180
Year 9
180
0
180
Year 10
147
0
147
Year 11
141
0
141
Year 12
131
46
85
Year 13
110
46
64
Year 2022-2023

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
97.0%
87.7%
86.5%
Further education
8.0%
25.6%
34.7%
School sixth form
87.0%
60.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
2.0%
0.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.1%
0.9%
Entering employment
0.0%
4.0%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
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
74.0%
61.7%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
12.0%
19.5%
19.7%
Russell Group
9.0%
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
6.0%
1.4%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020
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