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
1123 (89% of total capacity)
Boys
9.0%
Girls
91.0%
First language not English
15.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
5.1%
Persistent absence
9.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
2.3%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 40.9%
African 17.2%
Mixed 12.5%
Other White 6.2%
Indian 6.2%
Other Asian 4.9%
Unclassified 2.9%
Bangladeshi 2.7%
Other 1.7%
Chinese 1.5%
Pakistani 1.2%
Other Black 1.1%
Caribbean 0.7%
Irish 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: 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
ArabicGCSE2
Art & DesignGCSE35
BiologyGCSE99
Business Studies:SingleGCSE51
ChemistryGCSE99
ChineseGCSE30
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE51
English LanguageGCSE146
English LiteratureGCSE146
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE14
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Wilmington Grammar School for Girls

Admission Policy
Selective
Total available places
179
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
187
2nd preference
325
3rd preference
187
From another Local Authority
553
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
96
2nd preference
73
3rd preference
7
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 classes24.1
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
180
0
180
Year 8
180
0
180
Year 9
178
0
178
Year 10
180
0
180
Year 11
146
0
146
Year 12
130
54
76
Year 13
129
47
82
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
98.0%
86.7%
85.6%
Further education
13.0%
26.6%
35.4%
School sixth form
84.0%
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
0.0%
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
76.0%
63.8%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
36.0%
24.7%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
1.9%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
10.0%
2.5%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021