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Maidstone Grammar School for Girls[1]

Grammar · Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 63 62.7 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL B- B- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
62.7 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
82.4% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
25.6% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.57 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[5]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 66.4[6] 87.7%[6]
2023/24 66.3[4] 85.8%[4] +0.57[4]
2022/23 63.6[7] 87%[7] +0.49[7]
2021/22 69.4[8] 92%[8] +0.47[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
B- 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
12.8% 2024/25[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 B-[10] 13.6%[10]
2022/23 B-[11] 11.5%[11]
2021/22 B+[12] 27.6%[12]
2018/19 B-[13] 12.2%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
98% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
83% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
1% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
10% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
1% 2022/23[14]
Employment
1% 2022/23[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 99%[15] 91%[15] 0%[15] 5%[15] 0%[15] 1%[15]
2020/21 98%[16] 85%[16] 0%[16] 11%[16] 1%[16] 0%[16]
2019/20 98%[17] 88%[17] 0%[17] 8%[17] 1%[17] 0%[17]
2018/19 99%[18] 93%[18] 0%[18] 2%[18] 1%[18] 1%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
85% 2022/23[19]
Education
61% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
8% 2022/23[19]
Employment
17% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 94%[20] 69%[20] 4%[20] 21%[20]
2020/21 94%[21] 68%[21] 8%[21] 18%[21]
2019/20 95%[22] 72%[22] 4%[22] 19%[22]
2018/19 93%[23] 68%[23] 3%[23] 22%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
81% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
37% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
22% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
2% 2019/20[25]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 77%[26] 32%[26]
2019/20 79%[25] 25%[25] 22%[25] 2%[25]
2018/19 82%[27] 30%[27] 28%[27] 3%[27]
2017/18 81%[28] 22%[28] 19%[28] 1%[28]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
7 Mar 2023[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
9 May 2023[29]
Personal development
Outstanding[29]
Quality of education
Outstanding[29]
Overall effectiveness
Outstanding[29]
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Outstanding[29]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Outstanding[29]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
5.3 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Applications (any preference)
699 Entry Sept 2026[30]
First preferences
132 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Places offered
133 Entry Sept 2026[30]
First preferences per place
1.0 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 648[30] 142[30] 131[30] 4.9[30] 1.1[30]
Entry Sept 2024 719[30] 175[30] 166[30] 4.3[30] 1.1[30]
Entry Sept 2023 724[30] 175[30] 154[30] 4.7[30] 1.1[30]
Entry Sept 2022 599[30] 139[30] 133[30] 4.5[30] 1.0[30]

Admissions

Places (published admission number)
210 Entry Sept 2026[31]

Character & practicalities

Type
Foundation school[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Girls[1]
Admissions
Selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1240[1]
Local authority
Kent[1]
Website
http://www.mggs.org/[1]
District
Maidstone[32]
Postcode
ME16 0SF[1]
URN
118836[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
1274 2024/25[33]
English as an additional language
11.4% 2024/25[33]
SEN support
5% 2024/25[33]
EHC plan
0.3% 2024/25[33]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
9.9% 2024/25[33]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
75%[34]
Mixed
6.1%[34]
Asian
8.3%[34]
Black
8.8%[34]
Any other ethnic group
1.8%[34]
Unclassified
0.1%[34]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
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    Quote
    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
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    Quote
    The Published Admissions Number is 210. (p. 2)
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