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Wilmington Grammar School for Girls[1]

Grammar · Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 65 65.3 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C+ C+ 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
65.3 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
90.8% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
39.7% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.76 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 66.7[6] 89.2%[6]
2023/24 70.2[4] 96.6%[4] +0.76[4]
2022/23 67.7[7] 91%[7] +0.74[7]
2021/22 71.2[8] 93%[8] +0.71[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C+ 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
12.4% 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 C+[10] 7.1%[10]
2022/23 C+[11] 8.3%[11]
2021/22 B-[12] 18.4%[12]
2018/19 C[13] 4.3%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
100% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
84% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
4% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
7% 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] 84%[15] 0%[15] 13%[15] 0%[15] 1%[15]
2020/21 99%[16] 87%[16] 2%[16] 8%[16] 2%[16] 0%[16]
2019/20 98%[17] 94%[17] 0%[17] 3%[17] 1%[17] 0%[17]
2018/19 98%[18] 90%[18] 0%[18] 7%[18] 0%[18] 0%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
94% 2022/23[19]
Education
67% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
11% 2022/23[19]
Employment
16% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 98%[20] 71%[20] 10%[20] 16%[20]
2020/21 92%[21] 69%[21] 11%[21] 11%[21]
2019/20 91%[22] 67%[22] 5%[22] 20%[22]
2018/19 96%[23] 82%[23] 4%[23] 10%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
74% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
32% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
9% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
0% 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 76%[26] 36%[26]
2019/20 74%[25] 12%[25] 9%[25] 0%[25]
2018/19 85%[27] 14%[27] 10%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 75%[28] 17%[28] 18%[28] 0%[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
16 Nov 2022[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
31 Jan 2023[29]
Personal development
Outstanding[29]
Quality of education
Good[29]
Overall effectiveness
Good[29]
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Good[29]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
5 Oct 2021[30] Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[30] No overall grade[30]
Date not published[31] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[31] Outstanding[31]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
5.2 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Applications (any preference)
941 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences
193 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Places offered
180 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences per place
1.1 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 928[32] 179[32] 179[32] 5.2[32] 1.0[32]
Entry Sept 2024 991[32] 187[32] 179[32] 5.5[32] 1.0[32]
Entry Sept 2023 986[32] 231[32] 180[32] 5.5[32] 1.3[32]
Entry Sept 2022 928[32] 171[32] 180[32] 5.2[32] 0.9[32]

Priority areas

5 mile area
Within 8 km (5 miles) Entry Sept 2027[33]
1.5 mile area
Within 2.4 km (1.5 miles) Entry Sept 2027[33]
3 mile area
Within 4.8 km (3 miles) Entry Sept 2027[33]

Admissions

Places (published admission number)
180 Entry Sept 2027[33]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Girls[1]
Admissions
Selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1070[1]
Trust
ENDEAVOUR MAT[1]
Local authority
Kent[1]
Website
http://www.gsgw.org.uk/[1]
District
Dartford[34]
Postcode
DA2 7BB[1]
URN
137250[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1163 2024/25[35]
English as an additional language
16.8% 2024/25[35]
SEN support
2.1% 2024/25[35]
EHC plan
0.3% 2024/25[35]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
7.4% 2024/25[35]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
43%[36]
Mixed
13.3%[36]
Asian
19.2%[36]
Black
20.5%[36]
Any other ethnic group
1.5%[36]
Unclassified
2.4%[36]

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

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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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  33. kent.gov.uk: kent.gov.uk — Wilmington Grammar School for Girls admissions criteria 2027-2028 (PDF). Period 2026-10-14. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quotes (4)
    Governor Places - awarded to girls who have shown exceptional performance in the Mathematics paper of the Kent test and residing within a 5 mile radius of the school - Up to 10% of the PAN (18 places) will be awarded to those children who through the tests have shown an exceptional performance which places them in the top 18 selective places in Mathematics. (p. 1)
    Girls who live within 1.5 mile proximity of the school (see map attached) and girls living within the parishes listed below. (p. 2)
    Other Pupil Premuim children within a 3 mile radius of the school - Students in receipt of Pupil Premium living within 3 miles proximity of the school. (p. 2)
    Wilmington Grammar School for Girls has a published admission number (PAN) of 180. (p. 1)
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