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Dartford Grammar School for Girls[1]

Grammar · Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 77 77.3 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL B B 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
77.3 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
97.8% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
71.5% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.82 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 75.5[6] 94.9%[6]
2023/24 75.3[4] 99.4%[4] +0.82[4]
2022/23 75.2[7] 99%[7] +0.93[7]
2021/22 78.3[8] 97%[8] +1.01[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
B 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
19.9% 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] 24.4%[10]
2022/23 B[11] 20.3%[11]
2021/22 B+[12] 27.1%[12]
2018/19 B-[13] 12.8%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
100% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
97% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
0% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
1% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
1% 2022/23[14]
Employment
0% 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] 94%[15] 1%[15] 2%[15] 1%[15] 1%[15]
2020/21 100%[16] 90%[16] 2%[16] 5%[16] 0%[16] 1%[16]
2019/20 99%[17] 92%[17] 0%[17] 5%[17] 0%[17] 0%[17]
2018/19 100%[18] 94%[18] 1%[18] 4%[18] 0%[18] 1%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
95% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
78% 2022/23[19]
Education
82% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
4% 2022/23[19]
Employment
9% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 95%[20] 75%[20] 77%[20] 5%[20] 14%[20]
2020/21 96%[21] 75%[21] 77%[21] 4%[21] 15%[21]
2019/20 92%[22] 76%[22] 77%[22] 3%[22] 11%[22]
2018/19 95%[23] 81%[23] 83%[23] 4%[23] 8%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
85% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
47% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
36% 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 85%[26] 43%[26]
2019/20 87%[25] 41%[25] 36%[25] 0%[25]
2018/19 90%[27] 32%[27] 29%[27] 1%[27]
2017/18 85%[28] 42%[28] 32%[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
17 Mar 2026[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
14 May 2026[29]
Inclusion
Strong standard[29]
Achievement
Exceptional[29]
Safeguarding standards
Met[29]
Curriculum and teaching
Strong standard[29]
Attendance and behaviour
Exceptional[29]
Leadership and governance
Strong standard[29]
Personal development and wellbeing
Exceptional[29]
Post-16 provision (where applicable)
Exceptional[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
19 Oct 2021[30] Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[30] No overall grade[30]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
7.1 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Applications (any preference)
1269 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences
428 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Places offered
178 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences per place
2.4 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 1257[31] 384[31] 179[31] 7.0[31] 2.1[31]
Entry Sept 2024 1401[31] 486[31] 179[31] 7.8[31] 2.7[31]
Entry Sept 2023 1338[31] 425[31] 180[31] 7.4[31] 2.4[31]
Entry Sept 2022 1306[31] 457[31] 178[31] 7.3[31] 2.6[31]

Priority areas

Borough of Dartford or named parishes
1 local authority areas · 100 places will be reserved for girls residing in the Borough of Dartford or one of the named parishes below. Entry Sept 2027[32]
Borough of Dartford or named parishes
10 parishes · 100 places will be reserved for girls residing in the Borough of Dartford or one of the named parishes below. Entry Sept 2027[32]

Admissions

Places (published admission number)
180 Entry Sept 2027[32]
Entrance test
Kent PESE Tests Entry Sept 2027[32]
Entrance test, 11+ entry
Kent 11+ tests 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
1119[1]
Trust
THE ARETÉ TRUST[1]
Local authority
Kent[1]
Website
http://www.dartfordgrammargirls.org.uk[1]
District
Dartford[34]
Postcode
DA1 2NT[1]
URN
144100[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1248 2024/25[35]
English as an additional language
38.2% 2024/25[35]
SEN support
8.5% 2024/25[35]
EHC plan
0.4% 2024/25[35]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
23.3% 2024/25[35]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
10.9%[36]
Mixed
6.7%[36]
Asian
41.4%[36]
Black
38%[36]
Any other ethnic group
2.7%[36]
Unclassified
0.2%[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

  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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  32. kent.gov.uk: kent.gov.uk — Dartford Grammar School for Girls admissions criteria 2027-2028 (PDF). Period 2026-10-14. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quotes (4)
    3. 100 places will be reserved for girls residing in the Borough of Dartford or one of the named parishes below. (p. 2)
    3. 100 places will be reserved for girls residing in the Borough of Dartford or one of the named parishes below. Ash-cum-Ridley Hartley Crockenhill Hextable Eynsford Horton Kirby and South Darenth Farningham Swanley Fawkham West Kingsdown (p. 2)
    We wil l be offering 180 places in 2027. (p. 1)
    Entry to Dartford Grammar School for Girls is via the Kent Procedure for Entrance to Secondary Schools Age 11 Assessment Tests [PESE]. (p. 1)
  33. dartfordgrammargirls.org.uk: dartfordgrammargirls.org.uk — Year 7. Period 2026-10-14. Licence: copyright-quoted.
    Quote
    A girl who is deemed selective in the Kent 11+ tests and is in receipt of Pupil Premium at the time of entry to the school will be ranked within Priority 2 of our-oversubscription criteria. (p. 1)
  34. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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