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Dartford Grammar School for Girls

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,257Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • SelectiveGrammar school
  • GirlsPupils
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 144100URN

Shepherds Lane, Dartford, DA1 2NT · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Mar 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
7.1per place
4.0 above Kent median (3.1)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in KentSelective

1,269 applications for 178 places · 2nd of 103 in Kent
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
77.3of 90
3rd of 100 in Kent
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 17 March 2026Published 14 May 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingStrong standard
AchievementExceptional
Attendance and behaviourExceptional
Personal development and wellbeingExceptional
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionExceptional
Leadership and governanceStrong standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 17 March 2026
    Report card · 4 Exceptional, 3 Strong standard
  2. 20 October 2021
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Outstanding

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
7.1applications per place, Year 7
4.0 above Kent median (3.1) 4.9 above England median (2.2)

1,269 applications · 178 places offered · 428 named it first

SelectiveApplications include children who did not pass the entrance test.

  1. 2026 7.1; Kent median median 3.1
  2. 2025 7.0; Kent median median 3.0
  3. 2024 7.8; Kent median median 3.2
  4. 2023 7.4; Kent median median 3.2
  5. 2022 7.3; Kent median median 2.9
  6. 2021 8.6; Kent median median 3.6
  7. 2020 7.2; Kent median median 3.1
  8. 2019 7.4; Kent median median 2.9
  9. 2018 6.9; Kent median median 3.1
  10. 2017 6.0; Kent median median 3.0
  11. 2016 5.4; Kent median median 3.3; as the previous school
  12. 2015 5.4; Kent median median 3.2; as the previous school
  13. 2014 4.7; Kent median median 3.1; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Kent median in 10 of 10 years.
  • This school
  • Kent median

Dashed bars: as Dartford Grammar School for Girls (URN 118883), the previous school.

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

Selective: register for the entrance test with the school first, usually by the summer before (dates vary). Dates

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261781,2697.14282.40
Sep 20251791,2577.03842.15
Sep 20241791,4017.84862.72
Sep 20231801,3387.44252.36
Sep 20221781,3067.34572.57
Sep 20211791,5368.64792.68
Sep 20201801,2927.24672.59
Sep 20191801,3387.44282.38
Sep 20181801,2406.93491.94
Sep 20171781,0686.03902.19
Sep 2016 *1779565.43191.80
Sep 2015 *1608705.42671.67
Sep 2014 *1607564.72701.69

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

179 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)77.33rd of 100 in Kent
Grade 5 or above in English and maths98%3rd of 100 in Kent
Grade 4 or above in English and maths100%
  • This school
  • Kent median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.82
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)17977.398%100%–
2024/2517675.595%98%–
2023/2417975.399%100%+0.82
2022/2317375.299%100%+0.93

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
144100 · 886/5411
Trust
The Areté Trust
Admissions policy
Selective
Capacity
1,119 pupils · 1,257 on roll
Free school meals
23.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 June 2017
Replaced
Dartford Grammar School for Girls (URN 118883)
Address
Shepherds Lane, Dartford, DA1 2NT
Local authority
Kent · Dartford

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources