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Wilmington Grammar School for Girls

Secondary · Girls · Ages 11–18 · Academy

Parsons Lane, Wilmington, Dartford DA2 7BB · gsgw.org.uk · 01322 226351

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Overview

Ofsted
Good
2019 framework · inspected Nov 2022
GCSEs, 2024/25
66.7
average Attainment 8 score. Kent 46.7, England 46
Demand for places
1.1
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
1,154
84 over 1,070 places · 108%
Local authority
Kent
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Selective
Free school meals
6.3%
First language not English
19%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Endeavour Mat

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, 193 families put the school first and 180 places were offered; 43% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 171 (Places 180)171September 2023: 231 (Places 180)231September 2024: 187 (Places 179)187September 2025: 179 (Places 179)179September 2026: 193 (Places 180)193Places 180
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20261801931.1▲43%
September 2025Sept 2025179179153%
September 2024Sept 20241791871▲51%
September 2023Sept 20231802311.3▲48%
September 2022Sept 2022180171156%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 66.7, and 89.2% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Kent it was 46.7, and across England 46.

In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade C+ (33.3 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 65.1 (England 46.3)65.12017/18: 63.8 (England 46.5)63.82018/19: 65.4 (England 46.7)65.42021/22: 71.2 (England 48.8)71.22022/23: 67.7 (England 46.3)67.72023/24: 70.2 (England 45.9)70.22024/25: 66.7 (England 46.0)66.7England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▲66.746.0
▲89.2%45.4%
▲97.7%64.8%
▲96.0%40.5%
▲6.374.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form89+4.6
Sixth form college2.1—
Further education4.1−8.7
Other education1.4+0.7
Apprenticeship0.7—
Employment0.70
Activity not captured2.1—

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252015/16: 31.5 (England 30.5)C2016/17: 31.2 (England 31.1)C2017/18: 34.0 (England 32.1)C+2018/19: 29.0 (England 32.9)C2021/22: 38.1 (England 37.9)B-2022/23: 33.8 (England 34.2)C+2023/24: 33.6 (England 34.4)C+2024/25: 33.3 (England 35.0)C+England 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
130 studentsC+ (33.3)Below average -0.39
130 studentsC+ (33.5)Below average -0.39
43 studentsDist*- (43.4)Average +0.29
12.4%AAB or better
99.2%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/24129C+ (33.6)-0.34
2022/23110C+ (33.8)—
2021/22125B- (38.1)—
2018/19124C (29)-0.43
2017/18124C+ (34)-0.19
2016/17148C (31.2)-0.18
2015/16128C (31.5)-0.14

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University75.2+5.4
Apprenticeship5.4−4.9
Employment11.6−4.3
Not in a lasting destination7+6.2
Activity not captured0.8−0.8

Ofsted

Wilmington Grammar School for Girls was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 16 November 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.

Overall
Good
Inspected
16 Nov 2022
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth formGood

Previously: Concerns, ungraded inspection, Oct 2021

Earlier inspections

September 2019 to November 2025

  • Oct 2021Ungraded inspectionConcerns
    SafeguardingEffective

Before September 2019

  • Nov 2015Outstanding
    Outcomes for pupilsOutstanding
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentOutstanding
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareOutstanding
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
    16 to 19 study programmesGood
    SafeguardingEffective
  • May 2012Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood

What parents said

83% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (301 replies, to 4 September 2023).

Recommend
83%
Replies
301
29% · 4 Sept 2023
Child is happy at school▼84% agreeEngland 88%
Child feels safe▼86% agreeEngland 89%
Pupils are well behaved●85% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▲85% agreeEngland 82%
Child does well▼83% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼62% agreeEngland 82%
Told how child is doing▼74% agreeEngland 84%
Good range of subjects●88% agreeEngland 90%
Can join clubs and activities▼83% agreeEngland 90%
Supports personal development▼75% agreeEngland 78%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼68% agreeEngland 76%

based on the 66% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▼36% agreeEngland 49%

based on the 36% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▼52% agreeEngland 67%

based on 51 parents (17%) with SEND

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