At a Glance

Introduction

Dartford Grammar School for Girls is a selective school accepting female students through years 7-11 with a mixed gender sixth form. It is located adjacent to Dartford Grammar School which caters for boys in years 7-11, again with mixed sixth form. First established as a paid school in 1904, the school in now a state funded selective Grammar with academy status as of 2017. Their vision for the school and the wider school community is ‘Working together to achieve academic excellence and personal potential’. The former appears to hold true given the Dartford Grammar School for Girls Ofsted report of outstanding in all areas at last full inspection in 2016, which was maintained in 2021 at interim report. Children are taught not just what is in their core subject syllabuses for passing exams but what their teachers have deemed is important for delivering a full rounded and thorough education with subject understanding and not simply memorisation. There are a host of extracurricular clubs and activities for students to become involved with including choirs, arts, sports and the Duke of Edinburgh Award. Dartford Grammar School for Girls regularly takes part in philanthropic events raising money for both national and local causes. In recent years these include a National Languages themed cake sale benefiting the National Deaf Children’s Society and an art competition benefiting Children in Need.  

Dartford Grammar School for girls boasts strong performance at GCSE level both in terms of the range of subjects and the grades students receive. Compared to the local authority average of 44%, almost double the number of students enter for the English Baccalaureate at 80%. Entering is automatic and denotes students who have elected for a rounded education, studying subjects in; English, Maths, Sciences, Humanities and a language at GCSE. Girls undertaking this path perform much better than the local average. The English Baccalaureate average point score is a measure of the average GCSE grade students receive in these subjects and pupils from Dartford Grammar School for Girls achieve an average point score of 7.14 versus the national 4.07. A wider figure becoming more prevalent is the Attainment 8 score which denotes how children have performed in up to 8 different qualifications. Girls perform well here too achieving a school average attainment 8 score of 75.3 verses the national average 46.7. All in all Girls receiving and education from Dartford grammar School for Girls will receive not only a well rounded but thorough education, preparing them for later life. 

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