Simon Langton Girls' Grammar School
Secondary · Voluntary controlled school · Girls · Kent
Old Dover Road, Canterbury, CT1 3EW
96
headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next
No graded inspection
Application demand
89%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
93.5%
14.9% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,258
Capacity used
Over capacity116%
1,082 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
89%
1st preference success rate
163 of 184 families who put it first got an offer
165
Places offered
433
Total applications
2.6
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 184 | 163 | ● 89% |
| 2nd preference | 104 | 1 | ● 1% |
| 3rd preference | 89 | 1 | ● 1% |
| 4th preference | 56 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 433 | 165 | 38% |
1st preference success by year
Kent lets families list 4 preferences. 1 applications came from outside the council area (0 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Girls
- Religious character
- None
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Paul Pollard
- Address
- Old Dover Road, Canterbury, CT1 3EW
- Phone
- 01227463711
- Local authority
- Kent
- Ward / constituency
- Barton · Canterbury
- Area
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- URN
- 118840
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 8% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 14% | — | — |
| SEN support | 11% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 2 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
1,258 pupils · 1,082 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 23
27 September 2023
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 888 pupils
Attendance
93.5%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
6.5%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
14.9%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
1.9%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
1.1%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 66.9 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.43 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 90% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 97% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 6.03 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 37.62 | — | — |
Average grade: B- (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 67.7 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 89.8% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 97.7% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 48% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 6.17 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 177 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 38.71 | 35 |
| Average grade | B | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 19.7% | 17% |
| A-level students | 189 | — |
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 176 | 53% | 89% | 99% | |
| Mathematics | 175 | 53% | 94% | 99% | |
| English Literature | 174 | 51% | 92% | 97% | |
| Biology | 144 | 62% | 96% | 100% | |
| Physics | 144 | 54% | 94% | 100% | |
| Chemistry | 144 | 55% | 95% | 100% | |
| Spanish | 64 | 61% | 80% | 94% | |
| Art and Design | 59 | 75% | 95% | 100% | |
| German | 55 | 60% | 85% | 96% | |
| History | 50 | 70% | 100% | 100% | |
| Religious Studies | 50 | 72% | 100% | 100% | |
| Geography | 47 | 68% | 91% | 98% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 59 | 15% | 34% | 58% | |
| Psychology | 49 | 10% | 27% | 63% | |
| English Literature | 45 | 11% | 27% | 69% | |
| Biology | 42 | 14% | 43% | 69% | |
| Chemistry | 41 | 7% | 29% | 51% | |
| Sociology | 35 | 6% | 23% | 60% | |
| Religious Studies | 32 | 6% | 25% | 47% | |
| History | 29 | 0% | 28% | 72% | |
| Film Studies | 29 | 3% | 38% | 79% | |
| Physics | 25 | 16% | 32% | 44% | |
| Business Studies | 21 | 10% | 29% | 76% | |
| Fine Art | 17 | 35% | 59% | 100% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
Ranked #160 of 1,018 UK schools with Cambridge offers2
UCAS apply centre 11273: Simon Langton Girls' Grammar School
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Applications | 11 |
| Offers | ≤5 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | ≤5 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
Where students go next
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higher education (university) | 52% | — | — |
| Apprenticeships | 5% | — | — |
| Any education or training | 58% | — | — |
Oxford/Cambridge application numbers aren't published per school in official data, so university progression is shown instead.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Kent council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.