Dover Grammar School for Girls
Frith Road, Dover, CT16 2PZ
847 pupils · 96% of 885 capacity
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 11–18
- Gender
- Girls
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Admissions
- Selective
- Local authority
- Kent
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 20.3%
Ofsted
No overall grade (2025) — Inspected 2024–2025 — no overall grade under the interim framework
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 4 March 2025, published 3 April 2025. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 59.9 |
| Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass) | 75.2% |
| Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass) | 93.2% |
| Entering the English Baccalaureate | 84.2% |
Progress 8 is not published nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26 while KS2 baselines are missing (no SATs in 2020/21). It returns from 2026/27.
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Oversubscribed — 1.27 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 140 | 178 | 330 | 140 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 140 | 181 | 359 | 140 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 140 | 166 | 317 | 140 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 140 | 184 | 348 | 140 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 133 | 153 | 270 | 132 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 140 | 171 | 367 | 140 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 139 | 178 | 307 | 139 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 140 | 194 | 340 | 140 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- St Edmund's Catholic School 0.3 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- Dover Grammar School for Boys 1.3 km · No overall grade (2025)
- Astor Secondary School 1.5 km · Most areas: Needs attention (2026)
- Duke of York's Royal Military School 1.7 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Dover Christ Church Academy 1.9 km · Requires improvement (2022) · previous system
- Folkestone Academy 10.8 km · Good (2022) · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.