Simon Langton Girls' Grammar School
Old Dover Road, Canterbury, CT1 3EW
1,258 pupils · 116% of 1,082 capacity
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Ages
- 11–18
- Gender
- Girls
- Admissions
- Selective
- Local authority
- Kent
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 7.6%
Ofsted
Good (2023) — Ungraded inspection — “School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next” (previous grade confirmed, not re-graded)
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 27 September 2023, published 8 November 2023. 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 | 67.7 |
| Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass) | 89.8% |
| Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass) | 97.7% |
| Entering the English Baccalaureate | 48% |
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?
Roughly one first choice per place — 1.2 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 166 | 199 | 507 | 166 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 165 | 184 | 433 | 165 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 164 | 176 | 459 | 164 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 179 | 199 | 457 | 179 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 165 | 187 | 423 | 165 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 156 | 244 | 582 | 156 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 142 | 156 | 396 | 139 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 157 | 175 | 422 | 157 |
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 Anselm's Catholic School, Canterbury 0.3 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys 0.9 km · No overall grade (2024)
- Barton Manor School 1 km · No overall grade (2025)
- Barton Court Grammar School 1.4 km · Good (2020) · previous system
- The Canterbury Academy 2.8 km · Most areas: Expected standard (2026)
- The Archbishop's School 3.6 km · Good (2023) · 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.