Academy · Kent
Dartford Grammar School for Girls
- Secondary
- Ages 11–18
- Girls
- Selective (11+)
- Sixth form
Term dates
Academies can set their own term dates. Many follow Kent council's dates, shown below as a guide, but check with the school, especially for INSET days.
2026/27
2027/28
Admissions
Places for Year 7 are applied for through your home council, not the school.
Apply for a secondary school place on GOV.UK
Selective school: Year 7 entry is by an entrance test (the 11+). Registration for the test usually closes in the summer of Year 5.
For the sixth form, apply to the school directly.
How many families applied: Year 7
For September 2026, 428 families put this school as their first choice, and 178 places were offered. 153 of the families who put it first got a place (36%). More families put it first than there were places.
| Entry | Places offered | Put it first | Got their first choice |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 178 | 428 | 36% |
| September 2025 | 179 | 384 | 39% |
| September 2024 | 179 | 486 | 33% |
Offers made on national offer day, from the Department for Education. Waiting lists and appeals can change things later. The hardest schools to get into.
11+ entrance test
This school uses The Kent Test, a shared test used by 31 other schools. Your child sits one test, and the result is shared with every school in the group that you apply to.
Ofsted inspection
Report card, 17 March 2026. Ofsted now grades each area separately, from exceptional to urgent improvement, with no single overall grade.
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Strong standard
- Achievement
- Exceptional
- Attendance and behaviour
- Exceptional
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Exceptional
- Sixth form
- Exceptional
- Leadership and governance
- Strong standard
Safeguarding standards: met.
From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.
About and location
- Type
- Academy
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Pupils
- 1257 (capacity 1119)
- Gender
- Girls
- Academy trust
- THE ARETÉ TRUST
- Admissions
- Selective (entrance test)
- Phone
- 01322223123
- Address
- Shepherds Lane, Dartford, DA1 2NT
- Website
- dartfordgrammargirls.org.uk
School details from the Department for Education's register of schools (Open Government Licence). Report a correction.