Foundation school · Kent
Maidstone Grammar School for Girls
- Secondary
- Ages 11–18
- Girls
- Selective (11+)
- Sixth form
- Term dates checked
Term dates
This school's own term dates broadly match Kent council's, so the council's dates are shown here. INSET days can differ, so check the school's calendar for those.
2026/27
2027/28
Admissions
Places for Year 7 are applied for through your home council, not the school.
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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, 132 families put this school as their first choice, and 133 places were offered. 103 of the families who put it first got a place (78%).
| Entry | Places offered | Put it first | Got their first choice |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 133 | 132 | 78% |
| September 2025 | 131 | 142 | 82% |
| September 2024 | 166 | 175 | 81% |
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.
Before and after school
This club is registered with Ofsted at the school's postcode, so usually run on the school site:
- Barracudas. Ofsted report
Ask the club or the school about times, prices and places. More clubs nearby.
Ofsted inspection
Latest graded inspection, 7 March 2023. Overall: Outstanding
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Sixth form
- Outstanding
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
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Pupils
- 1254 (capacity 1240)
- Gender
- Girls
- Admissions
- Selective (entrance test)
- Phone
- 01622752103
- Address
- Buckland Road, Maidstone, ME16 0SF
- Website
- mggs.org
School details from the Department for Education's register of schools (Open Government Licence). Report a correction.