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Simon Langton Girls' Grammar School[1]

Grammar · Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 66 66.0 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL B B 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
66 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
90.2% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
42% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.43 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[5]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 67.7[6] 89.8%[6]
2023/24 66.9[4] 90.4%[4] +0.43[4]
2022/23 65.7[7] 90%[7] +0.49[7]
2021/22 67.9[8] 93%[8] +0.39[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
B 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
19.7% 2024/25[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 B-[10] 17.6%[10]
2022/23 B[11] 17.6%[11]
2021/22 B+[12] 21.5%[12]
2018/19 B-[13] 16%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
99% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
95% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
0% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
4% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
0% 2022/23[14]
Employment
0% 2022/23[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 98%[15] 94%[15] 0%[15] 4%[15] 0%[15] 0%[15]
2020/21 99%[16] 96%[16] 0%[16] 4%[16] 0%[16] 0%[16]
2019/20 100%[17] 93%[17] 0%[17] 6%[17] 0%[17] 1%[17]
2018/19 98%[18] 93%[18] 0%[18] 2%[18] 0%[18] 0%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
87% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
58% 2022/23[19]
Education
61% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
3% 2022/23[19]
Employment
22% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 84%[20] 52%[20] 58%[20] 5%[20] 22%[20]
2020/21 93%[21] 57%[21] 66%[21] 4%[21] 23%[21]
2019/20 88%[22] 70%[22] 78%[22] 0%[22] 10%[22]
2018/19 88%[23] 55%[23] 69%[23] 2%[23] 17%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
76% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
31% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
36% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
1% 2019/20[25]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 78%[26] 36%[26]
2019/20 90%[25] 39%[25] 36%[25] 1%[25]
2018/19 87%[27] 29%[27] 28%[27] 3%[27]
2017/18 74%[28] 30%[28] 25%[28] 4%[28]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
26 Sep 2023[29]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[29]
Report published
8 Nov 2023[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
17 Apr 2018[30] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[30] No overall grade[30]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
3.1 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Applications (any preference)
507 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences
199 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Places offered
166 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences per place
1.2 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 433[31] 184[31] 165[31] 2.6[31] 1.1[31]
Entry Sept 2024 459[31] 176[31] 164[31] 2.8[31] 1.1[31]
Entry Sept 2023 457[31] 199[31] 179[31] 2.6[31] 1.1[31]
Entry Sept 2022 423[31] 187[31] 165[31] 2.6[31] 1.1[31]

Character & practicalities

Type
Voluntary controlled school[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Girls[1]
Admissions
Selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1082[1]
Local authority
Kent[1]
Website
http://www.langton.kent.sch.uk/[1]
District
Canterbury[32]
Postcode
CT1 3EW[1]
URN
118840[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
1256 2024/25[33]
English as an additional language
14.3% 2024/25[33]
SEN support
9.2% 2024/25[33]
EHC plan
0.7% 2024/25[33]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
8% 2024/25[33]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
71.4%[34]
Mixed
10.3%[34]
Asian
11.4%[34]
Black
3.3%[34]
Any other ethnic group
2.7%[34]
Unclassified
0.8%[34]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

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    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
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    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
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