Maidstone Grammar School for Girls, Maidstone

From the headteacher's welcome: "Maidstone Grammar School for Girls, or ‘MGGS’, as it is more often known, has a strong community spirit which is underpinned by our belief that the happiness of all our students is key to enabling them to succeed."

Coming up: an open day on Monday 2 November 2026, an open evening on Thursday 3 December 2026 and an open day on Friday 5 February 2027. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

In 2026, pupils at Maidstone Grammar School for Girls averaged an Attainment 8 score of 62.7, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 48.1 in Kent and 47 across England.

82% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 49% in Kent and 47% in England.

That is down from 66.4 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.57: pupils made well above average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 55.3, against 63.3 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 8 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 25 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Religious Studies, Geography and Chemistry.

Maidstone Grammar School for Girls is a grammar school: places go to children who reach the required standard in its entrance test, and only then are the oversubscription criteria applied.

For September 2026 entry, 132 families put Maidstone Grammar School for Girls as their first choice and 699 named it as one of their preferences, for 133 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 29 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

Maidstone Grammar School for Girls admits pupils through an entrance test - in Kent, the Kent Test. Children have to be registered for it in advance, normally in the spring or summer of Year 5; the test itself is usually sat in September of Year 6, and results come out in October, before the 31 October deadline for naming secondary schools.

Passing the test makes a child eligible rather than guaranteeing a place: when more children pass than there are places, Maidstone Grammar School for Girls ranks them by the criteria in its admissions policy, which can include test score and distance. Check Kent's admissions pages and the school's own policy for this year's registration deadline - a child who is not registered in time cannot sit the test.

Kent has 32 state grammar schools in all, so a child who passes may have several selective schools to choose between.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Maidstone Grammar School for Girls are The Maplesden Noakes School (under 0.1 miles, Good, Attainment 8 36); St Simon Stock Catholic School (0.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 42); St Augustine Academy (0.9 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 35.4); and Oakwood Park Grammar School (0.9 miles, Good, selective, Attainment 8 66.1).

Maidstone Grammar School for Girls's 2026 results were higher than 3 of these 4 schools.

Of the 183 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 98% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 9% to a further education college and 1% into work.

Of the 168 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 61% went on to university or other higher education, 5% to apprenticeships and 22% into work. 19% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

10% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 185 pupils (14.8%) received SEN support and 3 (0.2%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is a specific learning difficulty such as dyslexia.

The nearest railway station is Maidstone Barracks Rail Station, about 310 metres away (roughly a 4-minute walk).

4 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Maidstone Barracks Railway Station (outside), 310 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 503 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and shoplifting. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Kent (101), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Maidstone Grammar School for Girls issued 44 suspensions, 3.5 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Maidstone Grammar School for Girls are Brunswick House Primary School (0.2 miles), North Borough Junior School (0.6 miles), St Paul's Infant School (0.7 miles) and Palace Wood Primary School (0.8 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.