Simon Langton Girls' Grammar School, Canterbury

From the headteacher's welcome: "Since its foundation in 1881, Langton Girls' has provided students with a challenging academic curriculum, outstanding pastoral care and a wider educational experience that develops the whole person beyond the confines of the taught curriculum."

In 2026, pupils at Simon Langton Girls' Grammar School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 66, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 48.1 in Kent and 47 across England.

90% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 49% in Kent and 47% in England.

That is down from 67.7 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.43: pupils made 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 55.1, against 67.5 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 12.4 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 22 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Physics, Biology and Chemistry.

Simon Langton Girls' Grammar School 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, 199 families put Simon Langton Girls' Grammar School as their first choice and 507 named it as one of their preferences, for 166 places offered. That is 1.2 first choices for every place. 37 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

Simon Langton Girls' Grammar School 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, Simon Langton Girls' Grammar School 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 Simon Langton Girls' Grammar School are St Anselm's Catholic School, Canterbury (0.2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 45); Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys (0.6 miles, Outstanding, selective, Attainment 8 69.4); Barton Manor School (0.6 miles); and Barton Court Grammar School (0.9 miles, Good, selective, Attainment 8 66.1).

Simon Langton Girls' Grammar School's 2026 results were higher than 1 of these 3 schools.

Of the 167 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 97% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 8% to a further education college.

Of the 170 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 66% went on to university or other higher education, 1% to apprenticeships and 19% into work. 34% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

7.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 130 pupils (10.3%) received SEN support and 13 (1%) 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 autism.

The nearest railway station is Canterbury East Rail Station, about 1.1 miles away in a straight line.

9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Simon Langton Girls' School (adjacent), 90 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Simon Langton Girls' Grammar School stands in is among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, Simon Langton Girls' Grammar School issued 26 suspensions, 2.1 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Simon Langton Girls' Grammar School are Pilgrims' Way Primary School (0.5 miles); Wincheap Foundation Primary School (1.2 miles); St Thomas' Catholic Primary School, Canterbury (1.2 miles); and St Peter's Methodist Primary School (1.3 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.