Dover Grammar School for Girls
Frith Road, Dover, CT16 2PZ
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Girls
- Headteacher
- Mr Daniel Quinn
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Constituency
- Dover and Deal
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 885
- Pupils on roll
- 847
- URN
- 118806
- Local authority
- Kent
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01304206625
About this school
Dover Grammar School for Girls is a girls' community secondary school in Dover. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 847 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Sixth form
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 143 | 124 | 133 |
| Attainment 8 score | 59.7 | 59.3 | 59.9 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.28 +0.04 to +0.51 | +0.17 -0.08 to +0.42 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 78% | 71.8% | 75.2% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 96% | 95.2% | 93.2% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 92% | 85.5% | 84.2% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 5.8 | 5.7 | 5.8 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Dover Grammar School for Girls has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Kent average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 59.7 | 37.6 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 59.3 | 37.1 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 59.9 | 37.7 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 882 |
| 2023/24 | 875 |
| 2024/25 | 872 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Dover Grammar School for Girls compares
Dover Grammar School for Girls ranked 31st of 100 secondary schools in Kent for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 93% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 27% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 59.9 | 6.9% | 19.3% | 847 | — |
| St Edmund's Catholic School | 39 | 9.8% | 41.7% | 644 | 0.2 miles |
| Dover Grammar School for Boys | 65.4 | 5.9% | 21.8% | 960 | 0.8 miles |
| Astor Secondary School | 27.9 | 13.3% | 62% | 732 | 0.9 miles |
| Duke of York's Royal Military School | 55 | — | 8.3% | 470 | 1.0 miles |
| Dover Christ Church Academy | 30.4 | 8.1% | 50.6% | 761 | 1.2 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 19.32%
- English as an additional language
- 10.8%
- Overall absence
- 6.89%
- Persistent absence
- 19.65%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Edmund's Catholic School0.2 miles
Secondary · Dover
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Dover Grammar School for Boys0.8 miles
Secondary · Dover
-
Astor Secondary School0.9 miles
Secondary · Dover
-
Duke of York's Royal Military School1.0 miles
Secondary · Dover
-
Dover Christ Church Academy1.2 miles
Secondary · Dover
Other schools in Dover
Dover Grammar School for Girls ranks 2nd of the 6 ranked secondary schools in Dover.
- Astor Secondary School Secondary
- Dover Christ Church Academy Secondary
- Dover Grammar School for Boys Secondary
- Duke of York's Royal Military School Secondary
- St Edmund's Catholic School Secondary
- Aycliffe Community Primary School Primary
- Barton Junior School Primary
- Charlton Church of England Primary School Primary
- Dover, St Mary's Church of England Primary School Primary
- Eythorne Elvington Community Primary School Primary
- Green Park Community Primary School Primary
- Guston Church of England Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Dover Grammar School for Girls teach?
- Dover Grammar School for Girls teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Dover.
- Who is the headteacher of Dover Grammar School for Girls?
- The headteacher of Dover Grammar School for Girls is Mr Daniel Quinn, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Dover Grammar School for Girls last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Dover Grammar School for Girls, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Dover Grammar School for Girls?
- Dover Grammar School for Girls has 847 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Dover Grammar School for Girls full?
- Dover Grammar School for Girls has capacity for 885 pupils and 847 on roll (96%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Dover Grammar School for Girls a faith school?
- No. Dover Grammar School for Girls has no designated religious character.
- Is Dover Grammar School for Girls a selective school?
- Yes. Dover Grammar School for Girls is recorded as Selective in the schools register, so entry involves selection.
- How have Dover Grammar School for Girls's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 59.7 in 2022/23 and 59.9 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Dover Grammar School for Girls rank locally?
- Dover Grammar School for Girls ranked 31st of 100 secondary schools in Kent for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 93% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 27% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Dover Grammar School for Girls's absence rate?
- Dover Grammar School for Girls's overall absence rate is 6.9% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Dover Grammar School for Girls's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Dover Grammar School for Girls's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 30 June 2026.