Simon Langton Girls' Grammar School is a secondary school located in Canterbury. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 04/07/2014. The overall pupil absence from this school is 5.3%, which is 1.3 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Old Dover Road, Canterbury, CT1 3EW
Website: http://www.langton.kent.sch.uk/
Telephone: 01227463711
School Type: Voluntary controlled school
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Kent
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Paul Pollard
Religious character: None
Admissions policy: Selective
Unique reference: 118840

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 04/07/2014

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 18
Gender: Girls
School Capacity: 1105
Number of Pupils: 1174
Number of Boys: 25
Number of Girls: 1149

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 5.3% 4%
Persistent absence: 12.8% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Well Above Average: 0.55 Confidence interval 0.34 to 0.75
Of the 167 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 154 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:82%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:99%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:93%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:68.3
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:6.51
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Pilgrims' Way Primary School
Pilgrims Way , CT1 1XU
1out of 4 816 yd Academy sponsor led Yes Mixed More About School
Wincheap Foundation Primary School
Hollow Lane , CT1 3SD
3out of 4 2,130 yd Foundation school No Mixed More About School
St Thomas' Catholic Primary School, Canterbury
99 Military Road , CT1 1NE
4out of 4 2,153 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
St Peter's Methodist Primary School
St Peter's Grove , CT1 2DH
3out of 4 2,369 yd Voluntary controlled school No Mixed More About School
St Johns Church of England Primary School
St John's Place , Northgate CT1 1BD
3out of 4 2,539 yd Voluntary controlled school Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Simon Langton Girls' Grammar School
Old Dover Road , CT1 3EW
3out of 4 0 yd Voluntary controlled school No Girls More About School
St Anselm's Catholic School, Canterbury
Old Dover Road , CT1 3EN
3out of 4 363 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys
Langton Lane , Nackington Road CT4 7AS
4out of 4 1,015 yd Foundation school No Boys More About School
Barton Court Grammar School
Longport , CT1 1PH
4out of 4 1,516 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School
The Canterbury Academy
Knight Avenue , CT2 8QA
3out of 4 3,044 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
CATS Canterbury
68 New Dover Road , 68 New Dover Road CT1 3LQ
- not rated 646 yd Other independent school No Mixed More About School
St Nicholas' School
Holm Oak Close , Nunnery Fields CT1 3JJ
3out of 4 1,428 yd Community special school Yes Mixed More About School
The Orchard School
Cambridge Road , CT1 3QQ
3out of 4 1,539 yd Foundation special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Canterbury Christ Church University
North Holmes Road , CT1 1QU
- not rated 1,886 yd Higher education institutions Not Applicable Mixed More About School
The King's School Canterbury
25 The Precincts , CT1 2ES
- not rated 2,178 yd Other independent school No Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.