Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School A GSG School
- Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School
Sandon Road
Grantham
Lincolnshire
NG31 9AU - Head: Mr James Fuller
- T 01476 563017
- F 01476 541155
- E [email protected]
- W www.kggs.org
- A state school for girls aged from 11 to 18.
- Boarding: No
- Local authority: Lincolnshire
- Pupils: 1,203; sixth formers: 310
- Religion: Non-denominational
- Open days: Sixth form open evening is planned for early November whilst our year 5/6 open days take place in early July.
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
-
Ofsted:
- Latest Overall effectiveness Outstanding 1
- 16-19 study programmes Outstanding 1
- Outcomes for children and learners Outstanding 1
- Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding 1
- Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding 1
- Effectiveness of leadership and management Outstanding 1
- 1 Full inspection 19th September 2023
- Ofsted report: View the Ofsted report
What The Good Schools Guide says..
The lessons we observed showed focused, happy, relaxed, alert girls. We were greeted with broad smiles from everyone, staff and girls, whatever age and subject. Lovely to see. Despite the school being an unashamedly academic hothouse, the girls are encouraged to broaden their horizons. Lots of sport available. All the usual for a girls’ school and then a bit more. Active equestrian team to water polo, all well supported. Attractive Edwardian main building, evocative space with Chesterfield sofas and high ceilings, with boards of head girls’ names mounted around the old hall. One name stands out...
What the school says...
'KGGS is an Oustanding school. It produces successful, mature and confident young women well equipped to succeed in the next stages of their education and lives'.
Ofsted 2011
11+ entrance examinations consist of: 1 VR test and 1 NVR test.
Do you know this school?
The schools we choose, and what we say about them, are founded on parents’ views. If you know this school, please share your views with us.
Please login to post a comment.
School associations
State grammar school
Sports
Unusual sports
Equestrian centre or equestrian team - school has own equestrian centre or an equestrian team.
What The Good Schools Guide says
Head
Since September 2019, James Fuller.
Entrance
Entry into year 7 after sitting the 11+ in September. This test is standardised across Lincolnshire to select the top 25 per cent. About 320 take it, 220 achieve the target grade and 174 are admitted. Allocation is based on distance from the school and the sibling rule. The school is heavily oversubscribed. Each year 15 or so from other schools join the sixth form. They have to achieve six GCSEs at grade 5 or above (including at least a 4 in English and maths), with 6s in the subjects they wish to study at A level.
Subscribe now for instant access to read The Good Schools Guide review.
Already subscribed? Login here.
Overall school performance (for comparison or review only)
Results by exam and subject
Subject results
Entry/Exit
Special Education Needs
Interpreting catchment maps
The maps show in colour where the pupils at a school came from*. Red = most pupils to Blue = fewest.
Where the map is not coloured we have no record in the previous three years of any pupils being admitted from that location based on the options chosen.
For help and explanation of our catchment maps see: Catchment maps explained
Further reading
If there are more applicants to a school than it has places for, who gets in is determined by which applicants best fulfil the admissions criteria.
Admissions criteria are often complicated, and may change from year to year. The best source of information is usually the relevant local authority website, but once you have set your sights on a school it is a good idea to ask them how they see things panning out for the year that you are interested in.
Many schools admit children based on distance from the school or a fixed catchment area. For such schools, the cut-off distance will vary from year to year, especially if the school give priority to siblings, and the pattern will be of a central core with outliers (who will mostly be siblings). Schools that admit on the basis of academic or religious selection will have a much more scattered pattern.
*The coloured areas outlined in black are Census Output Areas. These are made up of a group of neighbouring postcodes, which accounts for their odd shapes. These provide an indication, but not a precise map, of the school’s catchment: always refer to local authority and school websites for precise information.
The 'hotter' the colour the more children have been admitted.
Children get into the school from here:
regularly
most years
quite often
infrequently
sometimes, but not in this year
The Good Schools Guide newsletter
Educational insight in your inbox. Sign up for our popular newsletters.