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Simon Langton Girls' Grammar School: data, trends and context

Simon Langton Girls' Grammar School is a secondary school in Kent. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.

School identity

URN
118840
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Voluntary controlled school
Status
Open
Local authority
Kent
Region
South East
Postcode
CT1 3EW
Gender intake
Girls
Religious character
None
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
1,258
FSM eligible
7.2%
EAL / First language other than English
14.3%
SEND (total)
11.4%
SEN Support
10.3%
EHCP
1.0%
White British
63.6%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
93.5%
Overall absence
6.5%
Persistent absence
14.9%
Severe absence
1.9%

Current benchmarks (2025/26 to date)

Secondary schools
ComparatorAttendanceOverall absenceUnauthorised
KentLocal authority91.6%8.4%3.1%
South EastRegion91.5%8.5%2.8%
EnglandEngland91.4%8.6%3.3%

Session-weighted year-to-date rates to 17 July 2026. Source: DfE Explore Education Statistics, pupil attendance (daily), published 6 August 2026. The school figures above are from a different published year, so no direct difference is shown.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

Suspension rate
2.1%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
0.96%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.00%

Attainment and Progress 8 (2024/25)

Attainment 8
67.7
English & maths grade 5+
89.8%
English & maths grade 4+
97.7%

Data sources and last updated

  • Published Department for Education and Ofsted data.
  • Historical predecessor information is shown only where the DfE lineage record has been validated. It is clearly labelled as historical predecessor-establishment data.
  • Missing or suppressed values are shown as gaps, never as zero.
  • For interactive comparisons with 25 contextually similar schools, open this school in School DNA.
  • Profile last updated: 2026-07-07.

Contextual comparison

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Simon Langton Girls' Grammar School is a secondary school in Kent. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.