Northfleet School for Girls
Secondary · Foundation school · Ages 11–18 · Gravesend, Kent
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
2.515 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Northfleet School for Girls is a secondary school in Gravesend, Kent for ages 11–18 (foundation school). Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
Northfleet School for Girls catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 2.515 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Year 7 entry in 2026, the last child offered a place lived 2.515 miles away, the 26th shortest of 56 Kent secondary schools with a published last distance.
- That Year 7 2026 distance was about the same as in 2025 and nearer than in 2023, and each year stayed close to the one before.
- Year 7 2026 had 202 first-choice applications for 219 offers; 173 offers went to first-choice families, and 29 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 37% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the 3rd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Kent.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Kent schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Hall Road, Northfleet, Gravesend, DA11 8AQ
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 1,312 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 35.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 21 April 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils are encouraged to ‘Dream Big’ throughout their time at Northfleet School for Girls.”
- “They are supported to become confident and empowered, with a desire to take their place confidently in the world when they leave.”
- “Pupils here feel safe, behave especially well, and treat staff and one another with high levels of respect.”
To improve
- “These are showing a positive difference, but some of this work needs further time to embed fully, for example in supporting the most able pupils to achieve to their full potential.”
- “However, this not as consistently sharp across all areas of the school.”
- “At times, some pupils, particularly those who are most able, are ready to move on to more demanding tasks which could stretch them further.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 June 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 37% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 43 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C- | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 202 first-preference applications, 219 offers in total, 173 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Kent.
- Northfleet Technology College 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Mayfield Grammar School, Gravesend 1.0 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Leigh Academy Ebbsfleet 1.5 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- St John's Catholic Comprehensive 1.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Gravesend Grammar School 1.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Thamesview School 2.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Leigh Academy Longfield 2.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Stone Lodge School 4.2 mi Good Last distance published