Simon Langton Girls' Grammar School is a state-maintained secondary school in Canterbury, United Kingdom with 1,258 pupils. As of 13 November 2026 it is advertising 2 vacancies: Temporary Teacher of Mathematics full-time (closes 25 November) and Temporary Teacher of Mathematics p-t (0.6) (closes 25 November).
Listed on EduAtlas: the school’s official record and its live vacancies. 2 live vacancies.
Head
Paul Pollard, Head of School
Type
State-maintained, Secondary
Pupils
1,258 pupils · 95% girls · 7.2% eligible for free school meals · 14.3% with English as an additional language DfE school census, 2025/26
Special needs
130 (10.3%) on SEN support · 13 (1.0%) with an education, health and care plan DfE, Special educational needs in England, 2025/26
We welcome applications from talented individuals who will work to ensure the successful implementation of the school and department’s vision and the continued development of the…
We welcome applications from talented individuals who will work to ensure the successful implementation of the school and department’s vision and the continued development of the…
Exam results
Year
Attainment 8
Grade 5+ Eng. & maths
2025/26 provisional
66.0
90.2%
2024/25
67.7
89.8%
2023/24
66.9
90.4%
Department for Education performance tables. Attainment 8 is the average score across eight GCSE-level subjects (out of 90). Grade 5+ is the share of pupils with grade 5 or above in both English and maths. Provisional figures can change when the revised tables are published. Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26.
Inspections
Date
Inspection
Outcome
26 September 2023
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next
Ofsted. Inspections graded schools Outstanding, Good, Requires improvement or Inadequate until August 2024. From September 2024 there were no overall grades; since November 2025 a report card grades each area: exceptional, strong standard, expected standard, needs attention or urgent improvement.
Staff
Year
Teachers
Pupils per teacher
Leavers
Vacancies
Average pay
2025/26
71.6
17.6
–
0
£54,368
2024/25
72.5
17.3
3%
0
£50,194
2023/24
69.7
17.9
10%
0
£46,714
2022/23
68.2
18.2
10%
0
£45,319
2021/22
65.4
18.6
13%
0
£43,176
2020/21
65.1
18.0
12%
0
£43,705
Earlier years (2010/11 to 2019/20)
Year
Teachers
Pupils per teacher
Leavers
Vacancies
Average pay
2019/20
67.1
16.9
12%
0
£42,387
2018/19
64.1
17.3
4%
0
£41,314
2017/18
63.8
17.4
8%
0
£40,362
2016/17
62.3
17.7
9%
0
£40,507
2015/16
62.3
17.4
10%
0
£39,283
2014/15
64.0
17.4
8%
0
£38,481
2013/14
69.7
15.7
17%
0
£36,212
2012/13
70.8
15.4
19%
0
£36,032
2011/12
69.7
16.0
15%
0
£35,905
2010/11
67.6
16.1
19%
0
£36,574
Department for Education, School Workforce Census. Teachers are full-time equivalent. "Leavers" is the share of teachers who moved to another state school or left state schools by the following November, so the latest year has none yet. Vacancies are posts vacant or filled temporarily on census day in November. Average pay is for all teachers, leaders included.
Attendance
Year
Sessions missed
Unauthorised
Persistently absent
Severely absent
2025/26
5.8%
1.4%
13.0%
1.9%
2024/25
5.8%
0.9%
10.9%
1.7%
2023/24
5.3%
0.5%
10.5%
1.4%
2022/23
6.4%
0.7%
15.6%
3.0%
2021/22
8.6%
0.8%
26.1%
1.7%
2020/21
2.8%
0.3%
4.9%
1.0%
Earlier years (2016/17 to 2018/19)
Year
Sessions missed
Unauthorised
Persistently absent
Severely absent
2018/19
4.8%
0.3%
9.9%
0.7%
2017/18
5.7%
0.6%
11.8%
0.7%
2016/17
4.2%
0.1%
8.4%
0.2%
Department for Education, pupil absence statistics, autumn and spring terms of each year so years compare. Persistently absent: share of pupils who missed 10% or more of sessions. Severely absent: share who missed half or more. There are no figures for 2019/20 (school closures).
Register details and head: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools. Results: Department for Education performance tables. Vacancies: public job services and the school's own website, checked continuously. Nothing here is estimated.