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Maidstone Grammar School for Girls
Maidstone Grammar School for Girls was founded in 1887 with Funds provided by the Wardens of Rochester Bridge. The school was opened at Albion Place in January 1888 with 18 pupils. In 1938 the present main building was opened in Great Buckland and additional buildings have since been added to meet the growing size and needs of the school.
Since the 1944 Education Act the school has been a Voluntary Controlled Grammar School maintained by Kent County Council. September 1993 marked a new phase in the school's history with a return to entry at 11+.
MGGS is a friendly school, successful in lots of ways and not just in examination results.
This area of the MGGS website contains a miscellaneous collection of reports, information and achievements that will give you a flavour of some of the non-academic or extra-curricular events that occur throughout the year.
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Mary Smith
Headteacher
Message from the Headteacher
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Dear Parents and Carers, Thank you for showing an interest in Maidstone Grammar School for Girls. We hope this website will give you an idea of the quality of education provided at the school. Words and pictures cannot do us justice though, and I would urge you to visit us to see what we can offer your daughter and what makes MGGS such a special place. We place a very high value on creating a caring community in which everyone feels confident and valued. This is a priority for us as we know that students flourish and succeed when they feel happy and secure. Relationships between staff and students are based on trust and mutual respect, and students show respect for each other and for the process of learning. | |
| Academic excellence is very important to us too. We want everyone to feel engaged and excited by learning and to experience the pleasure of achieving personal goals. Our students are keen to learn and we are able to respond positively to differing needs and strengths with the right balance of support and challenge. Our specialist science status, Sportsmark and Artsmark gold awards indicate the breadth of expertise across the curriculum.
We also value the development of creativity, responsibility, physical and personal skills. Students are encouraged to participate in the full MGGS experience, with its strong emphasis on community and charity work, dramatic, musical and sports events. When they leave school, students are mature and well-qualified young people with the confidence to benefit from the opportunities ahead of them and to make a positive contribution to the wider world. We are proud of the school's long and distinguished history in Maidstone, and are committed to preparing our students for the technologies, work patterns and skills of the twenty-first century. Every student who attends the school has talents: our job is to find these and foster them, developing a love of learning and a pride in achievement. We look forward to meeting you. Mary Smith Head teacher |
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Events in June 2009
OFSTED
Staff, governors and students of Maidstone Grammar School for Girls are celebrating their “Outstanding” Ofsted outcome. Inspectors visited the school on 19 and 20 May and rated the school “outstanding” overall and also “outstanding” in almost every specific category. The inspection team praised the “strongly inclusive and caring atmosphere in the school”, describing it as “a place where students feel safe and valued”. They also said that “students achieve outstandingly well throughout their time in the school, and as a result overall standards in external examinations are exceptionally high”.
Headteacher, Mary Smith, said she was delighted with the outcome and that it was “a wonderful tribute to the hard work, dedication and exceptional commitment of staff and governors”. She said the report was also recognition of the excellent attitudes to learning of students and of the highly valued and unstinting support of parents.
The report states that “the curriculum is outstandingly well geared to students’ academic needs and provides exceptionally well for their future studies". Not only do students achieve well, but they also “enjoy excellent relationships with one another and with adults, and have an exceptionally mature and positive attitude to their learning.” Their behaviour is described as “exemplary” and the inspectors commented specifically on the respect they show to each other.
The sixth form was judged as “outstanding” in all respects and inspectors commented that, because students feel valued, they have a strong desire to do well. Students’ needs and interests “are catered for exceptionally well”. Achievement and standards, personal development and well-being, the curriculum, care, guidance and support, and leadership and management were all also judged as “outstanding”. In her letter to the students, the lead inspector said “The headteacher and senior managers provide excellent leadership for the school and we recognise that everyone in the school works very hard to make sure that you have the best possible opportunities. MGGS is an outstanding and popular school that is always striving to improve further and deserves its good reputation”. Looking to the future, the inspectors also found that the school had an excellent capacity for further improvement and praised the headteacher and the leadership team for their success in creating a shared vision and ethos across the school.
Chairman of Governors, Molly Tipples, said “I am thrilled that the exceptionally hard work of the staff and leadership team has been rewarded so positively. I am full of praise for staff and students and congratulate everyone who has put in 110% effort over the last three years. I am absolutely thrilled for the school.”
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