Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School

Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School is a grammar school with sixth form in Lincolnshire. The school has held academy status since 2012. There are 1200 girls on the school roll, of which 320 are studying in the sixth form. The school was founded in 1910, and its motto translates from Latin as ‘from this place, draw true inspiration’.The school’s most famous alumna is Margaret Thatcher (née Roberts) who was Head Girl in 1942-43. The school’s site is located next to Grantham College. The market town of Grantham has a population of 43,100, and can be accessed by the A1 and a station on the London-Edinburgh East Coast Main Line.

Headteacher

James Fuller

Values and vision

Kesteven & Grantham Girls’ School pride itself on the rounded and accomplished young women that graduate each year. The school has a consistent record of academic excellence at the highest levels achieved in an environment that encourages pupils to grow and mature into capable, confident adults.

This approach is the core of the ethos: to foster self-esteem, independence and initiative, integrity and concern for others. The school aims to provide an environment that allows every student to fully develop her intellectual and personal qualities and to acquire the knowledge, skills, confidence and flexibility to play an active, responsible part in a changing world. Historically, Kesteven and Grantham has been recognised as a Specialist School in Science, Mathematics and Modern Foreign Languages, but all faculties deliver excellent results year on year.

Ofsted

“The girls are inquisitive, interested and involved learners. In the great majority of lessons, all students make good and often outstanding progress in the development of skills, knowledge and understanding. This is because, during their time at the school, they are encouraged to question and build on their teachers’ and each others thinking.”

View Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School’s latest Ofsted report