How to Apply

Application process

All applications to Dover Grammar School for Girls should be made via Kent Choices. All external applicants will be invited for a meeting with a member of the Sixth Form Team and tours of the school site are available. Internal applicants will be given an additional application form in school and will be interviewed by a member of the Leadership Team. External applicants should also complete the options form below.

For further details contact sixthformteam@dggs.kent.sch.uk

Minimum Entry Requirements

The admissions criteria for the Sixth Form are as follows:

• A minimum of 6 separately identifiable GCSE subjects (or equivalent) at an average grade of 5.5 or above
• These 6 subjects must include at least a grade 4 in English Language or English Literature and at least a grade 4 in Mathematics
• You will require a grade 6 or above in most subjects you wish to study at A Level
• To study Mathematics, Modern Foreign Languages or a Science subject you will require a grade 7
• To study Economics a grade 7 or above in Mathematics is required and a 6+ or above in Business or a related subject
• Students may be able to study a Science subject with a 6 grade but their 4th option choice must be STEM Access forming part of your Personal Enrichment Pathway.
• For Further Mathematics you will need an 8 or 9
• Short Courses count as half a GCSE
• A positive attitude in your chosen subjects and a respect for school aims, objectives and ethos
• Commitment to the expectations of the Sixth Form and the school community
• Students will not be admitted if they have not completed the appropriate paperwork