Curriculum
In September 2003, the school took on the 2-year key stage 3 programme in which enables students to take a more flexible curriculum over the next three years. The school is a specialist science school and has a second specialism in Maths and Computing. The school also holds the ArtsMark Gold Award recognising its expertise in a wide range of arts subjects. Also recently they have introduced a 2-week rota timetable consisting of week A and week B. There are five 1-hour lessons in each day and a 15-minute break and 45-minute lunch. There is also a five-minute movement time between lessons and at the end of break and lunch.
The school is one of Dartford's top performing state schools. In 2009 all girls achieved A*-C grades in their GCSEs and the school placed 11th in the county for A Levels results.
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