Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School
| Motto |
Veras Hinc Ducere Voces (Latin) From this place, draw true inspiration. |
|---|---|
| Established | 1910 |
| Type |
Grammar; Academy |
| Headteacher | David Scott |
| Location |
Sandon Road Grantham Lincolnshire NG31 9AU England Coordinates: 52°54′48″N 0°38′01″W / 52.9134°N 0.6337°W |
| DfE number | 925/4004 |
| DfE URN | 138638 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports Pre-academy reports |
| Staff | 93 |
| Students | 1200 |
| Gender | Girls |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Houses | Austen, Brontë, Browning, Eliot, Potter, Rossetti. |
| Website | KGGS |
Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School (KGGS) is a grammar school with academy status for girls in Grantham, Lincolnshire, established in 1910. It has over 1000 pupils ranging from ages 11 to 18, and has its own sixth form.
KGGS was founded in 1910. Before its establishment Kesteven Local Education Authority had founded the Grantham Institute, which accepted girls. A decision to found a new county grammar school for girls was made by a joint committee of county, borough and town councils. After the Board of Education recognised Grantham Institute as a secondary grammar school, and the girls' aspect within it, they appointed a principal mistress for the Institute, who would become the headmistress of a 1910 newly built school called Kesteven and Grantham Girls' Grammar School.
The former prime minister Margaret Thatcher had been a pupil at the school between 1936 and 1943, head girl in her final year. Teen author Beverley Naidoo opened the English Department in November 2001. The school was awarded dual specialisms in Language and Science.
The school is located near the boys' grammar school, The King's School, and a small number of KGGS pupils take some lessons there at A Level, in a reciprocal arrangement allowing a few King's pupils to take some lessons at KGGS
Each form has a form captain and deputy, two school council members and two charity representatives. Form captains deal with problems and represent the form. A school council discusses matters and acts to improve the school and its community. Charity events are organised by forms to raise money for good causes, with a trophy given each year to the form which raises the most.
Pupils are allotted to one of six houses within the school, named after famous female writers and poets: Austen, Brontë, Browning, Eliot, Potter, and Rossetti. Each house has its own colour: Austen-Purple, Potter-Green, Rossetti-Red, Bronte-White, Browning-Black and Eliot-Yellow. Houses are headed by two Year 13 house captains and two Year 12 house deputies. The house system is maintained and supervised by three Year 13 house secretaries and one member of staff.
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