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• Monday 13 September 2021 Year 11 Cricket - Miskin Plate Success! On Thursday the 9th September, the Year 11 cricketers played Kent College in the Miskin plate competition. It was a very exciting game that began with DGS losing the toss and being put into bat. Every member of the team played well but there were stand-out batting performances from Aryaman Singh and the captain Visnu Parakirama, who both made over 50. Manav Khatri also batted extremely well and was unlucky to be run out.
• Thursday 9 September 2021 Excellent performance by Year 8 cricket team in Kent Cup Final The Year 8 cricket team represented the school admirably in the Kent Cup final yesterday (8thSeptember) against New Beacon School, in what was a very tense and exciting match at Rodmersham Cricket Club. In glorious weather, DGS won the toss and elected to bat and the boys posted a very competitive score of 90 runs off 20 overs. This was down to some excellent batting by captain Freddie Luckett (who top-scored with 32) and Zain Pala who struck the ball nicely and ran brilliantly between the wickets.
• Monday 6 September 2021 Three golds at the School Games!
• Thursday 12 August 2021 Dartford Grammar School students celebrate success in challenging times: GCSE results 2021 We are delighted that our students have achieved an outstanding, richly deserved set of GCSE results. These are the product of their hard work over the last two years, as well as the considerable support of their subject teachers. Between them, Year 11 have achieved an Attainment 8 total of 80.2, with 85.7% of all grades being awarded at 9-7 in our academically rigorous curriculum.
• Thursday 8 July 2021 2021 IB Diploma Results - Best Ever on all Measures The IB Diploma ‘Class of 21’ has surpassed all other years with a set of results that are, on every level, the best ever. 
• Tuesday 12 January 2021 Classics Excellence Programme receives more funding
• Tuesday 5 January 2021 DGS celebrates 25 years as an International Baccalaureate World School Dartford Grammar School is celebrating its 25th anniversary as an International Baccalaureate (IB) World School. This is a milestone for us as we join a legacy of schools around the world to reach this landmark.
• Friday 27 November 2020 DARTFORD GRAMMAR SCHOOL WINS A SUNDAY TIMES SCHOOL OF THE DECADE AWARD Dartford Grammar School has been named The Sunday Times International Baccalaureate School of the Decade by the authoritative survey Parent Power, published in The Sunday Times Schools Guide, available in The Sunday Times and online this Sunday, November 29. This survey of the country’s best schools is widely acknowledged as the most authoritative, and ranks 2000 high-achieving UK schools by their published examination results.
• Thursday 26 November 2020 DGS wins the Education Business ICT Innovation Award Dartford Grammar School has won the ICT Innovation Award given by Education Business, an organisation which has pioneered the recognition of school achievements since its inception in 1998. 
• Thursday 17 September 2020 Rt Hon Nick Gibb opens 6th Form Centre and Japanese Garden The Headmaster Mr Oakes and Chair of Governors Mrs Jacobs were delighted to welcome the Rt Hon Nick Gibb, Minister of State for School Standards, into school on 17th September 2020. The Minister made a brief visit to see new facilities and perform official openings of the new wing of the 6th Form Centre and the Japanese Garden.
• Thursday 17 September 2020 Minister for Schools Standards commends DGS for its ambition and its part in national teaching hubs The Rt Hon Nick Gibb, Minister for School standards, visited Dartford Grammar School on 17th September 2020 and was able to update himself on the progress the school is making as a hub of the National Centre for Computing Education (NCCE). He spoke at some length with Steven Ireland who is a Computer Science teacher at the school, and Niel McLean (NCCE representative – Head of Education for British Computer Society, Chartered Institute for IT) about how the programme is going. 
• Tuesday 7 July 2020 Simply Outstanding 2020 IB Diploma Results Many congratulations to Dartford Grammar School students who are celebrating outstanding IB Diploma results. In these strange and difficult times, it is a real tonic to see young people celebrating success and looking forward to the future. Having completed the usual range of assessments in their 6 subjects, in Theory of Knowledge and submitting an Extended Essay just prior to lockdown, students have had the disappointment of exam cancellations and an anxious wait while the IB carried out a rigorous marking of these assignments and awarded grades. Our students have done themselves proud.
• Thursday 2 July 2020 DGSChapter wins Best Online at the Shine School Media Award The Dartford Grammar School Journalism Society was recognised at the annual Shine School Media Awards, winning the overall award for Best Online with four highly commended awards in the categories of Best Stand-Alone Piece, Best Cartoon, Best Homepage and Best Overall Content, for the school’s student publication DGSChapter. We beat stiff opposition from hundreds of schools including Whitgift School, Kingsbridge Community College, City of London School and Bromsgrove School to clinch the top award.
• Wednesday 24 June 2020 3 DGS students in the Final of the Nihongo Cup On Saturday 27th June three students from Dartford Grammar School will be judged in the final of the Nihongo Cup.
• Monday 27 April 2020 Thomas Frake OD wins Masterchef 2020
• Wednesday 18 March 2020 School Update 18 March 2020 (COVID-19)
• Tuesday 17 March 2020 School Update 17 March 2020 (COVID 19)
• Monday 16 March 2020 School Update 16 March 2020 (COVID 19)
• Friday 13 March 2020 School Update 13 March 2020 (COVID-19)
• Tuesday 10 March 2020 School Update 10 March 2020 (COVID-19)
• Tuesday 3 March 2020 School Update 3 March 2020 (COVID-19)
• Wednesday 5 February 2020 DGS students at Pembroke College for Japanese taster day
• Friday 22 November 2019 The Sunday Times IB School of the Year 2020 Sunday Times IB School of the Year 2020
• Thursday 22 August 2019 The Dartford Grammar School community celebrate record-breaking GCSE results in 2019
• Tuesday 9 July 2019 Best ever IB successes in 2019
• Monday 8 July 2019 Dartford Grammar School awarded Computer Hub status by the National Centre for Computing Education
• Tuesday 4 June 2019 Arthur Jones (OD 1935-40) 1923-2019
• Tuesday 14 May 2019 Buckingham Palace presentation to Gold Duke of Edinburgh Award students Buckingham Palace presentation to Gold D of E Students
• Friday 10 May 2019 Letter of congratulations from Nick Gibb, Minister for Schools
• Wednesday 8 May 2019 Year 8 Japanese Excellence Programme Residential Trip
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