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Grammar schools in and near Maidstone

4 state selective schools are within five miles of the published Maidstone place coordinate; 21 are within fifteen miles.

Nearby schools

4 within five miles, 10 within ten miles and 21 within fifteen miles of Maidstone's published place coordinate. The nearest is Maidstone Grammar School for Girls, approximately 0.60 miles away.

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Nearby schools can use different tests and admissions rules. Open the guide for the test your child took, then check the current policy for each school you want to name on your home council's application.

Maidstone and Medway use separate 11+ tests

The published Maidstone reference point has 4 listed grammar schools using the Kent Test within five miles. The 6 Medway grammar schools shown within ten miles use the separate Medway Test. Medway Council says its test is for Medway grammar schools only. A Kent Test result does not replace a Medway Test result. Read each school's policy before choosing preferences; distance from the town point does not establish admission priority.

For September 2027 entry, Maidstone families use Kent's application by 2 November 2026, even if naming a Medway school. Medway residents apply by 31 October 2026. Families elsewhere use their home council's deadline. The school application is separate from either test registration.

Oakwood Park Grammar School is one of the nearby Kent Test schools. Families claiming its Student Premium or specified previous-care priority must return the school's supplementary form by 31 October 2026, before Kent's separate 2 November application deadline. Kent Council approved an increase from 160 to 190 Year 7 places from September 2027, while the posted 2027 school policy still states 160. Read both sources and ask the school how its current policy reflects the approval; neither figure predicts an offer.

Compare nearby schools

Schools are ordered by approximate straight-line distance. Some are in neighbouring towns. Offers are the published National Offer Day count for September 2026 entry, rather than available places for the next intake.

State schools with reviewed selection routes within fifteen miles of Maidstone
Maidstone Grammar School for Girlsgirls admissionsApproximate miles0.60Test routeKent TestHistoric offers133
Maidstone Grammar Schoolboys admissionsApproximate miles0.69Test routeKent TestHistoric offers205
Invicta Grammar Schoolgirls admissionsApproximate miles0.71Test routeKent TestHistoric offers255
Oakwood Park Grammar Schoolboys admissionsApproximate miles1.01Test routeKent TestHistoric offers160
Holcombe Grammar Schoolmixed admissionsApproximate miles6.45Test routeMedway TestHistoric offers179
Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical Schoolboys admissionsApproximate miles6.79Test routeMedway TestHistoric offers201
The Rochester Grammar Schoolgirls admissionsApproximate miles6.86Test routeMedway TestHistoric offers204
Chatham Grammarmixed admissionsApproximate miles7.06Test routeMedway Test; Kent TestHistoric offers150
Fort Pitt Grammar Schoolmixed admissionsApproximate miles7.45Test routeMedway TestHistoric offers149
Rainham Mark Grammar Schoolmixed admissionsApproximate miles7.49Test routeMedway TestHistoric offers233
Highsted Grammar Schoolgirls admissionsApproximate miles10.26Test routeKent TestHistoric offers109
Borden Grammar Schoolboys admissionsApproximate miles10.26Test routeKent TestHistoric offers123
Weald of Kent Grammar Schoolgirls admissionsApproximate miles12.07Test routeKent Test; Weald Grammar AssessmentHistoric offers300
Cranbrook Schoolmixed admissionsApproximate miles12.19Test routeKent TestHistoric offers88
Tonbridge Grammar Schoolgirls admissionsApproximate miles12.29Test routeKent TestHistoric offers180
The Judd Schoolboys admissionsApproximate miles12.53Test routeKent TestHistoric offers179
Gravesend Grammar Schoolboys admissionsApproximate miles12.78Test routeKent TestHistoric offers209
Mayfield Grammar School, Gravesendgirls admissionsApproximate miles13.28Test routeKent TestHistoric offers210
Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boysboys admissionsApproximate miles14.05Test routeKent TestHistoric offers300
The Skinners' Schoolboys admissionsApproximate miles14.39Test routeKent TestHistoric offers160
Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar Schoolgirls admissionsApproximate miles14.40Test routeKent TestHistoric offers174

Nearby does not mean in catchment

These distances do not establish a priority area or eligibility. Check each school's determined policy, published qualification rules and the council's application process.

Entrance routes for these schools

  • Kent Test

    English, Mathematics, Verbal reasoning, Non-verbal reasoning, Spatial reasoning, Writing

  • Weald Grammar Assessment

    English, Mathematics, Verbal reasoning, Non-verbal reasoning

  • Medway Test

    English, Mathematics, Spatial reasoning, Non-verbal reasoning, Verbal reasoning

Different tests can serve schools near the same town. Read the relevant route before choosing practice, registering or arranging score sharing.

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Plan an application from this town

  1. Open each school guide to check qualification, priority and current admissions evidence.
  2. Check travel from your home address. A straight-line radius can cross rivers, county boundaries or routes with slow public transport.
  3. If your child has a test result, read the guide for that route and submit your home council's school application by its published deadline.
  4. If you are planning for a later entry year, check each test's registration window and whether its score must be shared with another school.
  5. Put schools in your genuine preference order and include an option your child is eligible for.

Location and admissions sources

Reference point: Maidstone, Kent (51.27297, 0.52066). Distances use the great-circle method from this ONS place coordinate to the published school coordinates. The catalogue includes fully selective and labelled partly selective state schools. Coordinates, school records and offer statistics can come from different dated releases.

Questions parents ask

Which grammar school is nearest to the Maidstone reference point?

Maidstone Grammar School for Girls is approximately 0.60 miles away in a straight line from the published place coordinate. A home address or travel route will give a different distance.

Are all these schools inside Maidstone?

No. This comparison includes schools within fifteen miles of the Maidstone reference point, including schools in neighbouring towns or local authorities. Partly selective schools are labelled separately.

Do these distances show the catchment boundary for Maidstone?

No. These are approximate straight-line distances between ONS place and school coordinates. They do not establish a priority area, a travel time, a council-measured distance or the last distance offered.

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