FPFort Pitt Grammar School 11+ admissions

• Medway Test

  Local authority selection test · GL Assessment · Three multiple-choice papers with a minimum 20-minute break between papers. Medway maintained primary/junior pupils sit at their own school; pupils from non-Medway primary/junior schools sit at an allocated Medway Council test centre in Medway. Medway independent-school candidates follow their school-specific allocated arrangements.

  English and maths age-standardised scores count twice and reasoning once. For September 2027 entry, the minimum weighted total for a grammar assessment is 478, equivalent to 26% of the Medway maintained-school cohort. A grammar assessment does not guarantee a school place.

  Check the official test registration page

Eligibility

Children must take the Medway Selection Test and be deemed of selective ability, then be named on the Medway Secondary Common Application Form.

Score policy

The Medway Test determines selective ability; no separate numeric school qualifying score is published in the 2027 policy.

Registration

GIAS does not publish the current test registration URL.

Published area: Allhallows, Cliffe and Cliffe Woods, Cooling, Cuxton, Frindsbury Extra (including Wainscott and Upnor), Halling, High Halstow, Hoo St Werburgh (including Chattenden), St James, Isle of Grain, St Mary Hoo, Stoke.

These named parishes form category 5, after the separate within-two-miles category 4. They are not a universal eligibility boundary. Medway measures the two-mile category, so ask Medway to confirm whether your home qualifies; a straight-line estimate cannot confirm it. Categories 5 and 6 use shortest safe walking distance measured by Medway Council. Use the normal home at application and ask Medway to confirm the full address and distance; a postcode alone cannot prove priority.

Eligible children must be deemed selective through the Medway Test and name the school on the secondary common application. For the 150 Year 7 places, the order is looked-after or previously looked-after children under the policy definition; siblings continuing at entry; qualifying staff children; children living within two miles; children in the named parishes; then other eligible children. Siblings must share the home and include natural, adopted, step and foster siblings. Staff need three years of school service at application and/or recruitment to a demonstrable shortage post. Parish and other-applicant places use shortest safe walking distance measured by Medway GIS. Equal eligibility for the final place uses a numbered random draw. The home must be the actual normal residence at application. The council keeps a requested waiting list until 31 August for applicants ranking Fort Pitt above the school offered; the school then runs the Year 7 list for the academic year under these criteria. Confirm any changes with admissions, and ask Medway how the two-mile distance is measured.

For September 2027 entry. Policy checked 2026-10-01. A priority category does not guarantee an offer.

DfE preferences and offers at National Offer Day. A child can appear at several schools or through more than one recorded route at the same school. These figures describe past demand and do not predict an offer.

School identifiers are joined across documented predecessor links. Missing and suppressed values stay unpublished. Latest dataset: September 2026 entry. Checked 2026-10-24.

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• Department for Education: School level secondary and primary applications and offers 2026 (AppsandOffers_2026_SchoolLevel29062026.csv)
• Department for Education: Get Information about Schools all establishments CSV (edubasealldata20261001.csv)
• Department for Education: Get Information about Schools establishment links CSV (links_edubasealldata20261001.csv)

These subjects are verified for the linked shared assessment route. GIAS does not publish the current assessed subjects.

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

1. 1. Medway Test

   Applicants must take the Medway Selection Test and be deemed of selective ability.

Registration opens

GIAS does not publish the current registration opening date.

Registration deadline

GIAS does not publish the current registration deadline.

Test date

GIAS does not publish the current test dates.

Published CAF date

GIAS does not publish the current CAF deadline.

National Offer Day

GIAS does not publish the current offer date.

Shared assessment dates are in the 11+ dates calendar. To decide where this school goes on the application form, use the school application order planner.

Fort Pitt Grammar School is a state-funded school, so there is no tuition fee for a Year 7 place. Uniform and optional activities can have separate costs. Check the Department for Education school record and the GOV.UK guide to state schools for the funding rule. The school can confirm current uniform and activity costs.

Inspection outcomes are maintained separately and are not present in current GIAS downloads.

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1. Determined Admissions Policy for September 2027

   Fort Pitt Grammar School. Accessed 23 October 2026. September 2027 entry.

2. Fort Pitt Grammar School Year 7 (co-ed) Prospectus, 2027 entry

   Fort Pitt Grammar School. Accessed 24 October 2026. September 2027 entry.

3. Open state-funded school fields CSV

   Department for Education. Accessed 21 October 2026. GIAS register snapshot on 20 October 2026.

4. Open state-funded school fields CSV, 24 October 2026

   Department for Education. Accessed 24 October 2026. GIAS register snapshot on 24 October 2026.

5. School admission arrangements 2027

   Medway Council. Accessed 26 August 2026. September 2027 entry.

6. Key dates for applying for secondary school: September 2027 entry

   Medway Council. Accessed 26 August 2026. September 2027 entry.

7. About the Medway Test

   Medway Council. Accessed 26 August 2026. September 2027 entry.

8. How the Medway Test is marked

   Medway Council. Accessed 20 October 2026. September 2027 entry.

9. ONS Postcode Directory May 2026 school-postcode centroid extract

   Office for National Statistics. Accessed 21 October 2026. ONS Postcode Directory, May 2026; candidate-school postcodes queried 21 October 2026.

10. Determined Admissions Policy for September 2027

    Fort Pitt Grammar School. Accessed 1 October 2026. September 2027 entry.

11. School admissions arrangements 2027

    Medway Council. Accessed 24 October 2026. September 2027 entry.

12. Medway Test information for children outside of Medway

    Medway Council. Accessed 24 October 2026. September 2027 entry.

13. Register for the Medway Test

    Medway Council. Accessed 24 October 2026. September 2027 entry.

14. Key dates for applying for secondary school: September 2027 entry

    Medway Council. Accessed 24 October 2026. September 2027 entry.

15. Medway Test dates

    Medway Council. Accessed 24 October 2026. September 2027 entry.

16. About the Medway Test

    Medway Council. Accessed 24 October 2026. September 2027 entry.

17. Children get their Medway Test results

    Medway Council. Accessed 24 October 2026. September 2027 entry.

18. How the Medway Test is marked

    Medway Council. Accessed 24 October 2026. September 2027 entry.

19. The Medway Test: Familiarisation Booklet

    Medway Council. Accessed 24 October 2026. September 2027 entry.