GRGravesend Grammar School 11+ admissions

• Kent Test

  Local authority selection test · GL Assessment · Paper-based multiple-choice tests with separate answer sheets, followed by an unmarked writing exercise

  English, mathematics and reasoning results are age-standardised. Kent sets an aggregate threshold and minimum component scores for each test year. For September 2027 entry, the 2026 test required an aggregate of at least 345 with no component below 111. A grammar assessment does not guarantee a school place; each school applies its own admissions criteria when oversubscribed.

  Provider change for September 2028 entry

  For September 2028 entry, Kent County Council has appointed Quest Assessments for the test sat in 2027. The council says its structure, timing and purpose will stay the same and will publish familiarisation material before that test. The 2026 test and September 2027 entry are unaffected.

  Kent County Council's provider announcement
  Check the official test registration page

Eligibility

Boys considered suited to grammar school through the Kent PESE age-11 process are eligible.

Score policy

Kent PESE grammar assessment required; no school-specific numeric threshold published.

Registration

GIAS does not publish the current test registration URL.

Published area: Category 5: Borough of Gravesham, Category 6: Ash-cum-Ridley, Bean, Fawkham, Hartley, Longfield and New Barn, Southfleet, Swanscombe and Greenhithe, Stansted, and the Unparished Area of Ebbsfleet, Category 7: Stone, Darenth, Horton Kirby and South Darenth, Cliffe and Cliffe Woods.

These are separate ordered home-address priority tiers, not a single eligibility catchment. Other eligible boys can apply in category 8. Use the permanent home under the Kent admissions definition. Ask the admissions authority to confirm the exact borough, civil parish or unparished-area boundary; a postcode alone cannot prove membership.

Boys must be suited to grammar school through the Kent Age 11 assessment. Eligible EHCP-named admissions come before the 210-place allocation. The order is looked-after or previously looked-after children, including policy-defined overseas state-care/adoption cases; evidenced medical, social or special-access need; continuing siblings; qualifying staff children; Gravesham residents; residents of the category 6 parishes or Ebbsfleet unparished area; residents of the category 7 parishes; then all other eligible boys. Medical/social/access claims may concern the child or parent/guardian and need a demonstrable, significant school-specific need supported by a suitably qualified practitioner. Siblings must live as siblings in the same home and attend when the child joins. Staff need at least two years of employment or recruitment to a demonstrable shortage post. Within every category, Pupil Premium applicants come first, then nearer homes; premium ties also use distance. Premium covers FSM in the last six years, excluding universal infant meals alone, and policy-defined care-status applicants. Return the premium SIF and evidence by 31 October 2026; it does not replace the common application. Distance is straight-line permanent-home-to-school NLPG address-point distance, with special provisions for unregistered homes. Equal distance uses random selection. The waiting list follows the same criteria and is re-ranked whenever a child is added.

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
• Verbal reasoning
• Non-verbal reasoning
• Spatial reasoning
• Writing

1. 1. Kent PESE grammar assessment

   The September 2027 policy requires boys to be assessed as suitable for grammar school through Kent PESE. It names no numeric school-specific score threshold, test date, provider or general registration deadline.

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.

Gravesend 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. Open state-funded school fields CSV

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

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

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

3. Gravesend Grammar School admissions criteria 2027-2028

   Kent County Council. Accessed 24 October 2026. September 2027 entry.

4. Kent County Council Co-ordinated Scheme for Secondary Admissions, Academic Year 2027/28 (determined)

   Kent County Council. Accessed 24 October 2026. September 2027 entry.

5. Kent Test familiarisation booklet

   Kent County Council. Accessed 26 August 2026. September 2027 entry.

6. Prepare for the Kent Test

   Kent County Council. Accessed 26 August 2026. September 2027 entry.

7. Register for the Kent Test for September 2027 entry

   Kent County Council. Accessed 26 August 2026. September 2027 entry.

8. Kent Test results guidance

   Kent County Council. Accessed 26 August 2026. September 2027 entry.

9. Kent Test results and 2026 qualifying threshold

   Kent County Council. Accessed 20 October 2026. September 2027 entry.

10. 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.

11. Gravesend Grammar School admissions criteria 2027-2028

    Kent County Council. Accessed 1 October 2026. September 2027 entry.

12. Chatham Grammar Determined Admissions Policy 2027

    Chatham Grammar. Accessed 23 October 2026. September 2027 entry.