Updated July 2018. 

You will find an article on 2018 oversubscription data for grammar schools here, and for non-selective schools here. For Grammar School Preferences, only grammar qualified are counted. The PAN is the Published Admission Number and refers to the number of places available in the year group for each school. If additional places were offered, I have recorded this under PAN.  

A Report on 2017 Appeals Outcomes here. For Attainment 8 and Progress 8 and further information on the performance of all Kent schools with 2017 GCSE scores go to here for explanation. 

Walmer Science College NOW CLOSED The school has now amalgamated with Castle Community College, which was effective closure of Walmer Science College, brought about by poor leadership. Further information and comment here. There were no further intakes from September 2014 onwards. Sadly for the children, almost as soon as they joined Castle, the latter plunged from OFSTED Outstanding to Special Measures!!

Weald of Kent Grammar School Tonbridge. Academy. Last full Inspection was in 2007, when the school was found Outstanding, followed by a brief Inspection that confirmed this in 2011.  After considerable controversy, an annexe set in Sevenoaks to increase provision of girls' grammar school places in West Kent opened in 2017, most recent comment here .  For details of how places are allocated to each site, consult the school website, Admission Rules, final section on document, where parents will be able to make a site preference. 

For 2016 entry, the school expanded again in preparation for the Annexe opening in 2017, to 230 places.For 2017, with the grammar school annexe open, the Planned Admission Number rose to 265 (90 on the Sevenoaks site). 

 The 16 successful appellants in 2018 were all placed at the Sevenoaks site, which may have influenced decisions. Others found of grammar school ability by the Panel were placed on the waiting list. 

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Westlands School Sittingbourne. Lead school for the extensive Swale Academies Trust. OFSTED  2012 - Outstanding. The Trust is agressively expansive. There is massive pressure for places at the Sittingbourne non-selective schools with residents of the Isle of Sheppey seeking places on the mainland, but historically no appeals as applications are massaged away, some encouraged to Swale Community Academy, also part of the Swale Academies Trust . This changed in 2017. The considerable movement in Sittingbourne after Year 11 allocation has been exacerbated by a high proportion of children going off to grammar school on appeal, although this may fall for 2018 entrance. Controversial issue on leaders' remuneration in 2017. 

The final column here identifies the large number of unsuccessful applicants who vanish without going to appeal, notably 2016!

 The school has a way of massaging away those on its waiting list, that according to regular Freedom of Information Requests does not involve hearing appeals. For 2016, 17 appeals are recorded as being filed. Of these 6 were offered a place, 11 withdrawn. None were heard. 

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Whitstable Community College. Go to Community College Whitstable. 

Wilmington Academy. Became an Academy September 2010, converting from the failed Wilmington Enterprise College which was placed in Special Measures in 2009. Federated with the highly successful Leigh Academy (above). OFSTED May 2017- Good again. For 2015 admission, this was the fifth most oversubscribed non-selective school in Kent on allocation in March, turning away 94 disappointed first choices, not only because of its own success, but the failure of nearby Oasis Hextable Academy, now to close. My memory goes back a few years to when I supported families in appeals to Hextable as they attempted to flee Wilmington. How times change! Very difficult to win an appeal, so numbers have fallen. 

Popularity still strong but below the heady days of 2015.  

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Wilmington Grammar School for Boys. Part of the Endeavour Academy Trust with Wilmington Grammar Girls (see below) Heavily oversubscribed because of large number of applications from across the county boundary,but in 2015 changed oversubscription criteria to favour local boys along with 10% high scorers, and siblings include those of Wilmington Girls which is changing its character, although still large number of ooc boys, mainly siblings, and parts of Bexley regarded as local. . OFSTED Nov 2017: Good again. 

 2018 allocation data shows its increasing popularity, with many children previously placing it second choice to one of the Dartford Grammars. The high number of  first choices rejected will be mainly London children, although for 2018, Kent children living outside the defined priority area also lost out. 

 The school sticks rigidly to its five form entry so appeal success is very difficult. 

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Wilmington Grammar School for Girls. Academy part of Endeavour Trust with Wilmington Grammar School for Boys (above). Heavily oversubscribed because of large number of applications from across the county boundary,but in 2015 changed oversubscription criteria to favour local girls along with 10% high scorers, and siblings include those of Wilmington Boys which is changing its character, although still large number of ooc girls, mainly siblings, and parts of Bexley regarded as local. OFSTED Nov 2015: Outstanding, up from Good.  

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Wrotham School. popular rural school always heavily oversubscribed, but takes some additional children after appeals each year. OFSTED May, 2015 - GOOD. PAN increased by 10 to 140 for 2015 admission, which left just 3 first choices not being offered places.  

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Wye School, Ashford. This new Free School for an intake of just 90 children opened in September 2013, and rapidly became very popular, although recent troubles have seen a sharp downturn. The temporary accommodation appears to have become permanent and is now been modernised including new buildings. The proposal to focus on the academic curriculum  of the English Baccalaureate indicated the philosophy of the proposers, although their website paints a highly ambitious programme, apparently catering for all interests and aptitudes (nothing wrong with that) which may be difficult to achieve in such a small school. Part of the thinking behind the proposal may be for children to avoid the large and socially diverse non selective schools in Ashford and Kennington, which has certainly been successful, with the Towers School in neighbouring Kennington especially hard hit. OFSTED  Jun 2015 - Good, although based on just two year groups. Recent problems at the top saw the headteacher depart suddenly summer 2017, a temporary replacement appointed and now a new permanent head is in place. 

It looks as if the school does not have any