Index
Update September 2019: I have belatedly received fuller details about oversubscription from KCC, with which I have replaced a previous measure below, along with 2019 Appeal outcomes
You will find the parallel article looking at Kent Non-selective schools here. Medway Schools to follow. Please note that the two articles on secondary school allocation in Kent had over 27,000 hits last year, being the two longest and most popular I publish. If there are corrections to be made, or you would like any section expanded or clarified, please let me know.
The number of Kent grammar school places available for Year 7 pupils has risen by just 20 overall since last year, to 5469, with a total increase of 535 over the past five years. The biggest change is an increase of 30 places at Simon Langton Boys to 150, although its popularity has dropped sharply. There are currently 217 empty spaces for September (up from 184 in 2018), in ten grammar schools including three of the four Maidstone grammars.
417 of the 5252 Kent grammar school places offered, or 8% (down from 9% in 2018) of the total, went to pupils from outside of the county (ooc), with 223 pupils going to out of county grammars, mainly in Medway. 147 pupils coming in were offered places at the two Dartford Grammar schools. As a result, the pressure on places at these two schools continues to rise inexorably along with the two Wilmington grammars, led by Dartford Grammar School with a record 336 grammar qualified first choices turned down for its 180 places, up from 313 in 2018. The next most popular schools were unsurprisingly Dartford Girls, The Judd School, Skimmers and Tonbridge Grammar.
As far as I am aware there is just one black spot for grammar school applications, North West Kent, especially around Swanscombe and Greenhithe, where a number of grammar qualified children have been offered no grammar school place, although most applied for two or three of the local schools.
I look at the outcomes below in more detail, including levels of oversubscription and vacancies together with a look at each school individually. You will find copious data on each individual school here.
You will find an initial article on allocation here, that also provides cut off scores for the super selective schools, and also the 2018 equivalent article here. You will also find further information on each secondary school here, the pages currently being updated. Please let me know of any you wish to be brought up to date.
Please note that all statistics in this page refer to grammar qualified children, both via the Kent Test and also through local Tests available through six grammar schools as explained below. I am sorry that my full analysis of Kent Test results has been delayed this year, but I hope to publish it soon.
MOST OVERSUBSCRIBED KENT GRAMMAR
SCHOOLS ON ALLOCATION 2019
|
|||||
GRAMMAR
SCHOOL
|
PLACES
OFFERED
|
QUALIFIED
1ST CHOICES
TURNED DOWN
|
OOC*
OFFERS
|
APPEALS
2019
|
APPEALS
UPHELD
2019
|
Dartford | 180 | 336 | 80 | 130 | 6 |
Dartford Girls | 180 | 230 | 67 | 91 | 0 |
Judd | 180 | 173 | 17 | 58 | 9 |
Skinners | 160 | 122 | 18 | 53 | 4 |
Tonbridge | 180 | 111 | 30 | 30 | 2 |
Wilmington Boys | 150 | 101 | 25 | 114 | 8 |
Wilmington Girls | 150 | 73 | 29 | 91 | 4 |
Mayfield | 180 | 39 | 5 | 44 | 16 |
Queen Elizabeth's | 140 | 36 | 0 | 33 | 5 |
Dane Court | 165 | 30 | 0 | 68 | 21 |
Maidstone | 205 | 29 | o | 68 | 18 |
Highsted | 150 | 29 | 5 | Waiting | |
Weald of Kent | 295 | 27 | 35 | 96 | 19 |
Dover Girls | 140 | 27 | 0 | 31 | 5 |
KENT GRAMMAR SCHOOLS WITH MORE
THAN 5 VACANCIES, MARCH 2019
|
||||
GRAMMAR SCHOOL |
PLACES
AVAILABLE
|
VACANCIES |
APPEALS
2019
|
APPEALS
UPHELD 2019
|
Maidstone Girls | 180 | 58 | 114 | 75 |
Oakwood Park | 160 | 41 | 128 | 74 |
Norton Knatchbull | 210 | 40 | 66 | 37 |
Highworth | 210 | 21 | 75 | 45 |
Borden | 120 | 16 | Waiting | |
Dover Boys | 150 | 12 | 9 | 4 |
Highsted | 150 | 12 | Waiting | |
Simon Langton Girls | 165 | 8 | 44 | 31 |
Barton Court | 150 | 5 | 64 | 12 |
Invicta | 240 | 4 | 89 | 20 |
CHANGE IN POPULARITY
MEASURED BY 1ST CHOICES
|
|||
Dartford Girls | +79 | Tunbridge Wells Boys | -49 |
Skinners | +54 | Tunbridge Wells Girls | -46 |
Judd | +30 | Simon Langton Boys | -37 |
Norton Knatchbull | +28 | Oakwood Park | -25 |
Wilmington Boys | +26 | Maidstone Girls | -25 |