Index
There is always considerable media pressure in the number of OOC children passing the Kent Test, 3066 this year, but the reality is that around 415 (I cannot be exact as there are small numbers involved in some Local Authorities, so I have to take an approximation) were offered places in Kent grammar schools last year, and an unknown number of these will have not taken them up.
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Out of County Kent Grammar School Assessments 2020
for Admission in September 2021*
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| 2020 | 2019 | |||||||||||
| Boys | Girls | Total | Boys % | Girls % | Total % |
boys
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girls
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total
|
boys
%
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girls
%
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Total
%
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Out of County Tested
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2497 | 2628 | 5125 | 49% | 51% | 2483 | 2312 | 4795 | 52% | 48% | ||
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Out of County Automatic Pass
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1540 | 1409 | 2949 | 62% | 54% | 58% | 1410 | 1204 |
2614
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57% | 52% | 55% |
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OOC Headteacher Assessment
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102 | 113 | 215 | 4% | 4% | 4% | 124 | 145 | 269 | 5% | 6% |
6%
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OOC HTA Pass
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48 | 72 | 120 | 2% | 3% | 2% | 64 | 90 | 154 | 3% | 4% |
3%
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| Total OOC Passes | 1588 | 1478 | 3066 | 64% | 56% | 60% | 1474 | 1294 | 2768 | 59% | 56% | 58% |
Some of the out of county applications occur due to what has been called 11 plus tourism, as too many London families apply to grammar schools around the M25 belt (Dartford and Enfield?), and also the North West Kent grammars being easily reached by rail out of SE London. In addition, some families use the Kent Test for free of charge practice in preparation for entrance exams for other schools and Local Authorities. Croydon is typical with 69 Kent Test passes, along with Southwark 54, Surrey 55, and Tower Hamlets, 49, with no evidence of children from these areas taking up Kent places in past years.
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Local Authorities with more than 100
Out of County Assessments for Kent Test 2020
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| Council |
Number
Assessed
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Found
Selective
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Grammar Places
in 2020*
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| Bexley | 1064 | 600 | 104 |
| Greenwich | 694 | 377 | 35 |
| Bromley | 777 | 563 | 81 |
| Medway | 553 | 273 | 16 |
| Lewisham | 299 | 171 | 6 |
| Redbridge | 198 | 147 | less than five |
| Thurrock | 135 | 81 | 8 |
| East Sussex | 129 | 81 | 41 |
| Barking and Dagenham | 126 | 74 | less than five |
| Newham | 124 | 84 | less than five |
* Note: I only have data for individual schools or Local Authorities where numbers are greater than five. As a result, several of these numbers will be slightly larger than shown.
Redbridge is new from last year in the table, although without evidence of children coming into Kent in previous years, and Southwark has dropped out.
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