Tonbridge Grammar School

Tonbridge, United Kingdom. Practice coming soon.

A girls' grammar school with 180 Year 7 places, open only to girls assessed as selective through the Kent Test run by Kent County Council. The council's own test page blocked our access, so the test date and format are recorded as reported elsewhere.

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Key facts

checked 17 October 2026

Assessment and dates: Kent Test on Thursday 10 September 2026 (relayed by a Kent primary school; the council page could not be fetched).
Reported by prep providers
Source: KENT TEST 2026 (parent presentation from Ethelbert Road Primary School, PDF) (opens in a new tab), read 17 October 2026
Assessment and dates: Kent Test results issued 15 October 2026.
Source: Tonbridge Grammar School - Join us in Year 7 (opens in a new tab), read 17 October 2026
Assessment and dates: Kent Test registration 1 June to midnight on 1 July 2026, per the same primary school document (which calls 1 July a Tuesday; it was a Wednesday).
Reported by prep providers
Source: KENT TEST 2026 (parent presentation from Ethelbert Road Primary School, PDF) (opens in a new tab), read 17 October 2026
Assessment and dates: Kent secondary applications opened 1 September 2026 and close at midnight on Monday 2 November 2026.
Source: Admission to Secondary school in Kent 2027 (Kent County Council leaflet hosted by Tonbridge Grammar School, PDF) (opens in a new tab), read 17 October 2026
Places: Published admission number 180: up to 135 area places, 30 trustee places and 15 pupil premium places.
Source: Admission to Year 7 in September 2027 (Tonbridge Grammar School guidance for parents, PDF) (opens in a new tab), read 17 October 2026

All 11 facts at a glance

At a glance

Every fact is from the school’s own pages unless marked Reported by prep providers or Our view

Selective entry: Selective girls school: places only for girls assessed as selective through the Kent procedure, so applicants must register for and sit the Kent Test.
Source: Tonbridge Grammar School Admission Arrangements, Admission to Year 7 September 2027 (PDF) (opens in a new tab), read 17 October 2026
Entry point: Year 7 (11+); in-year and sixth form entry also offered.
Source: Tonbridge Grammar School - Join us in Year 7 (opens in a new tab), read 17 October 2026
Test used: Kent Test (Kent Procedure for Entry to Secondary Education), organised and administered by Kent County Council.
Source: Tonbridge Grammar School Admission Arrangements, Admission to Year 7 September 2027 (PDF) (opens in a new tab), read 17 October 2026
Test used: Format as relayed by a Kent primary school: an English and maths paper, a verbal and non-verbal reasoning paper, and an unmarked 40-minute writing task. Supplier not named.
Reported by prep providers
Source: KENT TEST 2026 (parent presentation from Ethelbert Road Primary School, PDF) (opens in a new tab), read 17 October 2026
Assessment and dates: Kent Test on Thursday 10 September 2026 (relayed by a Kent primary school; the council page could not be fetched).
Reported by prep providers
Source: KENT TEST 2026 (parent presentation from Ethelbert Road Primary School, PDF) (opens in a new tab), read 17 October 2026
Assessment and dates: Kent Test results issued 15 October 2026.
Source: Tonbridge Grammar School - Join us in Year 7 (opens in a new tab), read 17 October 2026
Assessment and dates: Kent Test registration 1 June to midnight on 1 July 2026, per the same primary school document (which calls 1 July a Tuesday; it was a Wednesday).
Reported by prep providers
Source: KENT TEST 2026 (parent presentation from Ethelbert Road Primary School, PDF) (opens in a new tab), read 17 October 2026
Assessment and dates: Kent secondary applications opened 1 September 2026 and close at midnight on Monday 2 November 2026.
Source: Admission to Secondary school in Kent 2027 (Kent County Council leaflet hosted by Tonbridge Grammar School, PDF) (opens in a new tab), read 17 October 2026
Places: Published admission number 180: up to 135 area places, 30 trustee places and 15 pupil premium places.
Source: Admission to Year 7 in September 2027 (Tonbridge Grammar School guidance for parents, PDF) (opens in a new tab), read 17 October 2026
Regulator: Latest Ofsted inspection 3 and 4 December 2024 was ungraded: the school kept the standards of its previous Outstanding judgement.
Source: Tonbridge Grammar School - Open - Find an Inspection Report - Ofsted (opens in a new tab), read 17 October 2026
Regulator: Get Information About Schools lists it as an academy converter with a selective admissions policy, URN 136417.
Source: Tonbridge Grammar School - GOV.UK (opens in a new tab), read 17 October 2026

The assessment.

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What the school says

Kent Test (Kent Procedure for Entry to Secondary Education), organised and administered by Kent County Council.
Kent Test (Kent Procedure for Entry to Secondary Education), organised and administered by Kent County Council.
Kent Test results issued 15 October 2026.
Kent secondary applications opened 1 September 2026 and close at midnight on Monday 2 November 2026.

Source: Tonbridge Grammar School Admission Arrangements, Admission to Year 7 September 2027 (PDF) (opens in a new tab), read 17 October 2026

Source: Tonbridge Grammar School - Join us in Year 7 (opens in a new tab), read 17 October 2026

Source: Admission to Secondary school in Kent 2027 (Kent County Council leaflet hosted by Tonbridge Grammar School, PDF) (opens in a new tab), read 17 October 2026

What preparation providers report

Reported by prep providers

Format as relayed by a Kent primary school: an English and maths paper, a verbal and non-verbal reasoning paper, and an unmarked 40-minute writing task. Supplier not named.
Kent Test on Thursday 10 September 2026 (relayed by a Kent primary school; the council page could not be fetched).
Kent Test registration 1 June to midnight on 1 July 2026, per the same primary school document (which calls 1 July a Tuesday; it was a Wednesday).

Source: KENT TEST 2026 (parent presentation from Ethelbert Road Primary School, PDF) (opens in a new tab), read 17 October 2026

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The school’s own pages

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Join us in Year 7(opens in a new tab)checked 17 October 2026
Admission arrangements 2027 entry (PDF)(opens in a new tab)checked 17 October 2026
Guidance for parents, Year 7 entry 2027 (PDF)(opens in a new tab)checked 17 October 2026

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