Cranbrook School vs Weald of Kent Grammar School Compared

Side by side

	Cranbrook School	Weald of Kent Grammar School
Phase	Secondary	Secondary
Gender	Mixed	Girls
Pupils on roll	958	1,913
Free school meals	4.7%	3.9%
Ofsted rating	Not published	Not judged
Attainment 8 — 2025/26	68.3	69.3
11+ test board	GL Assessment	GL Assessment
Admission system	qualifying score is the minimum; places then go in score order (distance only breaks ties)	pass/fail then criteria order (score doesn't give priority after passing)
Places offered — 202627	88	300
First preferences per place — higher means more competition for a first-preference place	1.62	0.78

Qualifying scores

Cranbrook School

332 out of 423 (2026 entry)

Aggregate ≥332 with no single paper below 108. County-wide Kent Test threshold: reaching it earns a 'suitable for grammar school' assessment, NOT a place — each school then applies its own oversubscription criteria, and super-selective schools (The Judd School, Skinners', Tonbridge, Dartford) fill in score order well above the threshold.

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Weald of Kent Grammar School

332 out of 423 (2026 entry)

Aggregate ≥332 with no single paper below 108. County-wide Kent Test threshold: reaching it earns a 'suitable for grammar school' assessment, NOT a place — each school then applies its own oversubscription criteria, and super-selective schools (The Judd School, Skinners', Tonbridge, Dartford) fill in score order well above the threshold.

Council source ↗

Who gets priority

Where a school is oversubscribed, these are the first criteria applied, in order. This is usually what decides an application.

Cranbrook School

Looked after and previously looked after children
Pupil Premium children in the Priority Area
Children in the Priority Area with a social need to attend as a day student
Children in the Priority Area with a sibling at the school
Children of teaching or support staff
Children living in the Priority Area (the civil parishes of Cranbrook and Sissinghurst, Goudhurst, Staplehurst, Frittenden, Benenden, Sandhurst and Hawkhurst, or within 8.5 km)

Source: school admissions policy.

Weald of Kent Grammar School

Looked after and previously looked after children
40 places for Pupil Premium girls — nearest to the Tonbridge campus first
A sister or brother at the school when the child starts
Health and special access reasons
Children of permanent staff
Girls living in TN9–TN12, the listed Tonbridge and Sevenoaks-district parishes — nearest first (to the Tonbridge campus)

Source: school admissions policy.

Choosing between them

Cranbrook School is a mixed school and Weald of Kent Grammar School is a girls school, so for many families the starting point is which one can admit their child. The figures on this page are the published ones — they describe intakes and results, not what either school would be like for your child. The right choice depends on your family's own priorities and circumstances.

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