Dane Court Grammar School vs Sir Roger Manwood's School

Side by side

	Dane Court Grammar School	Sir Roger Manwood's School
Phase	Secondary	Secondary
Gender	Mixed	Mixed
Pupils on roll	1,152	981
Free school meals	19.3%	12.9%
Ofsted rating	Good	Good
Attainment 8 — 2025/26	67.2	59
11+ test board	GL Assessment	GL Assessment
Admission system	pass/fail then criteria order (score doesn't give priority after passing)	pass/fail then criteria order (score doesn't give priority after passing)
Places offered — 202627	165	120
First preferences per place — higher means more competition for a first-preference place	1.39	1.23

Qualifying scores

Dane Court 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 ↗

Sir Roger Manwood's 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.

Dane Court Grammar School

Looked after and previously looked after children
Medical, health and special access reasons
Children eligible for the Pupil Premium
A sibling on roll at the time of entry
Nearness of home to the school

Source: school admissions policy.

Sir Roger Manwood's School

Looked after and previously looked after children
A sibling on roll at the time of entry
Pupil Premium children living in CT3, CT11, CT12, CT13, CT14, CT15 or CT16
Children of staff employed for two years or more
Nearness of home to the school

Source: school admissions policy.

Choosing between them

Both schools admit mixed, so the decision usually comes down to the admission criteria above and how far each one reaches. 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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