Gravesend Grammar School vs Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School

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	Gravesend Grammar School	Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School
Phase	Secondary	Secondary
Gender	Boys	Girls
Pupils on roll	1,495	1,123
Free school meals	10.8%	3.8%
Ofsted rating	Not judged	Outstanding
Attainment 8 — 2025/26	67.9	72.5
11+ test board	GL Assessment	GL Assessment
Admission system	pass/fail + catchment (passing the test is a gate; living in the catchment area determines priority over score)	pass/fail then criteria order (score doesn't give priority after passing)
Places offered — 202627	209	174
First preferences per place — higher means more competition for a first-preference place	1.22	1.31

Qualifying scores

Gravesend 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.

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Tunbridge Wells Girls' 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.

Gravesend Grammar School

Looked after and previously looked after children
Health and special access reasons
A brother or sister at the school when the child joins
Children of staff (two years' service, or a skill-shortage post)
Boys living in the Borough of Gravesham
Boys living in Ash-cum-Ridley, Bean, Fawkham, Hartley, Longfield and New Barn, Southfleet, Swanscombe and Greenhithe, Stansted or Ebbsfleet

Source: school admissions policy.

Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School

Looked after and previously looked after children
Pupil Premium girls living in the school's area (criterion 6)
Girls in the school's area with a sister at the school
Health and special access reasons
Daughters of permanent staff (0.5 FTE+) with two years' service
Girls living within 4 miles of the school or in the named parishes (including Bidborough, Brenchley & Matfield, Capel, Sevenoaks, Tonbridge and others)

Source: school admissions policy.

Choosing between them

Gravesend Grammar School is a boys school and Tunbridge Wells Girls' 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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