Highworth Grammar School vs Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys

Side by side

	Highworth Grammar School	Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys
Phase	Secondary	Secondary
Gender	Girls	Boys
Pupils on roll	1,553	1,226
Free school meals	9.1%	8.1%
Ofsted rating	Not judged	Not judged
Attainment 8 — 2025/26	69.2	69.4
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	214	145
First preferences per place — higher means more competition for a first-preference place	1.25	1.34

Qualifying scores

Highworth 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 ↗

Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys

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.

Highworth Grammar School

Looked after and previously looked after children
Children eligible for the Pupil Premium
A sibling at the school when the child starts
Health and special access reasons
Nearness of home to the school

Source: school admissions policy.

Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys

Looked after and previously looked after children
Boys scoring 20+ marks above the Kent Test pass mark — health reasons, then a sibling at the school, then Pupil Premium, first
Boys living within 9 miles scoring 20+ above the pass mark — nearest first
Other qualifying boys — health reasons, siblings and Pupil Premium first, then nearest first

Source: school admissions policy.

Choosing between them

Highworth Grammar School is a girls school and Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys is a boys 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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