Kent Test results 2026: what now?

Your child's letter in plain words

Kent letters say one of three things. Find yours.

• Assessed suitable for grammar school

  Your child's scores met a total of 345 or more, with no score below 111. Any Kent grammar school you name can consider your child. It is not a place yet: each school ranks its applicants by its own rules.

  Apply by Monday 2 November 2026. Name the schools in your true order. What to put on the form

• Suitable, with scores below the line

  Your child's primary school asked a panel of local headteachers to look at their work, and the panel found them suitable. It is a grammar assessment like any other. Schools that rank by score still use the scores.

  Apply by Monday 2 November 2026. Check how each school ranks applicants. What to put on the form

• Not assessed suitable

  The scores did not reach a total of 345 or more, with no score below 111, and the headteacher panel did not change the decision. It is one test on one morning. Last year more than half of the Kent children who sat it got this letter.

  Apply by Monday 2 November 2026 to schools you would be happy with. You can still name a grammar school and appeal after offers. What you can still do

How the result arrives

• By emailIf you gave an email address when you registered, KCC emails the result on Thursday 15 October 2026. It goes only to that address.
• In your online accountIf you registered online, log back in after 5pm to see the decision and the three scores.
• By postIf you gave no email address, the letter goes first class that day. Not arrived? Your child's primary school can give you the scores from the next day.
• Nothing in your inbox?Some email providers hold messages back. Check spam and junk first, then email kent.admissions@kent.gov.uk.

Check the three scores

The Kent Test pass mark

Last year in Kent

Kent children who sat it

11,248

Kent children assessed suitable

5,035

Kent grammar school places

5,819

Schools that use the score

• Dartford Grammar SchoolDartford · ranks by scoreSome places need at least 40 above KCC's threshold: 385 for September 2027 entry.Admission policy
• Dartford Grammar School for GirlsDartford · ranks by scoreWithin each group, girls are ranked by Kent Test total. 100 places are kept for Dartford borough and named parishes.Admission policy
• Mayfield Grammar SchoolGravesend · ranks by scoreBy postcode band, then highest Kent Test total. Girls on Free School Meals come first within each band.Admission policy
• Cranbrook SchoolCranbrook · score and addressYear 7 day places. Priority Area first, then ranked by Kent Test total.Admission policy
• The Skinners' SchoolTunbridge Wells · score and addressSome places need at least 40 above KCC's threshold: 385 for September 2027 entry.Admission policy
• The Judd SchoolTonbridge · ranks by scoreRanked by Kent Test total. 157 places are for the Inner Area postcodes and 23 for anywhere else in England.Admission policy
• Tonbridge Grammar SchoolTonbridge · ranks by scoreRanked by Kent Test total. Up to 135 Area places for three council areas, 30 Trustee places for girls outside them, and 15 Pupil Premium places.Admission policy
• Maidstone Grammar SchoolMaidstone · score and addressSome places need a total of 360 or more.Admission policy
• Simon Langton Grammar School for BoysCanterbury · score and addressSome places need at least 20 above KCC's threshold: 365 for September 2027 entry.Admission policy

Judd's 2026 cut-offs: 389 Inner Area, 403 Outer Area. Judd by year

Every 11+ test's results day

Your school application: by Monday 2 November 2026

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