Year 7 Admissions
Please click here for our Frequently asked Questions and here for historical information on cut-off scores.
For queries regarding Year 7 admissions, please email admissions@dartfordgrammarschool.org.uk
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Please note that our open evening for Year 6 students and their parents/carers, will take place at the end of September 2026. Details of this event, including a link to book tickets, will be available from the website in the new academic year.
Timeline for Year 7 2027 entry
| Registration for Kent test opens | 1st June 2026 |
| Registration or Kent test closes | 1st July 2026 |
| Applications for Secondary Transfer opens | 1st September 2026 |
| Kent test date for Kent Primary Schools | 10th September 2026 |
| Kent test date for non-Kent Primary Schools | 12/13th September 2026 |
| Test decisions sent to parents | 15th October 2026 |
| National closing date for applications | 2nd November 2026 |
| National Offer Day | 1st March 2027 |
| Deadline for acceptances/refusals and waiting list requests | 15th March 2027 |
| Deadline for lodging appeals | Date TBC |
| Offers made from waiting list | 27th April 2027 |
Dartford Grammar School Admissions Procedure 2027
Click here for our Admissions Policy
The school will admit 180 boys into Year 7 each September. We use the Kent Age 11 Procedure for Entrance to Secondary Education (PESE) tests. Parents and guardians must apply for their sons to take these tests during the summer of Year 5. Registration for the test is open throughout June 2026 (dates above) and must be made through Kent County Council at
http://www.kent.gov.uk/education-and-children/schools/school-places/kent-test
The tests aim to identify children in the top 25% of the ability range. Boys who are successful in the tests will be assessed as suitable for a grammar school. Boys need to gain this 'grammar' assessment to be admitted to this school.
Applicants should be aged 11 when they start at the school. Parents or guardians of potential under-age applicants should write to Mr. Metcalf at the school prior to application. These applications may be accepted at the discretion of the school.
All applicants complete their Local Authority [LA] Secondary Common Application Form [SCAF] which is returned to their LA. On the SCAF all schools applied to are listed in order of preference. This order is used by the LA when allocating applicants to schools.
If you wish to apply to Dartford Grammar School for 2027 entry, you will need to have registered and sat the Kent Test (Kent Procedure for Entrance to Secondary Schools Education Assessment Test – PESE).
For those students meeting Pupil Premium criteria, please note that a Supplementary Information Form is required for 2027 admissions to Dartford Grammar School .
Supplementary Information Form 2027
Further details of the procedure are available in the 2027 Admissions Policy.
Contact Mrs. J Bennett or Dr. M. Kingham for specific queries either by telephone, 01322 223039 or email admissions@dartfordgrammarschool.org.uk
Dartford Grammar School Admission Appeals 2026
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If you have not been offered a place at Dartford Boys Grammar School, the law entitles you to appeal against that decision to an Independent Appeal Panel. This panel is completely independent of the school and the Local Authority. All appeals will be heard online which has the advantage that your appeal can be heard from your home or place of work.
The main round of secondary transfer appeals for the September 2026 intake is now complete. If you have recently applied to us however and wish to appeal because your son has been refused a place, please use this link to complete your appeal online. Please do NOT use ANY other appeal form or send your form to your local authority. It is suggested that you download the explanatory booklet about appeals which you should read before you complete the appeal form – Booklet Link
You should include any evidence or supporting material with your appeal form and you MUST give the grounds for your appeal at the time you lodge your appeal form. Your appeal form will not be accepted unless you state the grounds for your appeal. You may appeal for more than one school, but on different forms.
Examples of schoolwork your child may have undertaken will not be accepted. The appeals code is clear that the panel cannot assess a child. The Panel would not be able to make a proper judgement about its quality. They would have nothing to measure it against and would not know the depth of the work submitted. Also, they would not know whether the work had been carried out unaided. The panel will give due weighting to academic letters from professionals such as, headteachers, teachers and tutors, plus CAT or NFER test reports.
Any letters or reports that you wish the panel to see should be uploaded at this time. You are asked to bear in mind that if you later send additional information, the closing date is 12 noon, 5 working days before the STAGE 1 hearing. All appointed panels have agreed NOT to take any late letters or reports after the 5 working day deadline. This will be strictly enforced. For secondary/primary transfer appeals, the hearing will take place at least TWO months after the refusal letter. This gives you plenty of time to get your evidence together if you act early and take account of school holidays.
Please note that the online form will ask you to download two utility bills dated in the last THREE months. If you do not have access to a scanner, please take two photographs with a mobile phone and upload the photographic files.
Full details about the hearing will be sent to you with your invitation to the hearing.
If you wish to contact the clerk – email: clerk@educationappeals.com
Timetable for appeals for mid-term applications is as follows:
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Last day for lodging appeal forms following a refusal for a place ‘in year’ or ‘mid-term’ excluding 6th form. |
You must lodge the appeal form within 20 school days upon receipt of your letter of refusal. You MUST state the reasons for your appeal and supply documentary evidence at this stage. Appeals are held within 30 school days of receipt of the appeal form. |
Timetable for appeals for the 6th form is as follows
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Last day for Lodging appeals |
4pm on Thursday 27 August 2026 to guarantee that your appeal will be heard within the first weeks of September. You MUST state the reasons for your appeal on the online form and supply any documentary evidence at this stage e.g. a copy of your result sheet. Please note the timetable is very short to enable those appellants who win appeals to start as early into the school year as possible. Closing Date for appeals to be submitted Friday 18 September Click here for the 6th form appeal form. |
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Appeal date |
The date will be during the month of September 2026. |
DGS OPEN EVENING
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Documents will be shown in alphabetical order.
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