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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. Applications to take the tests can be made in June and are 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 2025 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 2025 admissions to Dartford Grammar School .

Supplementary Information Form 2025

Further details of the procedure are available in the 2025 Admissions Policy.

Contact Mrs J Bennett or Dr. M. Kingham for specific queries either by telephone, 01322 223039 or email admissions@dartfordgrammarschool.org.uk

Appeal Dates and Information for Year 7 Admissions 2025

Appeal Dates & Information

PLEASE READ THIS CAREFULLY.

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.

If you wish to appeal, 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 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

The timetable for appeals is as follows:

Timetable for appeals for mid-term applications is as follows:

Timetable for appeals for the 6^th form is as follows:

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