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Tonbridge Grammar School

Tonbridge Grammar School is a girls’ grammar school with a mixed sixth form and 180 Year 7 places, taking girls through the Kent Test. Its 135 Area places go to girls living in the Tonbridge and Malling, Tunbridge Wells or Sevenoaks council areas and 30 Trustee places to girls from elsewhere, each by score, with 15 more places for pupil premium girls.

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At a glance

Where
Tonbridge, Kent
Takes
Girls, mixed sixth form
Year 7 places
180
Applicants
975 for 2026 entry, about 5.4 for each place. This counts every application naming the school, including girls not assessed as grammar.

Applicants figures aren’t counted the same way at every school, so they don’t compare from one school to another.

Admissions

The test

The Kent Test (Kent PESE), organised and administered by Kent County Council: an English and maths paper, a reasoning paper and a writing task. TGS sets no test of its own.

What qualifies

Girls need a grammar assessment in the Kent Test: for September 2027 entry an aggregate of 345 or more with no single score below 111. Area and Trustee places then go by combined Kent Test score, with distance as the tie-break; the lowest first-round scores for September 2026 were 378 (Area) and 400 (Trustee), against 368 and 395 for 2025.

Who gets priority

After looked after and previously looked after girls: 135 Area places for girls living in the Tonbridge and Malling, Tunbridge Wells or Sevenoaks council areas and 30 Trustee places for girls living elsewhere, each ranked by score, then distance, then lots. 15 Pupil Premium places go to grammar-assessed girls eligible for pupil premium who score below the Area cut-off, ranked by distance from home. There is no sibling priority.

Registering

Registration ran on Kent County Council's website from 1 June to 1 July 2026. Girls at Kent primary schools sat the test at school on Thursday 10 September 2026; others sat it on Saturday 12 or Sunday 13 September 2026. Results reached parents on Thursday 15 October 2026.

Open events

Open mornings on Thursday 8 and Tuesday 13 October 2026 (9.30am to 12.30pm); further Year 7 events are planned for summer 2027. Sixth form open evening on Wednesday 4 November 2026 (booking essential).

Good to know

Girls 11 to 16, with girls and boys in the sixth form (20 external Year 12 places). An academy teaching the IB Middle Years Programme, whose trust board is its own admission authority; no faith criteria. Pupil Premium applicants had to return the Supplementary Information Form by 31 October 2026; Kent applications closed on 2 November 2026, offers come on 1 March 2027 and the waiting list runs to 31 December 2027. The applicants figure counts every application naming TGS (353 as first preference) in DfE school-level data, including girls not assessed as grammar.

Not confirmed yet

  • Kent Test publisher not confirmed from Kent County Council (kent.gov.uk returns 403 to automated access); it is widely reported as GL Assessment.

Check these on the official page: tgs.kent.sch.uk/_site/data/files/admissions/entry-2027/9AC163C8A544212FF1FDDEEB9C97E61E.pdf

Read its admissions policy · The school’s website

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Sources

Every fact here comes from the official pages below. Admissions rules change each year, so check them there before you rely on them.

Checked 2 November 2026.

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