Dartford Grammar School
Boys grammar school in Dartford.
| Places in Year 7 | 180 |
| How places are allocated | By score |
| Own entrance test | No |
How you get a place
Places are ranked by test score. Living nearby does not help - distance is only used to break ties between equal scores. The score needed for an offer runs well above the county qualifying threshold.
- 130 places go to boys scoring at least 40 points above the county threshold. A further 50 are ranked by score.
- Distance is only used as a tie-break, so living nearby does not help you get in.
- Sets no test of its own - the selectivity comes entirely from ranking Kent Test scores.
Does it run its own test?
No. Entry is through the Kent Test only. Its reputation for being hard to get into comes from ranking Kent Test scores, not from setting an additional paper.
What score is needed?
Dartford Grammar School does not publish its cutoff scores, and neither does Kent County Council — no per-school figures are published for any Kent grammar. Numbers circulating on forums are unsourced, so we do not repeat them. What we can tell you is that at a school ranking by score, the bar sits well above the county threshold of 332.
Work out where a score lands
The Kent Test calculator turns practice paper marks into an estimated standardised score, adjusted for your child’s age, and checks it against the published threshold.
Source
Built from this school’s determined admissions arrangements for 2027/28: admissions criteria. Always check the school’s own site before applying — arrangements change annually and deadlines are unforgiving.