Dover Grammar School for Boys
Boys grammar school in Dover.
| Places in Year 7 | 150 |
| How places are allocated | By distance |
| Own entrance test | Yes |
How you get a place
Once your child has qualified, the score stops mattering. Places go to qualified applicants by the school's criteria and then by how far you live away.
Does it run its own test?
Yes — the Dover Test. Verbal and non-verbal reasoning plus English and Maths, sat on the Saturday after the Kent Test. An alternative route to qualification.
Importantly, this is an alternative route, not an extra hurdle. A child who did not qualify through the Kent Test can still qualify here. You have to register for it separately and on its own deadline.
What score is needed?
The score does not decide it here. Once your child has qualified through the Kent Test — 332 aggregate with no paper below 108 for 2026 entry — a higher score gives no advantage at this school. What matters is the criteria above and how far you live away.
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.