The Judd School
Boys grammar school in Tonbridge.
| 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.
- One of the very few Kent grammars that publishes its own historical cutoff scores.
- 152 Inner Area places and 23 Outer Area places, each ranked on aggregate Kent Test score.
- The school's own caveat: not everyone on those scores was offered a place.
- Sets no test of its own.
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?
The Judd School is one of very few Kent grammars that publishes its own historical figures:
| Entry year | Category | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Inner Area | 389 |
| 2026 | Outer Area | 403 |
| 2025 | Inner Area | 371 |
| 2025 | Outer Area | 398 |
For scale: the county qualifying threshold was 332 for 2026 entry. These figures are far above it, which is the whole point — qualifying gets a child assessed as suitable for grammar, not offered a place.
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.