Mayfield Grammar School
Girls grammar school in Gravesend, with a mixed sixth form.
| Places in Year 7 | 210 |
| How places are allocated | Mixed |
| Own entrance test | Yes |
How you get a place
Mostly allocated by distance, but with a tier of places reserved for the highest scorers. A very strong score can get you in from outside the usual catchment.
- Banded by postcode, with Free School Meals priority within bands, then score and proximity.
Does it run its own test?
Yes — the Mayfield procedure. Computer-based reasoning tests plus an English paper assessing writing.
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?
Mayfield 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.