The Skinners' School
Boys grammar school in Tunbridge Wells.
| Places in Year 7 | 160 |
| How places are allocated | Mixed |
| Own entrance test | No |
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.
- Up to 140 West Kent places, including 16 Pupil Premium places ranked by aggregate score.
- Around 108 places have a first tier for boys scoring 40 or more points above the threshold.
- 16 Governors' Places go to the highest scorers, plus 20 Outer Area places.
- Sets no test of its own.
Does it run its own test?
No. Entry is through the Kent Test only.
What score is needed?
The Skinners' 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.