KEY QUESTIONS

Is a child who passes the Kent test automatically offered a grammar school? No. A Kent grammar school assessment does not guarantee a child being offered a Kent grammar school place.

If more children apply for places than a school can accommodate the school will use its oversubscription criteria to decide which children it can take.

Some children assessed suitable for grammar school may be offered places at all-ability schools if no local grammar school can offer them a place or if their parents name it as a higher preference. When will families find out which school they have been allocated? The national offer day is March 1, 2017. Families who registered online and provided a valid email address will be sent an email after 4pm on March 1.

Families will also be sent a first class letter posted on March 1, advising which school has been offered.