- Grammar school for boys and girls
- Kent 11+
Cranbrook School: 11+ entry
Waterloo Road, Cranbrook, Kent TN17 3JD
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Can we apply, and what did it take?
For September 2027 entry
Opens a short explanationqualifying scoreThe score a child must reach to be considered for a grammar school place in that area. Reaching it is not an offer of a place: places then follow each school’s admission rules.
332or more
Kent Test (Kent Procedure for Entry to Secondary Education, PESE), 2026 entry (the latest published)
Checked, source: Kent County Council (hosted by school), checkedYear 7 places
90
2027 entry, Published Admission Number ()Opens a short explanationPANPublished Admission NumberThe number of places a school offers in its first year group, for example Year 7. The admission authority sets it each year in the school’s admission policy.
Checked, source: Cranbrook School, checkedLowest score offered
349
2026 entry, national offer day
Checked, source: Cranbrook School, checked
Your next deadlines
Next: School place applications close: Common Application Form ()Opens a short explanationCAFCommon Application FormThe form you use to apply for a secondary school place. You send it to your own council, even for schools in another area, and you list the schools you want in order of preference. In England it closes on 31 October.
in 13 days
Coming up: Appeal deadline
in 25 weeks
Can we get in?
How far offers reached
Each bar shows how far from Cranbrook School the last child offered a place lived, under the last admission rule the offers reached. Up to five years, on one scale.
Qualifying is not the same as being offered a place.
A score of 332 or more in the Kent Test (Kent Procedure for Entry to Secondary Education, PESE) means your child can be considered. If more children qualify than there are places, the school gives places using its admission rules, in order. The figures below show how far those rules reached in past years. They are history, not a prediction: they change every year with who applies.
Lowest score offered a place
Scores are on the aggregate score scale.
- 2026 entryOffer day
On National Offer Day, the lowest score offered a place was 349.
- 2025 entryOffer day
On National Offer Day, the lowest score offered a place was 338.
- 2024 entryOffer day
On National Offer Day, the lowest score offered a place was 337.
Source: Cranbrook School, checked
Applications and offers, September 2026 entry (Department for Education)
How many families applied to Cranbrook School and how many places it offered. Applicants per place is all applications divided by offers. Families apply to several schools and not every applicant qualifies, so it is not the chance of a place.
| Figure | Department for Education |
|---|---|
| First-preference applications | 143First-preference applications, 2026 entryChecked 16 Oct 2026 against Department for Education (Explore Education Statistics).The source says: 202627,Academic year,School,E92000001,England,E12000008,South East,886,E10000016,Kent,Secondary,8865416,z,4,Cranbrook School,88,88,86,2,0,281,143,57,53,1.6627906976744187,1.625,23,1,Academy converter,Faith,4.6,Selective,Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city,No,E14001570,Weald of Kent,137739,7View the official source |
| All applications (any preference) | 281All applications (any preference), 2026 entryChecked 16 Oct 2026 against Department for Education (Explore Education Statistics).The source says: 202627,Academic year,School,E92000001,England,E12000008,South East,886,E10000016,Kent,Secondary,8865416,z,4,Cranbrook School,88,88,86,2,0,281,143,57,53,1.6627906976744187,1.625,23,1,Academy converter,Faith,4.6,Selective,Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city,No,E14001570,Weald of Kent,137739,7View the official source |
| Places offered on National Offer Day | 88Places offered on National Offer Day, 2026 entryChecked 16 Oct 2026 against Department for Education (Explore Education Statistics).The source says: 202627,Academic year,School,E92000001,England,E12000008,South East,886,E10000016,Kent,Secondary,8865416,z,4,Cranbrook School,88,88,86,2,0,281,143,57,53,1.6627906976744187,1.625,23,1,Academy converter,Faith,4.6,Selective,Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city,No,E14001570,Weald of Kent,137739,7View the official source |
| Applicants per place | 3.2Applicants per place, 2026 entryChecked 16 Oct 2026 against Department for Education (Explore Education Statistics).The source says: 202627,Academic year,School,E92000001,England,E12000008,South East,886,E10000016,Kent,Secondary,8865416,z,4,Cranbrook School,88,88,86,2,0,281,143,57,53,1.6627906976744187,1.625,23,1,Academy converter,Faith,4.6,Selective,Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city,No,E14001570,Weald of Kent,137739,7View the official source |
Source: Department for Education (Explore Education Statistics), checked
About these figures
Past figures for Cranbrook School, as published by the school or the council (a guide, not a promise):
At a glance
Cranbrook School in brief
tap a value for its source
- Pupils
- mixedPupilsChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Cranbrook School.The source says:
who will benefit from a co -educational grammar school education.
View the official source - Who the school admits.
- School type
- academySchool typeChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Cranbrook School.The source says:
The School is an Academy and the Governors have sole responsibility for admissions arrangements.
View the official source - How the school is run and funded.
- Year 7 places
- 90Year 7 placesChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Cranbrook School.The source says:
1.5 The School will admit 90 day students to Year 7.
View the official source2027 entry - The (PAN): how many children the school plans to admit.
- Entrance test
- Kent Test (Kent Procedure for Entry to Secondary Education, PESE)
- The test children sit to be considered.
- Opens a short explanationcatchmentAn area, set by a school or a council, where children get higher priority for a place. Living inside it is not an offer of a place. Not every school has a catchment.
- priority-area
- Where children get priority. Living inside it does not by itself mean a place.
- Supplementary Information Form (SIF)
- Yes, see the admission rules
- An extra form some schools ask for. It goes to the school, not the council.
Key dates
Dates for September 2027 entry
For children in Year 6 in 2026/27.
Kent County Council (hosted by school)
5 earlier steps, all doneShow
Done: Test registration opens
Done: Test registration closes
Done: School place applications open (CAF)
Source: Borden Grammar School, checkedDone: Test day
Done: Results
Coming up: National Offer Day
Source: Borden Grammar School, checked
Year 5 now? Dates for September 2028 entryNone of these dates are published yet.
Not published yet: Test registration opens
Not yet published, checked 9 Oct 2026
Not published yet: Test registration closes
Not yet published, checked 9 Oct 2026
Not published yet: Test day
Not yet published, checked 9 Oct 2026
Not published yet: Results
Not yet published, checked 9 Oct 2026
Not published yet: School place applications close: Common Application Form (CAF)
Not yet published, checked 9 Oct 2026
Not published yet: National Offer Day
Not yet published, checked 9 Oct 2026
How places are given
7 admission rules, in order, for 2027 entry
If more children qualify than there are places, Cranbrook School gives places using these rules (its Opens a short explanationoversubscription criteriaThe rules a school uses, in order, to decide who gets a place when more children apply than there are places. For example: children in care first, then brothers and sisters of pupils, then distance from home.), in this order (2027 entry).
- 1
Looked-after and previously looked-after children
The policy's own words
a. Looked After Children and previously Looked After Children
- 2
Pupil premium children living in the Priority Area
The policy's own words
b. Those children entitled to the Pupil Premium within the Priority Area
- 3
Priority Area children with a social need to attend as day pupils
The policy's own words
c. Those candidates within the Priority Area for whom attendance at the School as a day student is a social need
- 4
Priority Area children with a sibling at the school
The policy's own words
d. Those candidates who live within the Priority Area and who have a sibling already at the School
- 5
Children of teaching or support staff
The policy's own words
Where the child is the son or daughter of a member of the school’s teaching or support staff
- 6
Living in the Priority Area
The policy's own words
Those candidates whose permanent principal private residence is within the Priority Area
- 7
Living outside the Priority Area
The policy's own words
Those candidates living outside the Priority Area
Source: Cranbrook School, checked
- Brothers and sisters
- Brothers and sisters of pupils at the school get priority.Source: Cranbrook School, checked
- Supplementary form
- Supplementary Information Form for pupil premium priority, and social-need applications, by 31 OctoberSource: Cranbrook School, checked
The admission rules for September 2028 entry are not published yet. We check the school's website and add them when they appear.
More detail from our guide
2027 entry. Status of Cranbrook School's arrangements: Not knownCranbrook School: Document status (2027)Not known: no official source states this..
Oversubscription rules, in order: (1) Looked-after and previously looked-after children. (2) Pupil premium children living in the Priority Area. (3) Priority Area children with a social need to attend as day pupils. (4) Priority Area children with a sibling at the school. (5) Children of teaching or support staff. (6) Living in the Priority Area. (7) Living outside the Priority Area.Cranbrook School: Oversubscription criteria (2027)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against Cranbrook School.The source says: ranked by final aggregate score and the school’s oversubscription criteria detailed below
View the official source
| Rule | Detail |
|---|---|
| Catchment or priority area | Priority Area: civil parishes of Cranbrook and Sissinghurst, Goudhurst, Staplehurst, Frittenden, Benenden, Sandhurst and Hawkhurst, plus any home within 8.5 km in a straight lineCranbrook School: Kind (2027)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against Cranbrook School.The source says: civil parishes of Cranbrook and Sissinghurst, Goudhurst, Staplehurst, Frittenden, Benenden, Sandhurst and Hawkhurst as defined by civil parish boundaries.View the official source |
| Radius (miles) | 5.28Cranbrook School: Radius miles (2027)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against Cranbrook School.The source says: is within 8.5 kilometres (5.28 166 miles) of the school by straight line.View the official source |
| How distance is measured | straight-lineCranbrook School: Method (2027)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against Cranbrook School.The source says: measured in a straight line using the National Land and Property Gazetteer ( NLPG ) address point.View the official source |
| Tie-break | names issued a number and drawn randomlyCranbrook School: Tie break (2027)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against Cranbrook School.The source says: If two candidates cannot be separated then the names will be issued a number and drawn randomly to decide which child should be given the placeView the official source |
| Sibling priority | YesCranbrook School: Sibling priority (2027)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against Cranbrook School.The source says: d. Those candidates who live within the Priority Area and who have a sibling already at the School at the point of admissionView the official source |
| Children of staff | YesCranbrook School: Staff children priority (2027)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against Cranbrook School.The source says: Where the child is the son or daughter of a member of the school’s teaching or support staffView the official source |
| Pupil premium (qualified children) | Pupil premium children living in the Priority Area come second, after looked-after children; supplementary form by 31 OctoberCranbrook School: Rank (2027)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against Cranbrook School.The source says: b. Those children entitled to the Pupil Premium within the Priority Area, (refer to Section 3).View the official source |
| Supplementary form | Supplementary Information Form for pupil premium priority, and social-need applications, by 31 OctoberCranbrook School: Supplementary form (2027)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against Cranbrook School.The source says: Parents wishing to apply under this priority must ensure they comple te the Supplementary Information Form on the Cranbrook School website and return it to the Registrar by st October 31 in the year of application.View the official source |
2028 entry: Cranbrook School: Document status (2028)Not yet published by Cranbrook School; last checked 9 Oct 2026.The source says: No 2028-entry arrangements published on the school site.
View the official source.
The test
Kent Test (Kent Procedure for Entry to Secondary Education, PESE)
- Test
- Kent Test (Kent Procedure for Entry to Secondary Education, PESE)
- Test date, 2027 entry
- Thursday 10 September 2026
Cranbrook School considers children assessed as suitable for grammar school in the Kent Test (how it works).
Open days
All this year's events have passed
Done: Year 7 and 9 day, Year 9 boarding open morning (passed)
8.45am-11.00am
Source: Cranbrook School, checked
If you are refused a place
Reviews, appeals and the waiting list
General information, not legal advice.
General information, not legal advice.
You can appeal for a place at Cranbrook School if you named it on your application. Kent appeals for 2027 entry: lodge by 13 April 2027Kent 2027 entry: Appeal deadlineChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Borden Grammar School.The source says: Tuesday 13 April 2027 Appeals need to be lodged by this date to be heard before September
View the official source to be heard before September.
Keep a realistic second choice. See Kent Test reviews and appeals.
What is different about Cranbrook School
- Score matters here. Grammar-assessed applicants ranked by Kent Test aggregate score together with the oversubscription criteria; equal scores split by distance, then random drawCranbrook School: Used (2027)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against Cranbrook School.The source says:
All candidates who have been Grammar Assessed after taking the Kent PESE test, are ranked by final aggregate score and the school’s oversubscription criteria detailed below
View the official source - Pupil premium priority. Pupil premium children living in the Priority Area come second, after looked-after children; supplementary form by 31 OctoberCranbrook School: Rank (2027)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against Cranbrook School.The source says:
b. Those children entitled to the Pupil Premium within the Priority Area, (refer to Section 3).
View the official source - Where you live. Priority Area: civil parishes of Cranbrook and Sissinghurst, Goudhurst, Staplehurst, Frittenden, Benenden, Sandhurst and Hawkhurst, plus any home within 8.5 km in a straight lineCranbrook School: Kind (2027)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against Cranbrook School.The source says:
civil parishes of Cranbrook and Sissinghurst, Goudhurst, Staplehurst, Frittenden, Benenden, Sandhurst and Hawkhurst as defined by civil parish boundaries.
View the official source
Other Kent schools
How far offers reached at all 32 schools on the same test
Listed A to Z. Each school has its own admission rules, so a longer distance does not mean a place is easier to get.
Listed A to Z by school name.
Barton Court Grammar SchoolBoys and girls
No distance published
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No distance published
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Chatham & Clarendon Grammar School
No distance published
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Cranbrook SchoolBoys and girls(this school)
Lowest score offered: 349 (aggregate score), 2026 entry
349
Dane Court Grammar SchoolBoys and girls
No distance published
–
No distance published
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Dartford Grammar School for GirlsGirls
No distance published
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Dover Grammar School for BoysBoys
No distance published
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Dover Grammar School for GirlsGirls
No distance published
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No distance published
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No distance published
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No distance published
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No distance published
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Offers reached 9.8 miles2026 entry
Maidstone Grammar School for GirlsGirls
No distance published
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Mayfield Grammar School, Gravesend
No distance published
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Oakwood Park Grammar SchoolBoys
No distance published
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Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, FavershamBoys and girls
No distance published
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Simon Langton Girls' Grammar SchoolGirls
No distance published
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Simon Langton Grammar School for BoysBoys
No distance published
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Sir Roger Manwood's SchoolBoys and girls
No distance published
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The Folkestone School for GirlsGirls
No distance published
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No distance published
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Lowest score offered: 389 (aggregate score), 2026 entry
389
The Norton Knatchbull SchoolBoys
No distance published
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Offers reached 11 miles2025 entry
Lowest score offered: 378 (aggregate score), 2026 entry
378
Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar SchoolGirls
Offers reached 1.961 miles2026 entry
Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for BoysBoys
Offers reached 14.78 miles2026 entry
Weald of Kent Grammar SchoolGirls
No distance published
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Wilmington Grammar School for BoysBoys
No distance published
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Wilmington Grammar School for GirlsGirls
No distance published
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Source: Maidstone Grammar School, checked Each school's own page names its source. Distances are measured by each school's own method, so compare with care.
Official documents and sources
5 sources, each kept as an archived copy
- Cranbrook School
PDF document · copy archived by ExamKind on 9 Oct 2026
- Cranbrook School
Web page · copy archived by ExamKind on 9 Oct 2026
- Cranbrook School
Web page · copy archived by ExamKind on 9 Oct 2026
- Cranbrook School
Web page · copy archived by ExamKind on 9 Oct 2026
- Department for Education (Explore Education Statistics)
Spreadsheet · copy archived by ExamKind on 16 Oct 2026
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