- Grammar school for girls
- Lincolnshire 11+
Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School: 11+ entry
Sandon Road, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG31 9AU
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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.
220or more
Lincolnshire Consortium of Grammar Schools 11+, 2027 entry
Checked, source: Lincolnshire Consortium of Grammar Schools, checkedYear 7 places
180
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: Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School, checkedOpens a short explanationfurthest distance offeredHow far from the school the last child offered a place under the distance rule lived, in one year. It changes every year with the number of children who apply, so it is history, not a promise.
11.025miles
2026 entry, criterion 5 (distance from home), on National Offer Day
Checked, source: Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School, checked
Your next deadline
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 11 days
Can we get in?
How far offers reached
Each bar shows how far from Kesteven and Grantham Girls' 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 220 or more in the Lincolnshire Consortium of Grammar Schools 11+ 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.
Distance from home to school, in miles
- National Offer Day
- 2027 entryNot known yetOffers are made on Monday 1 March 2027
- 2026 entryOffer day
On National Offer Day, offers went to children living up to 11.025 miles away, under criterion 5 (distance from home).
- 2025 entryOffer day
On National Offer Day, offers went to children living up to 17.666 miles away, under criterion 5 (distance from home).
- 2024 entryOffer day
On National Offer Day, offers went to children living up to 12.328 miles away, under criterion 5 (distance from home).
- 2023 entryOffer day
On National Offer Day, offers went to children living up to 10.769 miles away, under criterion 5 (distance from home).
How distance is measured (the school's 2027 admission rules): Straight line from Post Office address point of the home to Post Office address point of the school.
Source: Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School, checkedWhat the words mean
- National Offer Day:
- the first offers, made on 1 March (or the next working day).
- Final:
- how far offers had reached later, after places were offered from the waiting list.
- Admission rule:
- schools give places rule by rule, in order. The distance is only how far the last rule reached.
- N/A or “All offered”:
- no distance was needed to decide places under that rule, for example because everyone who applied under it got a place.
- No figure published:
- nobody published a figure for that year, or we have not checked one yet. We never fill a gap with a guess.
Applications and offers, September 2026 entry (Department for Education)
How many families applied to Kesteven and Grantham Girls' 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 | 268First-preference applications, 2026 entryChecked 16 Oct 2026 against Department for Education (Explore Education Statistics).The source says: 202627,Academic year,School,E92000001,England,E12000004,East Midlands,925,E10000019,Lincolnshire,Secondary,9254004,z,3,Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School,180,180,180,0,0,339,268,46,22,1.488888888888889,1.488888888888889,112,30,Academy converter,No religious character,7.5,Selective,Urban: Further from a major town or city,No,E14001253,Grantham and Bourne,138638,7View the official source |
| All applications (any preference) | 339All applications (any preference), 2026 entryChecked 16 Oct 2026 against Department for Education (Explore Education Statistics).The source says: 202627,Academic year,School,E92000001,England,E12000004,East Midlands,925,E10000019,Lincolnshire,Secondary,9254004,z,3,Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School,180,180,180,0,0,339,268,46,22,1.488888888888889,1.488888888888889,112,30,Academy converter,No religious character,7.5,Selective,Urban: Further from a major town or city,No,E14001253,Grantham and Bourne,138638,7View the official source |
| Places offered on National Offer Day | 180Places 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,E12000004,East Midlands,925,E10000019,Lincolnshire,Secondary,9254004,z,3,Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School,180,180,180,0,0,339,268,46,22,1.488888888888889,1.488888888888889,112,30,Academy converter,No religious character,7.5,Selective,Urban: Further from a major town or city,No,E14001253,Grantham and Bourne,138638,7View the official source |
| Applicants per place | 1.9Applicants per place, 2026 entryChecked 16 Oct 2026 against Department for Education (Explore Education Statistics).The source says: 202627,Academic year,School,E92000001,England,E12000004,East Midlands,925,E10000019,Lincolnshire,Secondary,9254004,z,3,Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School,180,180,180,0,0,339,268,46,22,1.488888888888889,1.488888888888889,112,30,Academy converter,No religious character,7.5,Selective,Urban: Further from a major town or city,No,E14001253,Grantham and Bourne,138638,7View the official source |
Source: Department for Education (Explore Education Statistics), checked
About these figures
Published by the school; past years are a guide only.
At a glance
Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School in brief
tap a value for its source
- Pupils
- girlsPupilsChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School.The source says:
KGGS is a selective girls' grammar school, which achieved academy status in September 2012.
View the official source - Who the school admits.
- Year 7 places
- 180Year 7 placesChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School.The source says:
The school’s Published Admission Number (PAN) is 180.
View the official source2027 entry - The (PAN): how many children the school plans to admit.
- Entrance test
- Lincolnshire Consortium of Grammar Schools 11+
- The test children sit to be considered. Written by GL Assessment.
- 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.
- A mapped area (see the admission rules)
- Where children get priority. Living inside it does not by itself mean a place.
- School type
- academy (since September 2012)School typeChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School.The source says:
KGGS is a selective girls' grammar school, which achieved academy status in September 2012.
View the official source - How the school is run and funded.
Key dates
Dates for September 2027 entry
For children in Year 6 in 2026/27.
Lincolnshire Consortium of Grammar Schools
3 earlier steps, all doneShow
Done: Test registration opens
Done: Test registration closes
Done: Results
12pm
Next: School place applications close (CAF)
in 11 days
Coming up: National Offer Day
Not published yet: Test day
Not yet published, checked 9 Oct 2026
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
Notes on these dates
Late registration and late tests: registration reopened on 1 May 2026 for late registrations; late test dates set in SeptemberKesteven and Grantham Girls' School: Late testing (2027)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School.The source says: The registration form will reopen on 1 May 2026 for late registrations.
View the official source.
How places are given
5 admission rules, in order, for 2027 entry
If more children qualify than there are places, Kesteven and Grantham Girls' 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).
For 2026 entry, the last places on National Offer Day went under criterion 5 (distance from home) of that year's rules.
- A
Looked-after and previously looked-after children
The policy's own words
Looked after children and previously looked after children, including those children
- B
A sibling attending the school when the application is made
The policy's own words
There is a sibling (2) at the school who is attending when the application is made
- C
Girls eligible for free school meals (Targeted and Expanded) living within 12 miles
The policy's own words
Students who are eligible for Free School Meals (Targeted and Expanded) who
- D
Children of staff
The policy's own words
Children of staff applies in either or both of the following circumstances:
- E
Distance: nearest first
The policy's own words
The distance from the home (4) to the school. Priority will be given to the child living
Source: Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School, checked
- Who qualifies
- a minimum qualifying standard intended to identify the top 25% of children in Lincolnshire's grammar-school areasSource: Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School, checked
- Catchment
- no catchment areaSource: Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School, checked
- If two children are level for the last place
- lottery drawn by an independent personSource: Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School, checked
- Brothers and sisters
- criterion B: sibling attending when the application is madeSource: Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School, checked
- Waiting list
- reserve list kept by the school until the end of the academic yearSource: Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School, checked
More detail from our guide
- Priority area: no catchment areaKesteven and Grantham Girls' School: Catchment description (2027)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School.The source says:
We do not have a ‘catchment area’.
View the official source - How distance is measured: Straight line, from Post Office address point of the home to Post Office address point of the schoolKesteven and Grantham Girls' School: Distance rule (2027)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School.The source says:
The nearest home address to the school is found by measuring the straight line distance as calculated electronically to 3 figures after the decimal point (eg.1.543 miles) by Lincolnshire County Council school admissions team from the Post Office address point of the home to the post office address point of the school.
View the official source - Siblings: criterion B: sibling attending when the application is madeKesteven and Grantham Girls' School: Sibling priority (2027)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School.The source says:
There is a sibling (2) at the school who is attending when the application is made
View the official source - Waiting list: reserve list kept by the school until the end of the academic yearKesteven and Grantham Girls' School: Waiting list (2027)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School.The source says:
School will then keep the reserve list until the end of the academic year.
View the official source
The test
Lincolnshire Consortium of Grammar Schools 11+
- Test
- Lincolnshire Consortium of Grammar Schools 11+
- Written by
- GL Assessment
- Test date, 2027 entry
- Not yet published
Kesteven and Grantham Girls' uses the two Lincolnshire consortium tests; a total of 220Lincolnshire: Qualifying scoreChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Lincolnshire Consortium of Grammar Schools.The source says: The qualifying level is a total standardised score of at least 220 on both papers.
View the official source or more qualifies a child.
Format: Lincolnshire guide.
Open days
All this year's events have passed
Done: Year 5 Open Evening (passed)
5pm-7pm
Source: Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School, checked
If you are refused a place
Reviews, appeals and the waiting list
General information, not legal advice.
- How appeals work
- KGGS appeal form to Admissions@kggs.org; block appeals May-JulySource: Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School, checked
General information, not legal advice.
How appeals work here: KGGS appeal form to Admissions@kggs.org; block appeals May-JulyKesteven and Grantham Girls' School: Appeals route (2027)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School.The source says: The KGGS appeal form can be accessed and downloaded from the link below.
View the official source.
The 2027-entry appeal timetable is not published yet.
What is different about Kesteven and Grantham Girls'
- Free school meals priority includes both Targeted and Expanded FSM (unlike the Birmingham grammar schools, which use Targeted only)Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School: DistinctivesChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School.The source says:
Students who are eligible for Free School Meals (Targeted and Expanded) who
View the official source - FSM priority applies within 12 miles of the schoolKesteven and Grantham Girls' School: DistinctivesChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School.The source says:
whose home address is within 12 miles of the school according to note (3)
View the official source - Furthest distance offered on National Offer Day has ranged from 10.769 to 17.666 miles (2023-2026 entry)Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School: DistinctivesChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School.The source says:
2025 Entry – 17.666 miles
View the official source - Girls registered here sit both tests at KGGS on two SaturdaysKesteven and Grantham Girls' School: DistinctivesChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School.The source says:
students will sit the tests at Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School, if they are registered here.
View the official source - Tests run under JCQ exam rules: no watches or smart devicesKesteven and Grantham Girls' School: DistinctivesChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School.The source says:
students are not permitted to take a watch into these examinations.
View the official source
Entry in September 2028 (Year 5 now)
No 2028 arrangements found yet.
Official documents and sources
7 sources, each kept as an archived copy
- Department for Education (Explore Education Statistics)
Spreadsheet · copy archived by ExamKind on 16 Oct 2026
- Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School
PDF document · copy archived by ExamKind on 9 Oct 2026
- Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School
Web page · copy archived by ExamKind on 9 Oct 2026
- Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School
Web page · copy archived by ExamKind on 9 Oct 2026
- Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School
Web page · copy archived by ExamKind on 9 Oct 2026
- Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School
Web page · copy archived by ExamKind on 9 Oct 2026
- Lincolnshire Consortium of Grammar Schools
Web page · copy archived by ExamKind on 13 Oct 2026
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