- Grammar school for boys
- Kent 11+
The Skinners' School: 11+ entry
St John's Road, Kent, TN4 9PG
Facts checked 19 October 2026By ExamKind Editorial TeamSchool website
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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), checked- Not published yet
Year 7 places
Opens 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.
18miles
2025 entry
Checked, source: The Skinners' 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 The Skinners' 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.
Distance from home to school, in miles
- National Offer Day
Outer Area
- 2027 entryNot known yetOffers are made on Monday 1 March 2027
- 2025 entryRound not stated
Offers went to children living up to 18 miles away.
West Kent area
- 2025 entryRound not stated
Offers went to children living up to 11 miles away.
West Kent area, under the previous higher qualifying score
- 2022 entryRound not stated
Offers went to children living up to 3 miles away.
We have not checked how this school measures distance yet. Councils usually measure from your exact address.
Source: The Skinners' 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.
Other published figures
- 2025 entry: Grammar-assessed SCAF applications: 702
- 2025 entry: Grammar-assessed applicants naming Skinners' first: 198
- 2025 entry: Year 7 appeals heard by independent panel: 51
- 2025 entry: Year 7 appeals upheld (of 51 heard): 4
Source: The Skinners' School, checked
Applications and offers, September 2026 entry (Department for Education)
How many families applied to The Skinners' 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 | 232First-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,8865418,z,4,The Skinners' School,160,160,105,52,3,887,232,353,183,2.2095238095238097,1.45,196,13,Academy converter,No religious character,5.6,Selective,Urban: Further from a major town or city,No,E14001555,Tunbridge Wells,140595,7View the official source |
| All applications (any preference) | 887All 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,8865418,z,4,The Skinners' School,160,160,105,52,3,887,232,353,183,2.2095238095238097,1.45,196,13,Academy converter,No religious character,5.6,Selective,Urban: Further from a major town or city,No,E14001555,Tunbridge Wells,140595,7View the official source |
| Places offered on National Offer Day | 160Places 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,8865418,z,4,The Skinners' School,160,160,105,52,3,887,232,353,183,2.2095238095238097,1.45,196,13,Academy converter,No religious character,5.6,Selective,Urban: Further from a major town or city,No,E14001555,Tunbridge Wells,140595,7View the official source |
| Applicants per place | 5.5Applicants 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,8865418,z,4,The Skinners' School,160,160,105,52,3,887,232,353,183,2.2095238095238097,1.45,196,13,Academy converter,No religious character,5.6,Selective,Urban: Further from a major town or city,No,E14001555,Tunbridge Wells,140595,7View the official source |
Source: Department for Education (Explore Education Statistics), checked
About these figures
Past figures for Skinners', as published by the school or the council (a guide, not a promise):
At a glance
The Skinners' School in brief
tap a value for its source
- Pupils
- boysPupilsChecked 9 Oct 2026 against The Skinners' School.The source says:
The school will admit 160 boys into Year 7 divided into five forms.
View the official source - Who the school admits.
- Entrance test
- Kent Test (Kent Procedure for Entry to Secondary Education, PESE)
- The test children sit to be considered.
- School type
- Academy converterSchool typeChecked 12 Oct 2026 against Department for Education (Get Information about Schools).The source says:
140595,"886","Kent","5418","The Skinners' School","34","Academy converter"
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.
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
Admission rules and catchment
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 Skinners' arrangements: determinedThe Skinners' School: Document status (2027)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against The Skinners' School.The source says: Determined Admissions Arrangements for 2027
View the official source.
The full 2027 rules for Skinners' are not captured yet (see Sources).
2028 entry: The Skinners' School: Document status (2028)Not yet published by The Skinners' 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
Skinners' considers children assessed as suitable for grammar school in the Kent Test (how it works).
Open days
Next: Year 6 open morning, Tue 20 Oct 2026
Done: Open evening for 2027 and 2028 entry (passed)
4-7pm
Done: Year 6 open morning (passed)
9am and 10.15am
Coming up: Year 6 open morning
9am and 10.15am
Source: The Skinners' 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 Skinners' 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 the Kent Test 11+ guide.
What is different about Skinners'
We will add more here when the school's full admission arrangements have been checked.
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
–
No distance published
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Chatham & Clarendon Grammar School
No distance published
–
Cranbrook SchoolBoys and girls
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
–
Dover Grammar School for BoysBoys
No distance published
–
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
–
Mayfield Grammar School, Gravesend
No distance published
–
Oakwood Park Grammar SchoolBoys
No distance published
–
Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, FavershamBoys and girls
No distance published
–
Simon Langton Girls' Grammar SchoolGirls
No distance published
–
Simon Langton Grammar School for BoysBoys
No distance published
–
Sir Roger Manwood's SchoolBoys and girls
No distance published
–
The Folkestone School for GirlsGirls
No distance published
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No distance published
–
Lowest score offered: 389 (aggregate score), 2026 entry
389
The Norton Knatchbull SchoolBoys
No distance published
–
The Skinners' SchoolBoys(this school)
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
–
Wilmington Grammar School for BoysBoys
No distance published
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Wilmington Grammar School for GirlsGirls
No distance published
–
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
6 sources, each kept as an archived copy
- Department for Education (Explore Education Statistics)
Spreadsheet · copy archived by ExamKind on 16 Oct 2026
- Department for Education (Get Information about Schools)
Spreadsheet · copy archived by ExamKind on 11 Oct 2026
- The Skinners' School
Web page · copy archived by ExamKind on 9 Oct 2026
- The Skinners' School
Web page · copy archived by ExamKind on 9 Oct 2026
- The Skinners' School
Web page · copy archived by ExamKind on 9 Oct 2026
- The Skinners' School
Web page · copy archived by ExamKind on 9 Oct 2026
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