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Townley Grammar School: 11+ entry

Townley Grammar School, Townley Road, Bexleyheath, Kent DA6 7AB

Facts checked 19 October 2026By ExamKind Editorial TeamSchool website

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Can we apply, and what did it take?

For September 2028 entry

  • Score to qualify

    Not published yet

    Bexley selection test

  • Year 7 places

    224

    2027 entry, Published Admission Number ()

    Checked, source: Townley Grammar School, checked

  • 7.076miles

    2026 entry, on National Offer Day

    Checked, source: London Borough of Bexley, checked

No deadlines left for 2028 entry.

How far offers reached

Can we get in?

How far offers reached

Each bar shows how far from Townley Grammar 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.

Reaching the school's standard 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.

Checked, source: Department for Education (GOV.UK), checked

Distance from home to school, in miles

  • National Offer Day
  1. 2028 entryNot known yet
    Offers are made on National Offer Day
  2. 2026 entryOffer day
    7.076 miles

    On National Offer Day, offers went to children living up to 7.076 miles away.

  3. 2025 entryOffer day
    7.17 miles

    On National Offer Day, offers went to children living up to 7.17 miles away.

  4. 2024 entryOffer day
    6.023 miles

    On National Offer Day, offers went to children living up to 6.023 miles away.

  5. 2023 entryOffer day
    10.999 miles

    On National Offer Day, offers went to children living up to 10.999 miles away.

  6. 2022 entryOffer day
    6.267 miles

    On National Offer Day, offers went to children living up to 6.267 miles away.

How distance is measured (the school's 2027 admission rules): Straight line from the home address (child's home address at the time of allocation, National Offers Day) to the student entrance approved by the Trustees as the official entrance to the school.

Source: London Borough of Bexley, checked
What 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 Townley Grammar 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.

Applications and offers at Townley Grammar School, September 2026 entry
FigureDepartment for Education
First-preference applications190First-preference applications, 2026 entryChecked 16 Oct 2026 against Department for Education (Explore Education Statistics).The source says: 202627,Academic year,School,E92000001,England,E13000002,Outer London,303,E09000004,Bexley,Secondary,3034001,z,6,Townley Grammar School,246,246,132,60,37,902,190,251,227,1.4393939393939394,0.7723577235772358,554,154,Academy converter,No religious character,8.5,Selective,Urban: Nearer to a major town or city,No,E14001089,Bexleyheath and Crayford,137769,7View the official source
All applications (any preference)902All applications (any preference), 2026 entryChecked 16 Oct 2026 against Department for Education (Explore Education Statistics).The source says: 202627,Academic year,School,E92000001,England,E13000002,Outer London,303,E09000004,Bexley,Secondary,3034001,z,6,Townley Grammar School,246,246,132,60,37,902,190,251,227,1.4393939393939394,0.7723577235772358,554,154,Academy converter,No religious character,8.5,Selective,Urban: Nearer to a major town or city,No,E14001089,Bexleyheath and Crayford,137769,7View the official source
Places offered on National Offer Day246Places 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,E13000002,Outer London,303,E09000004,Bexley,Secondary,3034001,z,6,Townley Grammar School,246,246,132,60,37,902,190,251,227,1.4393939393939394,0.7723577235772358,554,154,Academy converter,No religious character,8.5,Selective,Urban: Nearer to a major town or city,No,E14001089,Bexleyheath and Crayford,137769,7View the official source
Applicants per place3.7Applicants per place, 2026 entryChecked 16 Oct 2026 against Department for Education (Explore Education Statistics).The source says: 202627,Academic year,School,E92000001,England,E13000002,Outer London,303,E09000004,Bexley,Secondary,3034001,z,6,Townley Grammar School,246,246,132,60,37,902,190,251,227,1.4393939393939394,0.7723577235772358,554,154,Academy converter,No religious character,8.5,Selective,Urban: Nearer to a major town or city,No,E14001089,Bexleyheath and Crayford,137769,7View the official source

Source: Department for Education (Explore Education Statistics), checked

About these figures

Townley draws girls from a wide area, and the council's Offer Day figures show it. These are the furthest distances at which places were offered:

One year in this table reached much further than the rest, which shows how far the figure can swing. Use it as a guide, not a promise. Remember that girls in the priority groups (pupil premium, top scorers, siblings and staff children) are offered places before distance is used, so living further out than these figures does not rule out an offer for them.

Older figures from the school show long-standing demand:

No year-specific pass mark is published for Townley; the council sets the selective score each year after the test.

At a glance

Townley Grammar School in brief

tap a value for its source

Pupils
girlsPupilsChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Townley Grammar School.The source says: Townley Grammar is one of four selective schools in the London Borough of Bexley and is a single-sex grammar school admitting girls in Year 7, with boys in the Sixth Form.View the official source
Who the school admits.
School type
academySchool typeChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Townley Grammar School.The source says: Townley Grammar School became an Academy on 1st January 2012View the official source
How the school is run and funded.
Year 7 places
224Year 7 placesChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Townley Grammar School.The source says: The school’s admission number is 224 pupils (An increase of 14 places from September 2016)View the official source2027 entry
The (PAN): how many children the school plans to admit.
Entrance test
Bexley selection test
The test children sit to be considered.
Townley Grammar School (academy; Trustees)Admission authorityChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Townley Grammar School.The source says: Townley Grammar School became an Academy on 1st January 2012 and is therefore the admissions authority for the school from that date.View the official source
Who sets the admission rules and decides who is offered a place.
No catchment area
Where children get priority. Living inside it does not by itself mean a place.
Supplementary Information Form (SIF)
Yes, for this school
An extra form some schools ask for. It goes to the school, not the council.

Key dates

Dates for September 2028 entry

For children in Year 6 in 2027/28.

Add to my calendar

  1. Not published yet: Test registration opens

    Not yet published, checked 9 Oct 2026

  2. Not published yet: Test registration closes

    Not yet published, checked 9 Oct 2026

  3. Not published yet: Test day

    Not yet published, checked 9 Oct 2026

  4. Not published yet: Results

    Not yet published, checked 9 Oct 2026

Notes on these dates

Townley's own pages do not give a full timetable, and the test dates printed there do not match the council's, so the table uses the council's dates for the shared test.

How places are given

7 admission rules, in order, for 2027 entry

If more children qualify than there are places, Townley Grammar School gives places using these rules (its ), in this order (the 2027 rules; the rules for 2028 entry are not published yet).

  1. 1

    Looked after and previously looked after children

    The policy's own words
    1 Children in Public Care (Looked after children) or children who were previously looked after but immediately after being looked after became subject to an adoption, residence or special guardianship order.
  2. 2

    20 places for Pupil Premium girls who reach the selective score (ranked by standardised score then distance); Townley on Common Application Form () + SIF submitted

    The policy's own words
    2 20 places are available for children attracting Pupil Premium who achieve the qualifying selective score, ranked in descending standardised score order and then by distance.
  3. 3

    If fewer than 20 PP places filled: further PP girls up to 2% below the standardised selective score

    The policy's own words
    3 If fewer than 20 places are filled in category 2, Further places will be offered to children attracting pupil premium ranked in descending standardised score order and then by distance up to a maximum of 2% below the standardised selective score.
  4. 4

    Girls in the top 180 Bexley Selection Test scores who apply

    The policy's own words
    4 Girls identified by the London Borough of Bexley as achieving one of the highest 180 scores in the selection tests and who apply for a place at Townley Grammar School.
  5. 5

    Siblings at the school at time of application (same address)

    The policy's own words
    5 Girls who will have a sibling attending Townley Grammar School at the time of application.
  6. 6

    Children of staff (2+ years employed, or recruited to a skill-shortage post)

    The policy's own words
    6 Children of staff at Townley Grammar School in either or both of the following circumstances: where the member of staff has been employed at the school for two or more years at the time at which the application for admission to the school is made, and/or the member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage.
  7. 7

    Distance (straight line), nearest first, irrespective of selective score (excluding top 180)

    The policy's own words
    7 Distance from school with priority given to pupils living nearest to the school based on the distance from home to school in a straight line. (Irrespective of selective score – excluding top 180 students).

Source: Townley Grammar School, checked

Who qualifies
Only girls "deemed selective" by LBB are considered in the first allocation; Bexley council decides how many are deemed selective and sets the selective score. Places then by oversubscription criteria (top 180 scorers and PP by score; others by distance).Source: Townley Grammar School, checked
Catchment
No catchment or priority area in the policy; final criterion is straight-line distance, nearest first, irrespective of selective score (excluding top 180).Source: Townley Grammar School, checked
If two children are level for the last place
Equal distance: girl with the highest aggregate selection-test score; if still equal, random allocation.Source: Townley Grammar School, checked
Brothers and sisters
Brothers and sisters of pupils at the school get priority.Source: Townley Grammar School, checked
Pupil premium
Criterion 2: 20 places for PP girls who achieve the qualifying selective score, ranked by standardised score then distance. Criterion 3: if fewer than 20 filled, PP girls up to 2% below the standardised selective score.Source: Townley Grammar School, checked
Supplementary form
Supplementary Information Form (online Google Form) required only for girls attracting Pupil Premium who seek the PP priority (criteria 2-3); not needed otherwise.Source: Townley Grammar School, checked
Waiting list
All unsuccessful and late applicants go on the waiting list in oversubscription-criteria order (including further-allocation criteria); held throughout the first term of Year 7, then in-year process applies.Source: Townley Grammar School, checked
Address used
The home address at the time of allocation (National Offers Day)Source: Townley Grammar School, checked
More detail from our guide

2027 entry. Townley's policy for September 2027 is published (the document does not say whether it is the final, determined version)Townley Grammar School: Document status (2027)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against Townley Grammar School.The source says: This policy will apply to admission to Years 7 and 12 in September 2027.View the official source.

Among selective girls, places go in this order: (1) Looked after and previously looked after children. (2) 20 places for Pupil Premium girls who reach the selective score (ranked by standardised score then distance); Townley on CAF + SIF submitted. (3) If fewer than 20 PP places filled: further PP girls up to 2% below the standardised selective score. (4) Girls in the top 180 Bexley Selection Test scores who apply. (5) Siblings at the school at time of application (same address). (6) Children of staff (2+ years employed, or recruited to a skill-shortage post). (7) Distance (straight line), nearest first, irrespective of selective score (excluding top 180).Townley Grammar School: Oversubscription criteria (2027)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against Townley Grammar School.The source says: Where there are more applicants than places available, after the admission of pupils with Statements of Special Educational Need which name the school, priority for admission will be given to those children who meet the criteria set out below, in this order:View the official source

Two things make Townley different. Its pupil premium places are ranked by test score first, not by distance. And if those places are not all taken, it can offer them to pupil premium girls a little below the selective score.

  • Pupil premium in detail: Criterion 2: 20 places for PP girls who achieve the qualifying selective score, ranked by standardised score then distance. Criterion 3: if fewer than 20 filled, PP girls up to 2% below the standardised selective score.Townley Grammar School: Pp priority (2027)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against Townley Grammar School.The source says: 2 20 places are available for children attracting Pupil Premium who achieve the qualifying selective score, ranked in descending standardised score order and then by distance. Townley Grammar School must be listed as a preference on the CAF (Common Application Form) and the required SIF (Supplementary Information Form) submitted. 3 If fewer than 20 places are filled in category 2, Further places will be offered to children attracting pupil premium ranked in descending standardised score order and then by distance up to a maximum of 2% below the standardised selective score.View the official source
  • The form for pupil premium girls: Supplementary Information Form (online Google Form) required only for girls attracting Pupil Premium who seek the PP priority (criteria 2-3); not needed otherwise.Townley Grammar School: Supplementary form (2027)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against Townley Grammar School.The source says: TGS Supplementary Form for Year 7 Entry 2027(closes 31st October 2026)View the official source
  • How to apply: Year 7 applications are co-ordinated by LB Bexley; for the pupil premium places Townley must be listed as a preference on the CAF and the SIF submitted. No CAF deadline printed on Townley pages.Townley Grammar School: Must name on caf (2027)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against Townley Grammar School.The source says: Townley Grammar School must be listed as a preference on the CAF (Common Application Form) and the required SIF (Supplementary Information Form) submitted.View the official source
  • Where distance is measured to: the student entrance that the trustees have approved as the school's official entrance, in a straight line from home.
  • Tie-breaks: Equal distance: girl with the highest aggregate selection-test score; if still equal, random allocation.Townley Grammar School: Tie break (2027)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against Townley Grammar School.The source says: Where a tie break is necessary – because two or more applicants live at an equal distance from the school as measured under criterion 7, the girl with the highest aggregate score in the selection test will be offered the place. In the event that two or more girls living at an equal distance from the school have the same aggregate score, random allocation will be used.View the official source
  • Catchment: No catchment or priority area in the policy; final criterion is straight-line distance, nearest first, irrespective of selective score (excluding top 180).Townley Grammar School: Catchment (2027)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against Townley Grammar School.The source says: 7 Distance from school with priority given to pupils living nearest to the school based on the distance from home to school in a straight line. (Irrespective of selective score – excluding top 180 students).View the official source
  • Which home address counts: Townley's policy and the council's guidance fix the address at different points in the year. Until that is cleared up, ask the school before relying on a house move.
  • If places are left over: If places remain after all selective girls are offered, Townley uses LBB's reserve list: offers in descending aggregate score; within a score, SEN statement first, then LAC, PP, sibling, staff, distance.Townley Grammar School: Further allocations reserve listChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Townley Grammar School.The source says: If places remain available at Townley Grammar School after all girls ... have been offered places, the Trustees will adopt the principles and process of the London Borough of Bexley’s reserve list ... Under that process, places will be offered to girls in descending order of the aggregate score achieved in the Bexley selection tests.View the official source
  • Waiting list: All unsuccessful and late applicants go on the waiting list in oversubscription-criteria order (including further-allocation criteria); held throughout the first term of Year 7, then in-year process applies.Townley Grammar School: Waiting list (2027)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against Townley Grammar School.The source says: All applicants for Townley Grammar School who are not offered a place ... will be placed on the school’s waiting list in the order of the criteria set out above ... Townley Grammar School will hold a waiting list throughout the first term of Year 7 and will offer places from that list if vacancies become available.View the official source

Townley also offers girls eligible for the pupil premium free online 11+ preparation, confirmed through their primary school.

2028 entry: Townley Grammar School: Document status (2028)Not yet published by Townley Grammar School; last checked 9 Oct 2026.The source says: 2027-28 | 2026-27 | 2025-26 | 2024-25View the official source. This page will change when Townley publishes its 2028 policy.

The test

Bexley selection test
Test
Bexley selection test
Test date, 2028 entry
Not yet published

Townley has no entrance paper of its own. Girls are assessed through the borough-wide test, and families register with the council, not the school. How to register: Online, directly with Bexley LA (London Borough of Bexley), by the council's closing dateTownley Grammar School 2027 entry: Registration routeChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Townley Grammar School.The source says: Parents who wish to enter their daughter for the Bexley 11+ selection test, must register online directly with Bexley LA by their specified closing date (please refer to the Bexley Council website for exact dates).View the official source. The council names Quest AssessmentsBexley selection test: Provider by entry year (2027)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against London Borough of Bexley.The source says: Quest Assessments is the Bexley Selection Test provider.View the official source as the supplier of the papers.

Which girls can sit it for 2027 entry? Girls born 1 September 2015 - 31 August 2016; girls up to one year younger (born no later than 31 August 2017) if already in Year 6 and working successfully; summer-born (1 April - 31 August 2015) girls who stayed out of cohort are also eligibleTownley Grammar School: Age eligibility2027Checked 9 Oct 2026 against Townley Grammar School.The source says: Girls are eligible for admission to Year 7 in the September following their 11th birthday (for admission in September 2027; that is girls born between 1st September 2015 and 31st August 2016 (inclusive).View the official source.

How is a girl judged selective? Only girls "deemed selective" by LBB are considered in the first allocation; Bexley council decides how many are deemed selective and sets the selective score. Places then by oversubscription criteria (top 180 scorers and PP by score; others by distance).Townley Grammar School: Qualifying rule (2027)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against Townley Grammar School.The source says: In the first allocation of places, the school will only consider applicants ... by the London Borough of Bexley ... Bexley council will decide how many children should be deemed selective and will select the selective score accordingly.View the official source As for the score itself, Townley's policy is brief. Selectivity is based on the total weighted age standardised score in the Bexley 11+ test; weights are not stated in the Townley policy.Townley Grammar School: Score composition (2027)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against Townley Grammar School.The source says: ”Deemed selective” – selectivity is based on the total weighted age standardised score achieved in the Bexley 11+ test.View the official source The council fills that gap: the total is weighted verbal 50%, maths 25%, non verbal 25%Bexley 2027 entry: WeightingChecked 9 Oct 2026 against London Borough of Bexley.The source says: your child meeting the selective standard is based on the total weighted age-standardised score achieved in the test ... 50% from the verbal ability score ... 25% from the numerical ability score ... 25% from the non-verbal ability scoreView the official source.

Missed the Year 6 test? In-year only: girls already in secondary school apply via the Bexley In-Year Application Form and are tested once per school year when vacancies arise; those reaching the standard join the waiting list. A girl who sat the 11+ in Year 6 cannot sit the in-year test until the end of the Summer term of Year 7.Townley Grammar School 2027 entry: Late testingChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Townley Grammar School.The source says: Girls will be tested only once during any school year. The names of those achieving the required standard will be added to the waiting list. If further vacancies become available, any further applicants who have applied since the last test will be invited to sit selection tests.View the official source

How the Bexley test works

Open days

All this year's events have passed

  1. Done: Open Evening (Headteacher talk + tour; sessions 17:00, 18:00, 19:00) (passed)

    17:00-20:30

  2. Done: Small Group Tour (passed)

    09:00 and 13:45

  3. Done: Open Morning (passed)

    09:00-11:30

  4. Done: Open Morning (passed)

    09:00-11:30

  5. Done: Open Afternoon (passed)

    13:30-15:30

  6. Done: Small Group Tour (passed)

    09:00 and 13:45

  7. Done: Open Morning (passed)

    09:00-11:30

  8. Done: Small Group Tour (passed)

    09:00 and 13:45

  9. Done: Open Morning (passed)

    09:00-11:30

  10. Done: Open Afternoon (passed)

    13:30-15:30

  11. Done: Small Group Tour (passed)

    09:00 and 13:45

  12. Done: Small Group Tour (passed)

    09:00 and 13:45

Source: Townley Grammar School, checked

If you are refused a place

Reviews, appeals and the waiting list

General information, not legal advice.

How appeals work
Independent Appeal Panel commissioned by the school; appeal form requested from the school admissions office (admissions@townleygrammar.org.uk).Source: Townley Grammar School, checked

General information, not legal advice.

If Townley cannot offer your daughter a place, you can appeal. Independent Appeal Panel commissioned by the school; appeal form requested from the school admissions office (admissions@townleygrammar.org.uk).Townley Grammar School: Appeals route (2027)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against Townley Grammar School.The source says: In all cases where an application for a place at a school is unsuccessful, the parent will have the right of appeal. That appeal will be heard by an Independent Appeal Panel commissioned by the school.View the official source

Townley has not published the 2027-entry appeal deadline yet. For a sense of timing, last year's deadline (2026 entry) was 27 March 2026Townley Grammar School: Appeal deadline2026 entryChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Townley Grammar School.The source says: The deadline for lodging appeals (only Year 7 Students) against a decision not to offer a place at Townley Grammar School is Fridy 27th March 2026.View the official source, a few weeks after National Offer Day, so be ready to act soon after offers arrive on 1 March 2027Bexley 2027 entry: National Offer DayChecked 9 Oct 2026 against London Borough of Bexley.The source says: if you applied online, you will receive an email with the school offered in the evening of Monday 1 March 2027View the official source.

If the test result itself looks wrong, talk to your daughter's primary headteacher in the autumn: only the headteacher can ask the council to review a score, and it must happen before offers are made. Appeals for a full grammar school rarely succeed, so keep the place you are offered while you wait. Our Bexley 11+ guide explains the process.

Other Bexley schools

How far offers reached at all 4 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.

  1. Beths Grammar SchoolBoys

    Offers reached 6.55 miles2025 entry

    Rule not stated · 192 places

  2. Bexley Grammar SchoolBoys and girls

    Offers reached 1.847 miles2026 entry

    Rule not stated · 210 places

  3. Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar SchoolBoys and girls

    Offers reached 3.086 miles2026 entry

    Rule not stated · 192 places

  4. Townley Grammar SchoolGirls(this school)

    Offers reached 7.076 miles2026 entry

    Rule not stated · 224 places

Source: London Borough of Bexley, 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

12 sources, each kept as an archived copy

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