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Mayfield Grammar School, Gravesend

Gravesend · Girls only · ages 11 to 18

Official record: Get Information About Schools (URN 137834)

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Overview

Address
Pelham Road, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 0JE
Status
Open
Admits
Girls only
Age range
11 to 18
Number of pupils
1,398
Capacity
1,207
Eligible for free school meals
12.3%
Sixth form
Yes
School type
Academy converter
Religious character
None
Trust
Not yet available
Local authority
Kent

Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026 · Source: Desk research (cited public sources) (get-information-schools.service.gov.uk), last checked 31 October 2026

Admissions and the 11+

Admissions policy
Selective (grammar school)
Selection in this area
Fully selective area30% of Year 7 places offered in Kent for September 2026 were at selective schools (DfE applications and offers). We class an area as fully selective at 25% or more. Confirm with the local authority's admissions guide.
Entrance test
Kent Test
Qualifying score
aggregate 332 with no section below 108 (Kent Test threshold for September 2026 entry) (2026 entry)
Catchment area
2025-26: eligible girls permanently residing in postcode areas beginning DA2 6**, DA2 8**, DA3, DA4, DA9, DA10, DA11, DA12, DA13, ME3, TN15 7**, and TN15 6AR, TN15 6AT, TN15 6AS.Postcode areas: DA2 6, DA2 8, DA3, DA4, DA9, DA10, DA11, DA12, DA13, ME3, TN15 7
Children from outside the catchment
Not yet available

Applications and offers for Year 7

For September 2026 entry, 593 applicants named this school (238 as their first choice) for 210 places. 1 of 210 offers went to children living outside Kent.

Applications and offers by September intake
IntakePlaces offeredApplicantsFirst choiceFirst choices per placeOffers to children outside Kent
Sept 20262105932381.11
Sept 20252106192441.24
Sept 20242106752671.30
Sept 20232105842181.023
Sept 20222105642121.029
Show all 13 years
Earlier intakes
IntakePlaces offeredApplicantsFirst choiceFirst choices per placeOffers to children outside Kent
Sept 20212106442641.325
Sept 20201805712431.43
Sept 20191805721991.11
Sept 20181805132291.31
Sept 20171705032041.22
Sept 20161454511771.28
Sept 20151454021881.31
Sept 20141073131301.212

"Applicants" counts every family that listed the school as any preference, so it is higher than the number competing for each place. "Outside Kent" means a home in another local authority; it is not the school's catchment area. For grammar schools, offers also depend on the entrance test result.

Source: Secondary and primary school applications and offers (Department for Education), last checked 31 October 2026

Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026 · Source: Admissions research (cited public sources) (skinners-school.co.uk, kent.gov.uk), last checked 1 November 2026

Key dates for September 2027 entry

Test registration (Kent Test)
1 June 2026 to 1 July 2026
Test date
10 September 2026, 12 September 2026, 13 September 202610 Sep for children at Kent primaries; 12-13 Sep for children at non-Kent primaries. Late registration only in limited cases (email kent.admissions@kent.gov.uk); sources conflict. Dates come from school/tuition pages; official page kent.gov.uk/kenttest not seen. One guide mentions 12 Feb offer, unclear.
Results sent to families
15 October 2026
Apply to your council (September 2027 entry)
By 31 October 2026This date has passed: late applications go to your council and are usually considered after on-time ones.
National offer day
1 March 2027Offers are sent on 1 March, or the next working day.
Open days
Not yet available
School opened (current registration)
1 February 2012

Unverified: test dates come from desk research (medium confidence). Confirm them with the council or test organiser. Sources: kelsi.org.uk, lenham.kent.sch.uk, cognito.org, leadingtuition.co.uk.

Statutory dates: School Admissions Code (Department for Education).

Guide to the Kent Test and its schools · How applying works

Source: Test dates research (cited public sources) (kelsi.org.uk), last checked 1 November 2026 · Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026

Ofsted inspection

Inspected on 30 April 2024: overall Outstanding. Read the report ↗

Quality of education
Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Outstanding
Sixth form provision
Good
Inspection history (3)
  • 30 April 2024: School inspection, Outstanding · report
  • 11 June 2013: Full inspection, Outstanding · report
  • 10 August 2012: Academy conversion letter · report

Source: Ofsted inspection reports, last checked 31 October 2026

Exam results

GCSE results 2025/26 (provisional)

GCSE results compared with national averages
MeasureThis schoolSelective schools in EnglandAll state schools in England
Attainment 8Average grade across 8 GCSE-level subjects, doubled for English and maths (maximum 90).62.272.146.2
Grade 5 or above in English and maths83.9%93.7%46.3%
Grade 7 or above in English and maths23.9%57.7%14.2%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths98.5%98.3%64.8%
Progress 8Not published for most schools in recent years, because primary school tests were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.–––

Attainment 8 over time: 65.3 (2023/24) → 64.3 (2024/25) → 62.2 (2025/26).

205 pupils took GCSEs. Results reflect a selective intake: compare grammar schools with each other rather than with all schools.

Source: Key stage 4 performance (GCSE results) (Department for Education), last checked 31 October 2026

How to get there

Postcode
DA11 0JE
Map location
51.43663, 0.35945
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Directions and surroundings ↗
Telephone
01474352896

Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026

School website
www.mgsg.kent.sch.uk
Official register record
Get Information About Schools (URN 137834) ↗
Admissions policy document
Not yet available
Further reading
Wikipedia ↗

Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026