Highsted Grammar School

Term dates

This school sets its own term dates, which are different from Kent council's. See the school's own term dates.

Admissions

Places for Year 7 are applied for through your home council, not the school.

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Selective school: Year 7 entry is by an entrance test (the 11+). Registration for the test usually closes in the summer of Year 5.

For the sixth form, apply to the school directly.

How many families applied: Year 7

For September 2026, 139 families put this school as their first choice, and 109 places were offered. 108 of the families who put it first got a place (78%). More families put it first than there were places.

Offers made on national offer day, from the Department for Education. Waiting lists and appeals can change things later. The hardest schools to get into.

11+ entrance test

This school uses The Kent Test, a shared test used by 31 other schools. Your child sits one test, and the result is shared with every school in the group that you apply to.

This school also runs its own entrance test as well as the Kent Test. Contact the school for its test details.

How shared 11+ tests work

Ofsted inspection

Latest graded inspection, 17 January 2023. Overall: Good

Quality of education

Good

Behaviour and attitudes

Good

Personal development

Good

Leadership and management

Good

Sixth form

Good

Read the Ofsted reports

From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.

About and location

Type

Academy

Phase

Secondary

Ages

11–18

Pupils

793 (capacity 830)

Gender

Girls

Academy trust

HIGHSTED ACADEMY TRUST

Admissions

Selective (entrance test)

Phone

01795424223

Address

Highsted Road, Sittingbourne, ME10 4PT

Website

highsted.kent.sch.uk

Official school record, including Ofsted reports