Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys

Term dates

Foundation schools can set their own term dates. Many follow Kent council's dates, shown below as a guide, but check with the school, especially for INSET days.

• Term
• Holiday
• INSET day
• Exeat

See Kent's full dates

Admissions

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

Apply for a secondary school place on GOV.UK

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, 194 families put this school as their first choice, and 145 places were offered. 143 of the families who put it first got a place (74%). 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.

How shared 11+ tests work

Before and after school

These clubs are registered with Ofsted at the school's postcode, so usually run on the school site:

• Venture Camps -The Canterbury Holiday Camp, holiday club. Ofsted report
• Stagecoach Canterbury. Ofsted report

Ask the club or the school about times, prices and places. More clubs nearby.

Ofsted inspection

Latest graded inspection, 26 November 2024. No overall grade was given (Ofsted stopped giving one in September 2024).

Quality of education

Outstanding

Behaviour and attitudes

Outstanding

Personal development

Outstanding

Leadership and management

Good

Sixth form

Outstanding

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

Foundation school

Phase

Secondary

Ages

11–18

Pupils

1226 (capacity 1280)

Gender

Boys

Admissions

Selective (entrance test)

Phone

01227463567

Address

Langton Lane, Nackington Road, Canterbury, CT4 7AS

Website

thelangton.org.uk

Official school record, including Ofsted reports