Community school · Kent
Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys
- Secondary
- Ages 11–18
- Boys
- Selective (11+)
- Sixth form
- Term dates set by the council
Term dates
Kent council sets the term dates for this school. See all Kent dates, taken from the council's own page.
2026/27
2027/28
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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, 297 families put this school as their first choice, and 300 places were offered. 139 of the families who put it first got a place (47%).
| Entry | Places offered | Put it first | Got their first choice |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 300 | 297 | 47% |
| September 2025 | 299 | 291 | 65% |
| September 2024 | 300 | 293 | 61% |
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.
Ofsted inspection
Report card, 17 March 2026. Ofsted now grades each area separately, from exceptional to urgent improvement, with no single overall grade.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Sixth form
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
Safeguarding standards: met.
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
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Pupils
- 1875 (capacity 1308)
- Gender
- Boys
- Admissions
- Selective (entrance test)
- Phone
- 01892529551
- Address
- St John's Road, Tunbridge Wells, TN4 9XB
- Website
- twgsb.org.uk
School details from the Department for Education's register of schools (Open Government Licence). Report a correction.