East Kent · Canterbury
Barton Court Grammar School.
Barton Court Grammar School is a mixed grammar school in Canterbury. Children join in Year 7 through the Kent Test — Kent’s 11+ — which they sit at the start of Year 6.
- Town
- Canterbury
- Year 7 intake
- Boys and girls
- Entry
- Assessed suitable for grammar school through the Kent Test
- When it’s oversubscribed
- Places go by the school’s own admission criteria. Read them on Kent County Council’s site
Getting a place for September 2027.
- 1
1 June – 1 July 2026
Register for the Kent Test
In the summer term of Year 5, on Kent County Council’s website.
- 2
Thursday 10 September 2026
Sit the test
In Kent primary schools. Children at schools outside Kent, or educated at home, sit it at a test centre on Saturday 12 or Sunday 13 September 2026.
- 3
Thursday 15 October 2026
Get the result
Decisions are emailed after 4pm to the address used to register.
- 4
By Saturday 31 October 2026
Name Barton Court Grammar School on your application
On your own local authority’s secondary school application, alongside your other preferences.
- 5
Monday 1 March 2027
Hear about a place
National Offer Day, when every secondary school place is offered.
Child in Year 4 or 5? The same steps run a year later: registration opens in the summer term of Year 5, and Kent County Council publishes each year’s dates.
A grammar school assessment doesn’t guarantee a place. Barton Court Grammar School can only consider your child if you name it on your application and your child has been assessed suitable. If your child isn’t offered a place, you can appeal to an Independent Appeal Panel, and may be able to join the school’s waiting list.
Preparing for the Kent Test.
The test covers verbal, non-verbal and spatial reasoning, English and maths, answered on a separate answer sheet. There is also a writing task, which is not scored but is kept for the headteacher panel.
Other grammar schools nearby.
Common questions.
Does Barton Court Grammar School use the Kent Test?
Yes. Barton Court Grammar School admits through the Kent Test. To be considered, a child must be assessed suitable for grammar school and Barton Court Grammar School must be named on the secondary school application.
Is Barton Court Grammar School a boys’, girls’ or mixed school?
Barton Court Grammar School takes boys and girls into Year 7.
When are the Kent Test results for September 2027 entry?
Thursday 15 October 2026. Decisions are emailed after 4pm to the address used to register.
Does passing the Kent Test guarantee a place at Barton Court Grammar School?
No. A grammar school assessment does not guarantee a place. When more children apply than there are places, Barton Court Grammar School ranks applicants by its own admission criteria, which Kent County Council publishes for every school.
Dates from Kent County Council’s Kent Test guidance for September 2027 entry; the application deadline and offer day are set nationally. Always check Kent County Council’s Kent Test pages and the school’s own website. Gramora is independent of Barton Court Grammar School and of Kent County Council.
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