Highworth Grammar School

Grammar school entrance exams for Highworth Grammar School

Highworth Grammar School is a grammar school. Grammar schools are state secondary schools that select their pupils by means of an examination taken by children at the age 10 or 11.

The 11 Plus exam is taken by children in their last year of primary school and determines whether they are suitable for a grammar school education.

The Kent Test for Highworth Grammar School

Highworth Grammar School uses the Kent Test to assess whether a child is suitable for a grammar school education in Kent. The test is taken by children in their last year of primary school and is used to determine whether they are suitable for a grammar school education.

The Kent Test is written by GL Assessment, a private company that provides educational assessments for schools. The test is made up of two papers, one in English and one in Maths, and is taken by children in their last year of primary school.

Your child will only take the Kent Test once, in the September of the year they are in Year 6. The test is taken at your child's primary school and the results are sent to you in October.

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School data for Highworth Grammar School

Type of establishment: Grammar school

Phase of education: Secondary

Local authority: Kent

Address: Maidstone Road

Town / city: Ashford

Postcode: TN24 8UD

Phone number: 1233624910

Website: http://www.highworth.kent.sch.uk/

Age range: 11 to 18

Offers boarding? No

Has a sixth form? Yes

Gender: Girls

Is selective? Yes

Number of pupils: 1536

Number of girls: 1456

Number of boys: 80

Percentage of pupils eligible for free school meals: 6.90%

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Simon Langton Girls' Grammar School (12.67 miles)

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Highsted Grammar School (13.57 miles)

The Harvey Grammar School (13.59 miles)

The Folkestone School for Girls (13.59 miles)

Borden Grammar School (13.85 miles)

Cranbrook School (14.71 miles)

Most recent exam results for Highworth Grammar School

Key Stage 4 results for Highworth Grammar School

2023

Number of pupils at the end of key stage 4: 222.00.

Number of pupils included in Progress 8 measure: 206.00.

Progress 8 measure after adjustment for extreme scores: 0.71.

% of key stage 4 pupils with entries in all English Baccalaureate subject areas: 95.00.

% of pupils achieving strong 9-5 passes in both English and mathematics GCSEs: 91.00.

Average Attainment 8 score per pupil: 69.70.

Total EBacc APS score per pupil: 6.55.

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