Barton Court Grammar School
Canterbury, Kent · Mixed · 11-18
Reviewed against the school’s own admissions policy · September 2026
Barton Court Grammar School, Canterbury — a selective co-educational grammar school. Kent Test admissions with no catchment area, ranked by distance.
Key facts
| Gender intake | Mixed |
| Age range | 11-18 |
| Admissions test | Kent Test |
| Year 7 places (PAN) | 150 |
| Official website | www.bartoncourt.org/ |
The entrance test
Every applicant sits the first stage; each step below narrows to the last.
Sit the Kent Test
Reach the county selective standard
Ranked — Pupil Premium first, then distance
Places offered
150
A co-educational grammar school selecting on the Kent Test. There is no catchment area: once looked-after children and Pupil Premium-eligible children are accommodated, and then siblings and health / special-access cases, all remaining places go by straight-line distance from home to the school.
How places are decided
Priority order when the school is oversubscribed. The small categories are settled first.
- 1Looked-after & previously looked-after children
- 2Pupil Premium-eligible children
- 3Siblings
- 4Health / special-access reasons
- 5Nearest to the school (straight-line distance)most places
Catchment & priority area
No catchment area
No catchment area or priority zone. Distance from home to the school (measured in a straight line using the National Land and Property Gazetteer) is the tie-breaker for every place not taken by an earlier criterion.
Key dates
The same timetable for every Kent grammar school. Confirm the current year with KCC.
1 June – 1 July
Register for the Kent Test with KCC
Early September
Test sat, in Year 6
15 October
Results released
1 March
National offer day
Always verify against the school’s own current admissions policy — criteria, catchment boundaries and places-available can all change between admissions cycles, and Barton Court Grammar School’s own website is the authoritative source, not this page.
All Kent grammar schools use the same county-wide test — see the format, timeline and registration process. For the wider picture of grammar schools across England, see UK Grammar Schools: List, Competition & Results.
Common questions about Barton Court Grammar School
Does Barton Court Grammar School have a catchment area?
No. Once looked-after children, Pupil Premium-eligible children, siblings and health / special-access cases are settled, all remaining places are allocated by straight-line distance from home to the school.
Is Barton Court Grammar School a boys' or girls' school?
It is co-educational — boys and girls are admitted at 11, and the sixth form is mixed too.
How many places does Barton Court Grammar School offer?
The Published Admission Number for Year 7 is 150.
What test do you sit for Barton Court Grammar School?
The Kent Test, the county-wide assessment sat once in Year 6. Barton Court sets no separate score threshold of its own beyond the county selective standard.
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