Dover Grammar School for Girls
Dover, Kent · Girls · 11-18 (mixed sixth form)
Reviewed against the school’s own admissions policy · September 2026
Dover Grammar School for Girls — a selective girls' grammar school with its own co-educational sixth form. Kent Test (or the school's own test) admissions with no catchment area.
Key facts
| Gender intake | Girls |
| Age range | 11-18 (mixed sixth form) |
| Admissions test | Kent Test |
| Year 7 places (PAN) | 140 |
| Official website | www.dggs.kent.sch.uk/ |
The entrance test
Every applicant sits the first stage; each step below narrows to the last.
Sit the Kent Test (or the school's own Dover Test)
Reach the county selective standard
Ranked — sibling & Pupil Premium tiers, then distance
Places offered
140
A girls' grammar school (Years 7-11) with its own co-educational sixth form, admitting boys at 16. Entry is via the Kent Test or the school's own 'Dover Test' (run by Quest Assessments). When oversubscribed the order is looked-after children, then siblings, then health / special-access cases, then Pupil Premium-eligible girls, then everyone else by straight-line distance.
How places are decided
Priority order when the school is oversubscribed. The small categories are settled first.
- 1Looked-after & previously looked-after girls
- 2Siblings
- 3Health / special-access reasons
- 4Pupil Premium-eligible girls
- 5Nearest to the school (straight-line distance)most places
Catchment & priority area
No catchment area
No priority area — straight-line distance from home to the school decides every place not taken by an earlier criterion, with a random tie-break for equal distances.
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 Dover Grammar School for Girls’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 Dover Grammar School for Girls
Does Dover Grammar School for Girls have a catchment area?
No. Once looked-after children, siblings, health / special-access cases and Pupil Premium-eligible girls are settled, remaining places go by straight-line distance from home to the school, with a random tie-break for equal distances.
Is the sixth form at Dover Grammar School for Girls mixed?
Years 7 to 11 are girls; the school runs its own co-educational sixth form, admitting boys at 16. It is not shared with Dover Grammar School for Boys.
How many places does Dover Grammar School for Girls offer?
The Published Admission Number for Year 7 is 140.
What test do you sit for Dover Grammar School for Girls?
The county Kent Test, or the school's own 'Dover Test' (an English paper and a maths paper, run by Quest Assessments) — either route can qualify a girl for consideration.
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