Holcombe Grammar School 11+ admissions

Address

Holcombe, Chatham, South East, ME4 6JB

Year 7 admission

Boys for Year 7 admission

School type

Fully selective state school

Funding

State-funded

Day or boarding

Day school

Religion or denomination

GIAS records no applicable religious character.

Published admission number

180

September 2027 entry

Academically selected places

180

September 2027 entry

Preferences per offer

The current DfE applications and offers release has not yet been joined to this record.

Assessment provider

GL Assessment

GL Assessment is verified for the linked assessment route. GIAS does not publish the current assessment provider.

• Medway TestLocal authority selection test

  Provider

  GL Assessment

  Delivery

  Three multiple-choice papers taken at a Medway Council test venue, with a minimum 20-minute break between papers

  Raw scores are age-standardised and weighted as English x2, mathematics x2 and reasoning x1. The grammar standard is set each year so that the highest-scoring children equivalent to 26% of the Medway maintained-school cohort are assessed as grammar; qualification does not guarantee a school place.

  Official registration page

Eligibility

Co-educational applicants must achieve the pre-set standard in the Medway testing arrangements and be deemed of selective ability.

Score policy

The Medway testing arrangements determine selective ability; no separate numeric school qualifying score is published in the 2027 policy.

Oversubscription

Selective applicants are prioritised in order of looked-after and previously looked-after children, siblings, named Thinking Schools Academy Trust Medway primary pupils, staff children, health reasons, then shortest distance, with equal-distance applicants admitted above PAN.

Registration

GIAS does not publish the current test registration URL.

These subjects are verified for the linked shared assessment route. GIAS does not publish the current assessed subjects.

• English
• Mathematics
• Spatial reasoning
• Non-verbal reasoning
• Verbal reasoning

These stages are verified for the linked shared assessment route. GIAS does not publish the current assessment stages.

1. 1. Medway Test

   Registered pupils sit the three papers and receive a grammar or non-grammar assessment before the secondary-school application deadline.

Registration opens

GIAS does not publish the current registration opening date.

Registration deadline

GIAS does not publish the current registration deadline.

Test date

GIAS does not publish the current test dates.

CAF deadline

GIAS does not publish the current CAF deadline.

National Offer Day

GIAS does not publish the current offer date.

Fee per term

This is a state-funded school.

Fee per year

This is a state-funded school.

Published fee context

This is a state-funded school.

Inspection outcomes are maintained separately and are not present in current GIAS downloads.

• Build English comprehension skillsDraw one supported conclusion that is not directly stated.
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• Try Step BuilderFree interactive practice relevant to maths and numerical reasoning.
• Build verbal reasoning skillsChoose the option closest in meaning to a target word.
• Try Synonym SpectrumFree interactive practice relevant to verbal reasoning.
• Build non-verbal and spatial reasoning skillsCombine row or column rules to select one missing figure.
• Try Matrix MachineFree interactive practice relevant to non-verbal and spatial reasoning.

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1. Open state-funded school fields CSV

   Department for Education. Accessed 25 August 2026. GIAS register snapshot on 25 August 2026.

2. Holcombe Grammar School Admissions Policy 2027-28

   Holcombe Grammar School. Accessed 26 August 2026. September 2027 entry.

3. School admission arrangements 2027

   Medway Council. Accessed 26 August 2026. September 2027 entry.

4. Key dates for applying for secondary school: September 2027 entry

   Medway Council. Accessed 26 August 2026. September 2027 entry.

5. About the Medway Test

   Medway Council. Accessed 26 August 2026. September 2027 entry.

6. How the Medway Test is marked

   Medway Council. Accessed 26 August 2026. September 2027 entry.

7. ONS Postcode Directory May 2026 school-postcode centroid extract

   Office for National Statistics. Accessed 25 August 2026. ONS Postcode Directory, May 2026.