Procedure for Entrance into Secondary Education from September 2025
Key Dates 2024-2025
3rd June 2024 - Registration for the Kent Grammar Test opens
1st July 2024 (midnight) - Registration for the Kent Grammar Test closes
2nd September 2024 - Application for secondary Transfer opens
12th September 2024 - Test date for Kent Primary Schools
17th October 2024 - Kent Test Assessment Decisions emailed to Parents after 4pm (letters posted by first class)
31st October 2024 - National Closing Date for Secondary Application Forms (SCAF)
3rd March 2025 - National Offer Day (school places sent to parents - email after 4pm, letters posted by first class)
17th March 2025 - Parents must confirm whether or not they accept or refuse the offer with the school.
31st March 2025 - By this date Parents must lodge an appeal with the Local Authority.
24th April 2025 - Re-allocation takes place - any vacancies filled from waiting lists - parents can make extended preferences direct to schools.