Thousands of practice questions and up to 6 mock papers, all in the exact Dane Court Grammar School 11+ format, on one simple plan. It starts with a free diagnostic.
Thousands of practice questions and up to 6 mock papers, all in the exact Dane Court Grammar School 11+ format, on one simple plan. It starts with a free diagnostic.
If your child does better when they are trusted rather than ordered about, Dane Court is worth a close look. It sits in Broadstairs, a short walk from the Kent coast, and is widely considered the stronger of Thanet's two grammars, drawing children from more than 30 feeder primaries. The school opened in 1957, originally as a selective technical school, and a rebuild costing around 20 million pounds has since given it a spacious, light-filled campus that the Good Schools Guide says looks more like a university, which sets the tone for the serious learning that goes on inside.
The Good Schools Guide describes a school that treats pupils respectfully and assumes they will behave maturely. Children are not publicly bawled out for misdemeanours; instead they talk through what happened. Expensive equipment is left out rather than locked away, on the simple principle that there is no reason to expect pupils to damage it. The arts are a real strength, in keeping with a town where many musicians and artists live, with strong drama productions and exceptional art on display. Sport does the school proud too, with football teams reaching Kent Cup finals and a national-champion table tennis team. Languages have long been a point of pride, the school having held specialist language status since 2003.
Dane Court suits a child who responds badly to authoritarian, old-school regimes and flourishes when treated with trust and respect. Martin Jones has been headteacher since 2020, and parents tend to talk less about the building and more about a child who feels known and taken seriously here.
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Does Dane Court Grammar School have a catchment area?
There is no fixed catchment, but if the school is oversubscribed it gives priority to siblings and then to children living nearest to the school, so distance can matter once your child has passed the Kent Test.
Dane Court Grammar School uses the GL exam board for its 11+ entrance exam.
No, Dane Court Grammar School does not include an interview stage as part of its 11+ admissions process.
Dane Court Grammar School is a mixed grammar school, accepting both boys and girls for Year 7 entry.
While there is no fixed catchment, if the school is oversubscribed, priority is given to siblings and then to children living nearest to the school. Distance can therefore be a factor after passing the Kent Test.
The official website for Dane Court Grammar School is https://www.danecourt.kent.sch.uk/.
A child first needs to reach the required standard in the Kent Test, then name the school on the Kent application form. If there are more applicants than places, priority goes in order: children with an EHC plan naming the school, then looked-after and previously looked-after children, then health and special access reasons, then children eligible for pupil premium, then those with a sibling at the school, then by how near home is to the school. There is no catchment area.
Entry runs through the Kent Test, which Kent County Council manages, so they handle illness, not the school. If your child is too ill to sit the test on the set day, tell your child's primary school and Kent's assessment team as soon as you can. With a doctor's note confirming the illness, Kent can arrange for your child to take the test on a later date once they are well enough.
