We teach Swanley children in person in Dartford and online. Our lessons are live, with qualified UK teachers: Pre 11+ for Year 4, the 11+ and the Kent Test for Year 5, and KS2 SATs for Year 6.
Swanley is named in the admission rules of all four grammar schools around Dartford, which is unusual for a town outside the borough. That gives Swanley children the same local priority at those schools as children in Dartford itself.
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Grammar schools for Swanley families
How each school gives its places once a child is assessed suitable. A cut-off is what was needed that year, not a promise for the next.
Swanley is one of the parishes in its Priority Area, which has 130 of the 180 places, ranked by Kent Test total. Last place offered for September 2026 entry: 381.
Swanley is one of its ten named parishes, which share 100 places with the Borough of Dartford, ranked by Kent Test total. Last place offered for September 2026 entry: 372.
Swanley is one of its named parishes. Within that group boys are ranked by distance from the school; in March 2026 offers reached about 2.732 miles.
Swanley is one of its named parishes and wards. Within that group places go by distance; for September 2026 entry the last was offered at 2.32 miles.
Kent Test 2026 in the Sevenoaks district
376 of the 752 children who sat the test were assessed suitable for grammar school (50%), against 45% across Kent state schools. This year’s pass mark was 345, with no single score below 111.
Questions Swanley parents ask
Yes: in person in Dartford, or online from home. Our lessons are live, with qualified UK teachers: Pre 11+ for Year 4, the 11+ and the Kent Test for Year 5, and KS2 SATs for Year 6.
Swanley is in Dartford Grammar School’s Priority Area and among Dartford Grammar School for Girls’ ten named parishes, so Swanley children compete for the local places there, ranked by their Kent Test total. Both Wilmington schools list Swanley as a named parish too, but rank that group by distance.
Swanley is in the Sevenoaks district, where 376 of the 752 children who sat the test were assessed suitable for grammar school (50%), against 45% across Kent state schools.