How far away did Wilmington Grammar School for Girls offer places?
For September 2025 entry the furthest distance offered was 2.574 miles, under the school’s last criterion (all other eligible girls). For 2024 it was 2.711 miles and for 2023 it was 4.837 miles, both under the criterion for girls living within 1.5 miles or in the named parishes and wards. The school had not published its figures for September 2026 entry when this page was checked.
Published figures
| Entry | Furthest distance | Under criterion |
|---|---|---|
| Sept 2025 | 2.574 miles | 7 (all other eligible girls) |
| Sept 2024 | 2.711 miles | 5 (1.5 miles or named parishes) |
| Sept 2023 | 4.837 miles | 5 (1.5 miles or named parishes) |
One furthest distance for each entry year: the distance of the last place offered that year, and the criterion it was offered under. For 2025 entry offers went down to criterion 7; for 2024 and 2023 they stopped within criterion 5.
| Entry | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|
| Sept 2025 | 121 | 134 |
| Sept 2024 | 126 | 138 |
| Sept 2023 | 129 | 141 |
Scores in the maths paper only, not the three-paper total.
How places are decided
- The school has 180 Year 7 places. Entry is through the Kent Test: places go to girls assessed suitable for grammar school.
- Girls are not ranked by their overall score. If there are more eligible girls than places the order is: children in or previously in local authority care; siblings at this school or at Wilmington Grammar School for Boys; children of staff; up to 18 Governor Places; girls living within 1.5 miles of the school or in the named parishes and wards; other Pupil Premium children within 3 miles; then all other eligible girls by distance, closest first.
- Governor Places: up to 18 places (10%) go to girls living within 5 miles of the school who have the highest scores in the maths paper of the Kent Test.
- Within the group living within 1.5 miles or in the named parishes and wards, children eligible for the Pupil Premium are given priority.
- The named parishes and wards are Ash Cum Ridley, Badgers Mount, Bean, Crockenhill, Darenth, Dartford, Dunton Green, Eynsford, Farningham, Fawkham, Halstead, Hartley, Hextable, Horton Kirby & South Darenth, Istead Rise (ward), Kemsing, Longfield & New Barn, Meopham, Otford, Shoreham, Southfleet, Stanstead, Stone, Sutton at Hone & Hawley, Swanley, Swanscombe & Greenhithe, West Kingsdown, Wilmington, Wrotham and the Unparished area of Ebbsfleet.
- The school had not published its figures for September 2026 entry when this page was checked: its latest sheet stops at the 2025 intake.
Questions parents ask
How do the two Wilmington grammar schools decide places?
Not by overall score. After children in care, siblings at either Wilmington school and children of staff, up to 18 Governor Places go to top scorers living within 5 miles (maths paper only at the girls’ school; English and reasoning at the boys’). Then come children living within 1.5 miles or in the named parishes, then other Pupil Premium children within 3 miles, then everyone else by distance. Both schools publish how far their offers reached each year.
Does passing the Kent Test guarantee a grammar school place?
No. Passing makes your child eligible, but grammar schools are often oversubscribed and each one ranks the eligible children by its own admissions criteria. Some rank by score, some by where you live and how far away, and some by both.
A cut-off or a distance is what was needed that year. It changes every year and is not a promise for the next. The school’s own website is wgsg.co.uk.
Sources: Over-subscription criteria for September 2026 (with past distances) · Admission policy for entry in September 2027 · Admission policy for entry in September 2027 · Apply for a Kent grammar school place
Checked on 5 October 2026. If you spot something out of date, please tell us.
