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Mayfield Grammar School, Gravesend
Mayfield Grammar School in Gravesend offers girls a Kent Test route and a separate optional school assessment.
Grammar school · Gravesend, Kent
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Meet the school
At a glance
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Pelham Road, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 0JE
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Year 7 entry
For September 2027 entry
Mayfield Grammar School’s September 2027 Year 7 entry uses Kent PESE/Kent Test eligibility or the school’s optional Mayfield assessment for girls unsuccessful in Kent testing. The tests and results have taken place. Submit the Secondary Common Application Form through your home local authority; Kent residents have a 2 November 2026 deadline, while families elsewhere must check their own authority’s date.
- Assessment
- Kent Test
- Provider
- GL Assessment
What the assessment covers
- English
- Mathematics
- Verbal reasoning
- Non verbal reasoning
- Writing
Kent’s linked familiarisation paper reflects the GL test used for September 2027 entry; Quest-specific material for September 2028 entry is still to come.
Check each school’s admission rules before applying; a Kent Test result does not itself secure a place.
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The admissions process
- For September 2027 entry, the usual school route is via Kent PESE/Kent Test; the school’s updated 2027–28 policy says applicants must also complete the Secondary Common Application Form through their local authority.
- The school also offered an optional Mayfield Procedure for girls who had taken part in Kent testing but were unsuccessful. Registration closed 3 July 2026 (exceptional late registration ended 6 July); the school test took place on 12 September and results were emailed on 15 October. This option is now closed for the 2027 cohort.
- The optional school procedure used a CEM Durham computer-based assessment of verbal ability, numerical reasoning and non-verbal reasoning, plus a marked English writing paper. The school’s Mayfield Procedure guide links CEM’s familiarisation site.
- Kent Test results were issued on 15 October 2026. KCC says the 2026 grammar threshold was a total score of at least 345 with no single score below 111.
- Submit the Year 7 Secondary Common Application Form through your home local authority. Kent residents must apply by Monday 2 November 2026; if you live elsewhere, confirm your own authority’s deadline and process. Kent lists national offer day as 1 March 2027.
Read the official details: Admissions information from Department for Education
Go to the source
Official links for your shortlist
Use the school’s current admissions information to check which sample papers or familiarisation materials apply to your child’s entry year.
Know what to expect
Follow the school’s assessment guidance.
For the Kent Test route, use Kent County Council’s official familiarisation booklet and test-format guidance. For the separate optional Mayfield Procedure, the school points to CEM Select familiarisation and advises ordinary reading, homework and independent problem solving; CEM does not endorse commercial mock materials. The 2026 tests for September 2027 entry have already taken place.
Read the official guidance: Kent County Council · Kent County Council · Mayfield Grammar School, Gravesend · CEM / University of Cambridge
English
A useful place to start
Read a short passage together. Ask your child to find evidence for an answer and explain unfamiliar words in context.
Build on it with Plusling
Build on that reading with Plusling’s English questions and explanations, then choose a topic to practise again.
Start the 5-question English quizMaths
A useful place to start
Ask your child to explain their method, estimate the answer and check the final calculation. Notice which step needs more practice.
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Use Plusling’s original maths questions and worked explanations to make those next practice sessions count.
Start the 5-question maths quizVerbal reasoning
A useful place to start
Talk through word relationships, letter patterns and codes. Encourage your child to explain the rule before choosing an answer.
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Explore words and logic with Plusling’s verbal reasoning quizzes, with feedback that helps the next attempt feel clearer.
Start the 5-question verbal reasoning quizNon-verbal reasoning
A useful place to start
Look for changes in shape, position, shading and direction. Work out one rule at a time before checking it against the choices.
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Give visual reasoning another go in Plusling, with original puzzles and explanations your child can return to.
Start the 5-question non-verbal reasoning quizPrint, practise, build confidence
Printable practice for these subjects
Original Plusling papers with space to work and separate answers and explanations.
English papers
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Maths papers
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Verbal Reasoning papers
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Non-Verbal Reasoning papers
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Your application starting points
Use the official links on this page to answer these questions for your child’s entry year.
Check the entry point and eligibility
Confirm the year group, age requirements and any conditions that apply to your child.
Put the right dates in your diary
Note any published registration, assessment, application and offer-response dates that apply to your child’s route. They may be separate steps.
Follow the assessment guidance
Check what the school asks your child to do and whether it recommends any preparation. Use its own instructions and the assessment provider’s advice.
Read the school’s admissions criteria
Check catchment, oversubscription rules and any supplementary form alongside the test registration.
Picture your child’s everyday life here.
An open day is a chance to look beyond the exam. Useful questions to take with you:
- How do you help new pupils settle in and make friends?
- Who can a child turn to when they feel worried or stuck?
- How do you help pupils recover from a setback and discover their strengths?
Know where to focus
Give their preparation a clear direction.
See the topics your child has practised, revisit questions that need another look and choose a focus for the next session. Plusling helps you put your time where it can be useful.
- Topic summaries and practice history
- Choose topics in Focus Practice
- Progress to discuss with the adults helping them
Their next step starts here
Give their 11+ preparation a confident start.
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Before you apply
- For September 2027, the optional Mayfield Procedure registration has closed. Submit the secondary application through your home local authority; Kent residents must apply by 2 November 2026 and families elsewhere should check their own authority’s date.
Plusling’s guide to Mayfield Grammar School, Gravesend is independently written. The school and its admissions authority publish the official arrangements.
Contains government school-register data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Primary sources
- Mayfield Grammar School, Gravesend: establishment details Department for Education
- Admissions Mayfield Grammar School, Gravesend
- Joining Year 7 Mayfield Grammar School, Gravesend
- Admissions Policy 2027–2028, updated September 2026 Mayfield Grammar School, Gravesend
- The Mayfield Procedure: additional information for September 2027 entry Mayfield Grammar School, Gravesend
- Key dates for Year 7 entry 2027 Mayfield Grammar School, Gravesend
- Kent Test official information Kent County Council
- Prepare for the Kent Test Kent County Council
- Kent Test familiarisation booklet Kent County Council
- Kent Test results Kent County Council
- Kent secondary school places: September 2027 application Kent County Council
- CEM Select familiarisation CEM / University of Cambridge