South East brings together 57 grammar schools across 8 local areas, with the biggest groups in Kent, Buckinghamshire, and Medway. It works best as a wider overview of several distinct selective pockets, where school mix, test route, and admissions shape can change noticeably from one local area to the next.
Area pages
Each page covers one smaller local area.
These area pages split South East into smaller local groups. That makes it easier to compare schools that are actually part of the same local list.
See all exam areasBrowse 13 grammar school profiles in Buckinghamshire, covering 8 local clusters in total, then use the linked Buckinghamshire guide for shared test dates, downloads, and route detail.
Browse 2 grammar school profiles in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, then use the linked Buckinghamshire guide for shared test dates, downloads, and route detail.
Browse 3 grammar school profiles in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, then use the linked Buckinghamshire guide for shared test dates, downloads, and route detail.
Browse 3 grammar school profiles in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, then use the linked Buckinghamshire guide for shared test dates, downloads, and route detail.
Browse 32 grammar school profiles in Kent, then use the linked Kent Test guide for shared test dates, downloads, and route detail.
Browse 6 grammar school profiles in Kent, then use the linked Medway Test guide for shared test dates, downloads, and route detail.
Browse 2 grammar school profiles in Berkshire and compare the local admissions landscape before you shortlist.
Browse 4 grammar school profiles in Berkshire, then use the linked Slough guide for shared test dates, downloads, and route detail.
School list
The best grammar schools in South East on this page are ordered by GCSE results. Local routes, travel patterns, and school rules can still vary a lot between areas such as Kent, Buckinghamshire, and Medway.
Kendrick School, London Road
Overall GCSE score:92.6
Assessment: Individual
Applicants per place: 3.9 applicants per place
Reading School, Erleigh Road
Overall GCSE score:90.4
Assessment: FSCE
Applicants per place: 3.0 applicants per place
Dartford Grammar School, West Hill
Overall GCSE score:83.6
Assessment: GL Assessment
Applicants per place: 8.0 applicants per place
Upton Court Grammar School, Lascelles Road
Overall GCSE score:82.5
Assessment: GL Assessment
Applicants per place: 8.4 applicants per place
Dr Challoner's High School, Cokes Lane, Little Chalfont
Overall GCSE score:81.0
Assessment: GL Assessment
Applicants per place: 3.7 applicants per place
Judd School, Brook Street
Overall GCSE score:78.2
Assessment: GL Assessment
Applicants per place: 4.3 applicants per place
Langley Grammar School, Reddington Drive
Overall GCSE score:76.9
Assessment: GL Assessment
Applicants per place: 6.1 applicants per place
Tonbridge Grammar School, Deakin Leas
Overall GCSE score:76.9
Assessment: GL Assessment
Applicants per place: 4.6 applicants per place
St Bernard's Catholic Grammar School, 1 Langley Road
Overall GCSE score:76.4
Assessment: GL Assessment
Applicants per place: 6.8 applicants per place
Beaconsfield High School, Wattleton Road
Overall GCSE score:73.0
Assessment: GL Assessment
Applicants per place: 4.2 applicants per place
Herschel Grammar School, Northampton Avenue
Overall GCSE score:73.0
Assessment: GL Assessment
Applicants per place: 7.8 applicants per place
Dartford Grammar School for Girls, Shepherds Lane
Overall GCSE score:70.6
Assessment: CEM
Applicants per place: 7.0 applicants per place
Aylesbury Grammar School, Walton Road
Overall GCSE score:69.8
Assessment: GL Assessment
Applicants per place: 3.1 applicants per place
Chesham Grammar School, White Hill
Overall GCSE score:69.5
Assessment: GL Assessment
Applicants per place: 6.1 applicants per place
Wycombe High School, Marlow Road
Overall GCSE score:69.2
Assessment: GL Assessment
Applicants per place: 3.2 applicants per place
Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe, Amersham Road
Overall GCSE score:68.5
Assessment: GL Assessment
Applicants per place: 3.7 applicants per place
Aylesbury High School, Walton Road
Overall GCSE score:68.2
Assessment: GL Assessment
Applicants per place: 3.0 applicants per place
Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School, Southfield Road
Overall GCSE score:67.6
Assessment: GL Assessment
Applicants per place: 4.1 applicants per place
Dr Challoner's Grammar School, Chesham Road
Overall GCSE score:66.7
Assessment: GL Assessment
Applicants per place: 3.5 applicants per place
Royal Latin School, Chandos Road
Overall GCSE score:66.7
Assessment: GL Assessment
Applicants per place: 3.2 applicants per place
Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School, Oxford Road
Overall GCSE score:65.8
Assessment: GL Assessment
Applicants per place: 5.5 applicants per place
John Hampden Grammar School, Marlow Hill
Overall GCSE score:64.8
Assessment: GL Assessment
Applicants per place: 4.0 applicants per place
Sir William Borlase's Grammar School, West Street
Overall GCSE score:64.2
Assessment: GL Assessment
Applicants per place: 4.1 applicants per place
Highworth Grammar School, Maidstone Road
Overall GCSE score:61.9
Assessment: GL Assessment
Applicants per place: 2.0 applicants per place
Invicta Grammar School, Huntsman Lane
Overall GCSE score:61.7
Assessment: GL Assessment
Applicants per place: 2.8 applicants per place
Weald of Kent Grammar School, Tudeley Lane
Overall GCSE score:59.2
Assessment: GL Assessment
Applicants per place: 3.0 applicants per place
Burnham Grammar School, Hogfair Lane, Burnham
Overall GCSE score:59.1
Assessment: GL Assessment
Applicants per place: 5.4 applicants per place
Skinners' School, St John's Road
Overall GCSE score:58.4
Assessment: GL Assessment
Applicants per place: 5.0 applicants per place
Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School, Maidstone Road
Overall GCSE score:56.9
Assessment: GL Assessment
Applicants per place: 3.6 applicants per place
Maidstone Grammar School, Barton Road
Overall GCSE score:56.5
Assessment: GL Assessment
Applicants per place: 2.9 applicants per place
Oakwood Park Grammar School, Oakwood Park
Overall GCSE score:55.6
Assessment: GL Assessment
Applicants per place: 3.5 applicants per place
Rochester Grammar School, Maidstone Road
Overall GCSE score:55.2
Assessment: GL Assessment
Applicants per place: 3.8 applicants per place
Norton Knatchbull School, Hythe Road
Overall GCSE score:52.0
Assessment: GL Assessment
Applicants per place: 1.8 applicants per place
Maidstone Grammar School for Girls, Buckland Road
Overall GCSE score:51.6
Assessment: GL Assessment
Applicants per place: 3.1 applicants per place
Simon Langton Girls' Grammar School, Old Dover Road
Overall GCSE score:50.5
Assessment: GL Assessment
Applicants per place: 2.4 applicants per place
Wilmington Grammar School for Girls, Parsons Lane, Wilmington
Overall GCSE score:50.4
Assessment: GL Assessment
Applicants per place: 5.2 applicants per place
Barton Court Grammar School, Longport
Overall GCSE score:49.4
Assessment: GL Assessment
Applicants per place: 5.1 applicants per place
Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys, Langton Lane, Nackington Road
Overall GCSE score:49.2
Assessment: GL Assessment
Applicants per place: 3.1 applicants per place
Cranbrook School, Waterloo Road
Overall GCSE score:48.7
Assessment: GL Assessment
Applicants per place: 3.0 applicants per place
Fort Pitt Grammar School, Fort Pitt Hill
Overall GCSE score:48.3
Assessment: GL Assessment
Applicants per place: 4.5 applicants per place
Gravesend Grammar School, Church Walk
Overall GCSE score:47.8
Assessment: GL Assessment
Applicants per place: 3.2 applicants per place
Dover Grammar School for Boys, Astor Avenue
Overall GCSE score:47.5
Assessment: GL Assessment
Applicants per place: 2.5 applicants per place
Dane Court Grammar School, Broadstairs Road
Overall GCSE score:45.7
Assessment: GL Assessment
Applicants per place: 3.2 applicants per place
Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Abbey Place
Overall GCSE score:45.4
Assessment: GL Assessment
Applicants per place: 2.9 applicants per place
Wilmington Grammar School for Boys, Common Lane, Wilmington
Overall GCSE score:43.8
Assessment: GL Assessment
Applicants per place: 5.5 applicants per place
Mayfield Grammar School, Gravesend, Pelham Road
Overall GCSE score:43.5
Assessment: GL Assessment
Applicants per place: 2.9 applicants per place
Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys, St John's Road
Overall GCSE score:42.6
Assessment: GL Assessment
Applicants per place: 11.8 applicants per place
Chatham & Clarendon Grammar School, Chatham Street
Overall GCSE score:41.5
Assessment: GL Assessment
Applicants per place: 2.5 applicants per place
Sir Roger Manwood's School, Manwood Road
Overall GCSE score:41.0
Assessment: GL Assessment
Applicants per place: 2.6 applicants per place
Holcombe Grammar School, Holcombe, Maidstone Road
Overall GCSE score:39.3
Assessment: GL Assessment
Applicants per place: 4.9 applicants per place
Rainham Mark Grammar School, Pump Lane, Rainham
Overall GCSE score:39.1
Assessment: GL Assessment
Applicants per place: 4.4 applicants per place
Borden Grammar School, Avenue of Remembrance
Overall GCSE score:38.1
Assessment: GL Assessment, Individual
Applicants per place: 2.2 applicants per place
Harvey Grammar School, Cheriton Road
Overall GCSE score:37.2
Assessment: Individual
Applicants per place: 2.2 applicants per place
Chatham Grammar, Rainham Road
Overall GCSE score:35.6
Assessment: GL Assessment
Applicants per place: 4.6 applicants per place
Highsted Grammar School, Highsted Road
Overall GCSE score:35.0
Assessment: GL Assessment, Individual
Applicants per place: 2.2 applicants per place
Dover Grammar School for Girls, Frith Road
Overall GCSE score:30.6
Assessment: GL Assessment, Individual
Applicants per place: 2.6 applicants per place
Folkestone School for Girls, Coolinge Lane
Overall GCSE score:20.6
Assessment: GL Assessment
Applicants per place: 2.0 applicants per place
South East overview
57 grammar schools are spread across 8 local areas, with the biggest groups in Kent, Buckinghamshire, Medway, and 5 more.
What stands out
South East works more like a set of smaller local grammar-school areas than one single admissions market. The best-known groups sit around Kent, Buckinghamshire, Medway, Slough, and 4 more.
What parents notice
The area includes boys' schools, girls' schools, and co-ed options. South East does not sit on one single test route. Across the wider area you see a mix of GL Assessment, CEM, FSCE. 7 local areas also have a named shared test guide.
Where they are
South East is best understood as a set of smaller local areas, each with its own school mix and admissions shape.
Largest local group
Kent is the biggest local cluster in this wider area, with 32 schools.
Test routes
South East does not sit on one single test route. Across the wider area you see a mix of GL Assessment, CEM, FSCE.
School mix
The area includes boys' schools, girls' schools, and co-ed options.
Shared test guides
7 local areas in South East also have a named shared test guide.
The Kent Test route shapes much of the local admissions picture.
The Buckinghamshire route shapes much of the local admissions picture.
The Medway Test route shapes much of the local admissions picture.
The Slough route shapes much of the local admissions picture.
The Buckinghamshire route shapes much of the local admissions picture.
The Buckinghamshire route shapes much of the local admissions picture.
The Buckinghamshire route shapes much of the local admissions picture.
2 schools in a more self-contained local grammar area.
FAQ
South East grammar schools are mainly concentrated in Buckinghamshire, Amersham, Aylesbury, High Wycombe, Kent, and 3 more, rather than one single city-wide or county-wide group.
The area includes boys' schools, girls' schools, and co-ed options.
South East does not sit on one single test route. Across the wider area you see a mix of GL Assessment, CEM, FSCE.
They can feel quite different. Some local areas have a named shared test guide, while others are smaller self-contained clusters with their own school mix and local admissions detail.