Kent / Kent 11+
Broadstairs Road, Broadstairs, CT10 2RT
Dane Court Grammar School
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A selective co-educational grammar school in Broadstairs, Kent, serving ages 11-18 with a sixth form and around 1,227 pupils on roll.
At a glance
At a glance
A selective co-educational grammar school in Broadstairs, Kent, serving ages 11-18 with a sixth form and around 1,227 pupils on roll. Dane Court Grammar School serves boys and girls aged 11-18 and keeps a full sixth form on site. Current published roll and admissions data point to around 1,227 pupils on roll and 166 Year 7 places.
From a family point of view, admissions are likely to be one of the most important parts of the picture. The current route includes GL Assessment, with 166 places available in Year 7 and demand that currently looks high by grammar-school standards. Catchment or distance rules still matter at allocation stage, so this is the kind of school where families need to read the admissions policy carefully rather than rely on headline scores alone.
The academic side of the school is backed by enough published data to give families a useful starting point. The latest published Ofsted judgement is Good. Recent official performance measures show Progress 8 at 0.69 and Attainment 8 at 68.6. 93.6% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in English and maths in the latest stored GCSE figures. Destinations data also suggest strong progression after sixth form, with 54% moving into higher education.
Published school information highlights facilities such as Library. The wider offer currently includes Duke of Edinburgh. For many parents, the presence of a sixth form is part of the attraction, because it gives able pupils the option to stay in a familiar academic setting through to A level. Taken together, those features make Dane Court Grammar School the kind of school that rewards careful research into travel, admissions detail, and day-to-day fit, not just headline outcomes.
Latest 2024/25 KS4 measures compared with Kent and England.
Recent published Attainment 8 scores compared with Kent and England.
Latest 2024/25 Year 11 destination mix compared with Kent and England.
Dane Court offers 165 Year 7 places for 2027-28. Applicants must first be successful in the Kent Test, after which the school applies its looked after, medical, pupil premium, sibling, and distance criteria.
There is no fixed catchment boundary. After looked-after, medical, pupil-premium, and sibling priorities, remaining successful Kent Test applicants are ranked by straight-line distance from home to school using NLPG address points.
Looked after and previously looked after children
Children in local authority care and previously looked after children are first in priority once they have been successful in the Kent Test.
Medical, health, or special access reasons
Priority is given where written evidence from a suitably qualified medical practitioner shows a significant need for the child to attend Dane Court.
Pupil premium applicants
Children who have received free school meals at any point in the last six years can be considered here if the supplementary information form and evidence are returned by 31 October.
Siblings on roll at the time of entry
Children with a brother or sister already attending the school at the point of entry are next in priority.
Distance from home to school
Remaining places are ranked by straight-line distance from the permanent home address to the school using the National Land and Property Gazetteer address point.
Year 7 entry is through the Kent Test. No separate school-specific paper breakdown or score cut-off is published.
This school uses the shared Kent Test consortium route. The consortium page brings together the common test format, key dates and official papers used across that route.
Open Kent Test guideCreative writing is not listed in the current published format.
Creative writing
English
Maths
Verbal reasoning
Non-verbal reasoning
Science
Pupil premium supplementary form deadline
31 October 2026
Local authority allocations
March 2027
Waiting list closes
31 December 2027
Read the admissions arrangements
Use the 2027-28 admissions arrangements to check the selection, oversubscription, and waiting-list rules.
Open admissions pageSit the Kent Test
Year 7 entry depends on being successful in the Kent Test before Dane Court applies its oversubscription criteria.
Review admissions routeSubmit your Kent secondary application
Name Dane Court Grammar School on the Secondary Common Application Form through Kent County Council.
Check Kent application guidanceReturn the supplementary form if you are applying under pupil premium
If your child has been in receipt of free school meals within the last six years, return the supplementary information form and evidence to the school office by 31 October 2026.
Check pupil premium instructionsLatest official destinations data currently covers 2022/23 study leavers.
Recent trend
This follows the school's published overall GCSE score across the subjects pupils take. Higher is better.
| Year | This school | Grammar schools | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | 67.5 | 74.2 | 49.4 |
| 2022/23 | 69.2 | 71.8 | 47.0 |
| 2023/24 | 68.6 | 72.1 | 46.7 |
| 2024/25 | 65.3 | 72.3 | 46.8 |
Recent trend
This school does not have a published A-level trend in the local GOV.UK files, so we have shown the share of pupils getting grade 5 or above in English and maths instead.
| Year | This school | Grammar schools | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | 98% | 97.7% | 66.1% |
| 2022/23 | 98% | 97.7% | 61.8% |
| 2023/24 | 94.8% | 97.8% | 61.5% |
| 2024/25 | 94.9% | 97.6% | 61.2% |
Recent trend
This follows the share of pupils moving into a sustained destination after Year 11, such as education, apprenticeships, or employment.
| Year | This school | Grammar schools | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | 99% | 99.1% | 94.1% |
| 2022/23 | 99% | 98.9% | 93.9% |
| 2023/24 | 99% | 99.0% | 93.3% |
| 2024/25 | 96% | 97.8% | 91.4% |
Latest year breakdown
| In education | 95% |
|---|---|
| In apprenticeships | 1% |
| In employment | 1% |
Latest inspection: 11 May 2022
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FAQ
Dane Court Grammar School currently uses GL Assessment.
1. Read the admissions arrangements: Use the 2027-28 admissions arrangements to check the selection, oversubscription, and waiting-list rules. 2. Sit the Kent Test: Year 7 entry depends on being successful in the Kent Test before Dane Court applies its oversubscription criteria. 3. Submit your Kent secondary application: Name Dane Court Grammar School on the Secondary Common Application Form through Kent County Council. 4. Return the supplementary form if you are applying under pupil premium: If your child has been in receipt of free school meals within the last six years, return the supplementary information form and evidence to the school office by 31 October 2026.
Pupil premium supplementary form deadline: 31 October 2026. Local authority allocations: March 2027. Waiting list closes: 31 December 2027
Dane Court Grammar School is currently rated Good following the latest published inspection dated 11 May 2022.