Mayfield Grammar School, Gravesend is a selective grammar school on Pelham Road with around 1,430 pupils across Years 7 to 13. Its headteacher's welcome presents a school with more than a century of reputation behind it, combining traditional values with a willingness to adapt. Mayfield has also held specialist status in science and languages, and the school still uses that history to explain a curriculum with strong academic breadth and outward-looking links.
The academic offer is framed around high achievement and curriculum depth rather than raw selectivity alone. The school says it aims to stimulate and challenge students' minds, while also developing lifelong skills for the future. Sixth form is a major part of the offer, with its own prospectus, options, enrichment programme, UCAS guidance, higher education and apprenticeship support, student destinations work and EPQ provision.
Mayfield's wider school life has a clear pastoral and enrichment thread. The school describes itself as a happy and caring community rooted in courtesy, integrity, hard work and concern for others. Enrichment pages cover the house system, clubs and fixtures, trips and visits, Duke of Edinburgh and the Mayfield Challenge; school-published material also points to STEM, a library and regular trips. The tone is academic, but not narrow.
Year 7 admission has a large published intake of 210. Girls can qualify through Kent PESE or through Mayfield's optional procedure, which includes computer-based verbal, numerical and non-verbal reasoning plus a marked English writing paper. Oversubscription then uses looked-after priority, sibling priority, postcode groups, Free School Meals priority, aggregated score and distance. Public benchmarks record Ofsted Outstanding in May 2024, +0.38 Progress 8, 95.5% grade 5+ in English and maths and 3.6% AAB or better at A level.
