Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Faversham, Kent
11+ scores · 2026 entry
| Kent Test pass mark (lowest on any one paper) | 108 |
| Kent Test pass mark (total) | 332 |
From Kent grammar schools (Sir Roger Manwood's School website) · a pass mark doesn't guarantee a place
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
9.534 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School is a secondary school in Faversham, Kent for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 28 February 2023. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 9.534 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Year 7 place in 2026 lived 9.534 miles, the 7th longest of 56 Kent secondary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 2.82 miles).
- That 2026 Year 7 distance was further than in 2025 and in 2023, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 4 years with a published distance.
- For Year 7 in 2026 there were 220 first-choice applications for 180 offers; 175 offers went to first-choice families and 45 first-choice families (20%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 87% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and progress from GCSE to A level was above average.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Kent schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Abbey Place, Faversham, ME13 7BQ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 1,156 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 7.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 28 February 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils flourish in this inclusive and vibrant school.”
- “Leaders are deeply committed to providing every pupil with the opportunity to shine.”
- “Pupils, including those in the sixth form, benefit from an extensive range of trips and enrichment experiences.”
To improve
- “However, in some other subjects, the precise knowledge that pupils need to explicitly link one key idea to the next is not always thoroughly identified and considered.”
- “Consequently, not all pupils are able to confidently grasp more complex ideas, and therefore they do not learn as much as they could.”
- “However, in subjects where important knowledge has not been as precisely ordered, there is variation in how well teachers use this information to adapt learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 28 April 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 87% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 65.1 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | B- | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 220 first-preference applications, 180 offers in total, 175 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Kent.
- The Abbey School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Sittingbourne School 6.1 mi Good Last distance published
- The Whitstable School 6.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Highsted Grammar School 7.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Fulston Manor School 7.0 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Borden Grammar School 7.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Canterbury Academy 7.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Archbishop's School 7.8 mi Good Last distance published