Medway's grammar schools
Every grammar school we have verified in Medway: 6 in total.
Chatham Grammar School for Girls
Chatham
Full admissions test detail
Medway Test (English, Maths, Reasoning papers; GL Assessment; administered by Medway Council) — shared identically across all 6 Medway grammar schools; min. qualifying score 481 for 2026 entry — currently single-sex; DfE-approved to become fully co-educational at Year 7 intake from September 2026
Fort Pitt Grammar School
Chatham
Full admissions test detail
Medway Test (English, Maths, Reasoning papers; GL Assessment; administered by Medway Council) — shared identically across all 6 Medway grammar schools; min. qualifying score 481 for 2026 entry — currently single-sex; DfE-approved to become fully co-educational at Year 7 intake from September 2026
Holcombe Grammar School
Chatham
Full admissions test detail
Medway Test (English, Maths, Reasoning papers; GL Assessment; administered by Medway Council) — shared identically across all 6 Medway grammar schools; min. qualifying score 481 for 2026 entry — currently single-sex; DfE-approved to become fully co-educational at Year 7 intake from September 2026
Rainham Mark Grammar School
Rainham
Full admissions test detail
Medway Test (English, Maths, Reasoning papers; GL Assessment; administered by Medway Council) — shared identically across all 6 Medway grammar schools; min. qualifying score 481 for 2026 entry
Rochester Grammar School
Rochester
Full admissions test detail
Medway Test (English, Maths, Reasoning papers; GL Assessment; administered by Medway Council) — shared identically across all 6 Medway grammar schools; min. qualifying score 481 for 2026 entry
Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School
Rochester
Full admissions test detail
Medway Test (English, Maths, Reasoning papers; GL Assessment; administered by Medway Council) — shared identically across all 6 Medway grammar schools; min. qualifying score 481 for 2026 entry
Medway 11+ pass mark
In Medway, the Medway Test uses a published qualifying standard (481).
Medway Test
Verified 2026-07-20481 total weighted score — for 2026 admissions, the most recently published figure (confirmed directly on Medway Council's own site). This is not a fixed number carried over year to year: Medway recalculates a new minimum score every year, designed so that roughly the top 26% of children from Medway-maintained schools (by weighted score) are assessed as "grammar". In practice the actual proportion has varied slightly around that target: 481 produced 25% for 2026 admissions, 482 produced 25% for 2025, and 492 produced 23% for 2024 — so treat any single year's figure as a snapshot, not a stable target to aim for.
The Medway Test is separately set and administered by Medway Council — it is a distinct test from the neighbouring Kent Test, even though both areas are geographically part of "Kent-adjacent" grammar provision. Children sit three papers (English, maths and reasoning), each converted into an age-standardised score, then combined into a "total weighted score" using the formula (English standardised score x 2) + (maths standardised score x 2) + (reasoning standardised score x 1). Medway then ranks all children from Medway-maintained schools by this weighted score and sets that year's minimum qualifying score at whatever point captures approximately the top 26% of that cohort — so the published number moves from year to year depending on cohort performance, unlike Kent's more stable aggregate-and-subject-minimum system. Children from non-Medway schools or Medway independent schools are simply compared against that year's published minimum score directly, rather than being part of the percentile calculation itself. As with other areas, passing the Medway Test only means a child is "assessed as suitable" for grammar school — Medway grammar schools that are oversubscribed still rank all suitable applicants using their own published admissions criteria to decide actual offers.
View the official sourceFrequently asked questions
How many grammar schools are in Medway?
Medway has 6 grammar schools in our directory: 2 boys', 3 girls' and 1 co-educational grammar schools.
What is the Medway 11+ pass mark?
In Medway, the Medway Test uses a published qualifying standard (481). See the full breakdown above for the exact sourced detail.
Is the 11+ test the same at every school in Medway?
No, Medway's grammar schools use 2 different admissions tests between them. Check each school's card above for the exact test it uses.
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