At a Glance
Assessment: GL 11 Plus (Kent test)
Fees Type: Free
Boarding: Day school
Admissions: Mixed Boys and Girls
Places per year: 200
Introduction
Dane Court Grammar School is a co-educational selective school located on the East Kent coast in the town of Broadstairs. Having recently undergone extensive modernisation and rebuilding projects costing £20 million, the school offers state of the art facilities enabling your child’s education but has the history befitting an institution established in 1957. With a vision of ‘Developing knowledgeable and caring young people who help to create a better and more peaceful world’ and advocating values of being ‘Caring’, ‘Open-minded’ and ‘Principled’, Dane Court Grammar School seeks to aid in both the academic and personal development of your child to produce an intelligent and rounded young adult.
Academic Achievement
Dane Court grammar School performed strongly in English and Maths at GCSE level as 85% of students received a grade 5 or above in English and Maths (approximately grade B to C by old grading), which is almost twice the average for England at 43%. Strong form continues across a range of subjects. The EBacc (English Baccalaureate) average point score is a figure which reflects the strongest GCSE scores a child receives in a series of categories; Maths, English, Sciences, Humanities and Languages. At Dane Court Grammar School 61% of children opted for this breadth of subjects and received average scores of 5.94 which is considerably better than the national averages of 40% undertaking and an average score of 4.07.
11 Plus Hero is here to help
Selective testing preparation and arrangements can be very complicated and confusing to understand. At 11 Plus Hero we have created a resource that will allow you to navigate the maze of information to find the resources that will set your child up for success to achieve admission to the Grammar school which will be best for them. We host a series of preparation materials including core information tips and all important practice papers which will help your child become familiar with the exams and the types of questions they are likely to face.
Dane Court Grammar School Key Information
Accessing required information for Dane Court Grammar School including address, contacts, key dates and figures is important for helping you decide if the school is right for you.
School Address
Full Address:
Dane Court Grammar SchoolBroadstairs Road
Broadstairs
Kent
CT10 2RT
Contact Information
Parking in the school
- Roadside parking around the School is available but limited and the school requests parents do not bring their cars onto the premises. The nearest car parks are 25-30 minutes walk away.
Additional parking off site
- Thanet District Council, St Peters Park Road, 28 St Peters Park Road, Thanet, CT10 2BG. Mon-Fri, Sun 07:00 – 22:00
- APCOA Parking (UK) Limited, Broadstairs Station, Lloyd Road, Thanet, CT10 1HZ. Mon-Fri, 24 h.
Additional parking off site
- Thanet District Council, St Peters Park Road, 28 St Peters Park Road, Thanet, CT10 2BG. Mon-Fri, Sun 07:00 – 22:00
- APCOA Parking (UK) Limited, Broadstairs Station, Lloyd Road, Thanet, CT10 1HZ. Mon-Fri, 24 h.
Key Information for Dane Court Grammar School
PAN for Year 7 intake (2023)
Total Student Capacity Years 7 to 13 (2022)
Total Students Years 7 to 13 (2022)
Percentage Capacity (2022)
Latest Ofsted Rating (2022)
Selection Test
Dane Court Grammar School’s Key Dates and Application Information
Keeping track of timings for open days and test days can be stressful so 11 Plus Hero has compiled the key event dates for applications to Dane Court Grammar School and Kent Grammar schools in general.
Applications for Secondary School intake 2023
Open Events
Registration for Kent test (compulsory)
Registration of Special educational needs and disability by the child's current school’s special educational needs coordinator.
Kent Test - Exam date for children attending school in Kent
Kent Test - Exam date for children attending school outside of Kent
Kent Test Results Date
Common Application form (CAF) Deadline
Application Documents for Dane Court Grammar School
The resources you need to make an application to Grammar Schools in Kent and Dane Court Grammar School in particular are spread across multiple websites from the schools themselves, local government and the exam board which is why 11 Plus Hero has compiled the information for your convenience here.
Dane Court Grammar School Exam Format
Dane Court Grammar School adheres to the Kent County Council authority in enacting the GL 11 Plus Kent Test for its selective admissions process. All Grammar Schools in Kent follow the same test and passing it at one school will make your child eligible for admission to any Kentish Grammar school.
The GL 11 Plus Kent Test: Overview
Operated by all Grammar Schools in Kent, the GL 11 Plus Kent test assesses your child’s aptitude in several key areas and aptitudes to best determine if Grammar School education would be a good fit for your child. 11 Plus Hero provides a basic breakdown of the test contents here and a thorough instruction at our hub page ‘Area Test – The Kent Test’.
Paper One
- A multiple choice English and Maths paper written by GL 11 Plus
Paper One
- A multiple choice Verbal Reasoning and Non-verbal reasoning paper written by GL 11 Plus
Additional
- A creative writing exercise written and marked by the school
The Kent Test - GL 11 Plus Assessment Criteria
| English | Maths | Verbal Reasoning | Non-Verbal Reasoning | Additional |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Pass Mark
The Kent Test and selective testing is general is not quite like other assessments where to succeed you must reach a threshold number of points to achieve a certain grade for example 80% means a grade A. Rather Grammar School admission tests are a way of identifying the highest performing students in a year group. The raw marks your child receives for each section of the exam will be statistically standardised as compared to other students, with a small adjustment made for the comparative age of a child within the year group. These standardised scores produce a ranking of all students taking the Kent Test and approximately the top 25% of scorers will be awarded ‘Grammar’ distinction making them eligible for admission to Dane Court Grammar School. For specific details see ‘Area Test – The Kent Test’.
Pass Mark
The Kent Test and selective testing is general is not quite like other assessments where to succeed you must reach a threshold number of points to achieve a certain grade for example 80% means a grade A. Rather Grammar School admission tests are a way of identifying the highest performing students in a year group. The raw marks your child receives for each section of the exam will be statistically standardised as compared to other students, with a small adjustment made for the comparative age of a child within the year group. These standardised scores produce a ranking of all students taking the Kent Test and approximately the top 25% of scorers will be awarded ‘Grammar’ distinction making them eligible for admission to Dane Court Grammar School. For specific details see ‘Area Test – The Kent Test’.
Catchment Area
- Dane Court Grammar School does not provide details of postcodes, towns or parishes it accepts applications from traditionally.
- The National Land and Property Gazetteer (NLPG) address point data is used by the school to measure the distance between a child’s permanent residence and the same point on the premises of Dane Court Grammar School, which they do not specify.
Additional Eligibility
- Under certain parameters children will be given priority admission access to Dane Court Grammar School. These are common to most Grammar Schools and include children; in local authority care, with special medical or access requirements recognised under the Equality Act 2010, those in receipt of Pupil Premium and those with a sibling already at the school.
If applying for a place under one of these considerations then please see the schools admission Policy in the above section on this page – Application Documents for Dane Court Grammar School – which contains the supplementary application document at its base.
Dane Court Grammar School FAQs
Selection tests like the GL 11 Plus Kent Test are designed to rank prospective students and award the option to apply to Grammar Schools to around the top 25% of scorers. The minimum number of points changes every year to reflect these altering thresholds. More detailed information can be found in the above section – Dane Court Grammar School Exam Format.
The Kent Test set by the GL 11 Plus exam board features two multiple choice papers, one containing questions on English and Maths, the other containing Verbal Reasoning and Non-verbal Reasoning. There is also a Creative Writing task used when appealing for admissions. For further details see the above section – Dane Court Grammar School Exam Format.
- Familiarisation materials are available from the Kent County Council website https://www.kent.gov.uk/education-and-children/schools/school-places/kent-test#tab-3
- Additional materials are provided by the exam board GL 11 Plus themselves. These will be less specific to the format of the Kent Test but be the same sorts of questions https://11plus.gl-assessment.co.uk/
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