What did Ofsted judge Barton Court Grammar School's ungraded inspection to be?

Ofsted judged Barton Court Grammar School's ungraded inspection as Standards maintained at its inspection in February 2020 (no grade issued), on Ofsted's own scale.

How many pupils attend Barton Court Grammar School?

Barton Court Grammar School has 995 pupils on roll.

What ages does Barton Court Grammar School take?

Barton Court Grammar School admits pupils aged 11 to 18.

Where is Barton Court Grammar School located?

Barton Court Grammar School is located in Canterbury, CT1 1PH, Kent.

How do I apply to Barton Court Grammar School?

Barton Court Grammar School is a state school. In England you apply through the council where you live, using its common application form, even if the school is in another council area. The national closing date for secondary places is 31 October.

How are Year 7 places decided at Barton Court Grammar School?

When Barton Court Grammar School has more applications than places for 2027-28, they are offered in a published order of priority: 1. Looked After Children and previously Looked After Children — A looked after child is a child who is (a) in the care of a local authority, or (b) being provided with accommodation by a local authority in the exercise of their social services functions ... A previously looked after child means such children who were adopted (or subject to child arrangements orders or special guardianship orders) immediately following having been looked after and those children who appear to the admission authority to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted; 2. Pupil Premium — Children who are designated as receiving 'Pupil Premium' - Applicants under this criterion must complete a Supplementary Information Form (Appendix 3) so that checks can be made to determine eligibility. (Entitlement to Pupil Premium would need to be shown during the calendar year before entry to Year 7 is sought.); 3. Current Family Association — a brother or sister attending the school when the child starts. Brother or sister means children who live as brother or sister in the same house, including natural, adopted, step- and foster siblings. Multiple-birth siblings straddling the PAN cut-off will all be offered places, and 2 further criteria. The school offers 150 places at this entry point. Tie-break: If more than one applicant has the same distance from home to school, then a random selection will be applied (a tie break would be independently supervised). In the event that the final place offered from the ranked list falls to a pupil of a multiple birth, the school will offer a place to each of these children who have met the over-subscription criteria.

What is the largest ethnic background at Barton Court Grammar School?

According to the DfE School Census 2025-26, 67.7% of pupils at Barton Court Grammar School are recorded as White British. The full ethnic breakdown across all groups is available on the Pupils tab.

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How places are decided at Barton Court Grammar School

When there are more applications than places for 2027-28 (Year 7), places are offered in this order of priority. Meeting a higher criterion beats meeting a lower one.

1Looked After Children and previously Looked After Children — A looked after child is a child who is (a) in the care of a local authority, or (b) being provided with accommodation by a local authority in the exercise of their social services functions ... A previously looked after child means such children who were adopted (or subject to child arrangements orders or special guardianship orders) immediately following having been looked after and those children who appear to the admission authority to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted.
2Pupil Premium — Children who are designated as receiving 'Pupil Premium' - Applicants under this criterion must complete a Supplementary Information Form (Appendix 3) so that checks can be made to determine eligibility. (Entitlement to Pupil Premium would need to be shown during the calendar year before entry to Year 7 is sought.)
3Current Family Association — a brother or sister attending the school when the child starts. Brother or sister means children who live as brother or sister in the same house, including natural, adopted, step- and foster siblings. Multiple-birth siblings straddling the PAN cut-off will all be offered places.
4Health and Special Access Reasons — Medical, health, social and special access reasons applied in accordance with the school's legal obligations under the Equality Act 2010, requiring written evidence from a suitably qualified practitioner demonstrating a special connection between the needs and the particular school.
5Nearness of children's homes to school — Distance between the child's permanent home address and the school, measured in a straight line using the National Land and Property Gazetteer (NLPG) address point.

If two applications tie: If more than one applicant has the same distance from home to school, then a random selection will be applied (a tie break would be independently supervised). In the event that the final place offered from the ranked list falls to a pupil of a multiple birth, the school will offer a place to each of these children who have met the over-subscription criteria.

PAN for Y8-Y11 also stated as 150. Children with an SSEN/EHCP naming the school are admitted before oversubscription criteria are applied, reducing the PAN accordingly. Document also covers mid-school entry testing (English, Mathematics, Cognitive Ability Tests) and admission outside the normal age group, which use the same PAN and oversubscription criteria.

Published by the admission authority. Meeting a criterion never guarantees a place — it sets the order places are offered in. Full detail, other entry points and previous years are on the Admissions tab.

Barton Court Grammar School: key facts

What did Ofsted judge Barton Court Grammar School's ungraded inspection to be?: Ofsted judged Barton Court Grammar School's ungraded inspection as Standards maintained at its inspection in February 2020 (no grade issued), on Ofsted's own scale.
How many pupils attend Barton Court Grammar School?: Barton Court Grammar School has 995 pupils on roll.
What ages does Barton Court Grammar School take?: Barton Court Grammar School admits pupils aged 11 to 18.
Where is Barton Court Grammar School located?: Barton Court Grammar School is located in Canterbury, CT1 1PH, Kent.
How do I apply to Barton Court Grammar School?: Barton Court Grammar School is a state school. In England you apply through the council where you live, using its common application form, even if the school is in another council area. The national closing date for secondary places is 31 October.
How are Year 7 places decided at Barton Court Grammar School?: When Barton Court Grammar School has more applications than places for 2027-28, they are offered in a published order of priority: 1. Looked After Children and previously Looked After Children — A looked after child is a child who is (a) in the care of a local authority, or (b) being provided with accommodation by a local authority in the exercise of their social services functions ... A previously looked after child means such children who were adopted (or subject to child arrangements orders or special guardianship orders) immediately following having been looked after and those children who appear to the admission authority to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted; 2. Pupil Premium — Children who are designated as receiving 'Pupil Premium' - Applicants under this criterion must complete a Supplementary Information Form (Appendix 3) so that checks can be made to determine eligibility. (Entitlement to Pupil Premium would need to be shown during the calendar year before entry to Year 7 is sought.); 3. Current Family Association — a brother or sister attending the school when the child starts. Brother or sister means children who live as brother or sister in the same house, including natural, adopted, step- and foster siblings. Multiple-birth siblings straddling the PAN cut-off will all be offered places, and 2 further criteria. The school offers 150 places at this entry point. Tie-break: If more than one applicant has the same distance from home to school, then a random selection will be applied (a tie break would be independently supervised). In the event that the final place offered from the ranked list falls to a pupil of a multiple birth, the school will offer a place to each of these children who have met the over-subscription criteria.
What is the largest ethnic background at Barton Court Grammar School?: According to the DfE School Census 2025-26, 67.7% of pupils at Barton Court Grammar School are recorded as White British. The full ethnic breakdown across all groups is available on the Pupils tab.

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How places are decided at Barton Court Grammar School

When there are more applications than places for 2027-28 (Year 7), places are offered in this order of priority. Meeting a higher criterion beats meeting a lower one.

1Looked After Children and previously Looked After Children — A looked after child is a child who is (a) in the care of a local authority, or (b) being provided with accommodation by a local authority in the exercise of their social services functions ... A previously looked after child means such children who were adopted (or subject to child arrangements orders or special guardianship orders) immediately following having been looked after and those children who appear to the admission authority to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted.
2Pupil Premium — Children who are designated as receiving 'Pupil Premium' - Applicants under this criterion must complete a Supplementary Information Form (Appendix 3) so that checks can be made to determine eligibility. (Entitlement to Pupil Premium would need to be shown during the calendar year before entry to Year 7 is sought.)
3Current Family Association — a brother or sister attending the school when the child starts. Brother or sister means children who live as brother or sister in the same house, including natural, adopted, step- and foster siblings. Multiple-birth siblings straddling the PAN cut-off will all be offered places.
4Health and Special Access Reasons — Medical, health, social and special access reasons applied in accordance with the school's legal obligations under the Equality Act 2010, requiring written evidence from a suitably qualified practitioner demonstrating a special connection between the needs and the particular school.
5Nearness of children's homes to school — Distance between the child's permanent home address and the school, measured in a straight line using the National Land and Property Gazetteer (NLPG) address point.

Barton Court Grammar School: key facts

What did Ofsted judge Barton Court Grammar School's ungraded inspection to be?: Ofsted judged Barton Court Grammar School's ungraded inspection as Standards maintained at its inspection in February 2020 (no grade issued), on Ofsted's own scale.
How many pupils attend Barton Court Grammar School?: Barton Court Grammar School has 995 pupils on roll.
What ages does Barton Court Grammar School take?: Barton Court Grammar School admits pupils aged 11 to 18.
Where is Barton Court Grammar School located?: Barton Court Grammar School is located in Canterbury, CT1 1PH, Kent.
How do I apply to Barton Court Grammar School?: Barton Court Grammar School is a state school. In England you apply through the council where you live, using its common application form, even if the school is in another council area. The national closing date for secondary places is 31 October.
How are Year 7 places decided at Barton Court Grammar School?: When Barton Court Grammar School has more applications than places for 2027-28, they are offered in a published order of priority: 1. Looked After Children and previously Looked After Children — A looked after child is a child who is (a) in the care of a local authority, or (b) being provided with accommodation by a local authority in the exercise of their social services functions ... A previously looked after child means such children who were adopted (or subject to child arrangements orders or special guardianship orders) immediately following having been looked after and those children who appear to the admission authority to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted; 2. Pupil Premium — Children who are designated as receiving 'Pupil Premium' - Applicants under this criterion must complete a Supplementary Information Form (Appendix 3) so that checks can be made to determine eligibility. (Entitlement to Pupil Premium would need to be shown during the calendar year before entry to Year 7 is sought.); 3. Current Family Association — a brother or sister attending the school when the child starts. Brother or sister means children who live as brother or sister in the same house, including natural, adopted, step- and foster siblings. Multiple-birth siblings straddling the PAN cut-off will all be offered places, and 2 further criteria. The school offers 150 places at this entry point. Tie-break: If more than one applicant has the same distance from home to school, then a random selection will be applied (a tie break would be independently supervised). In the event that the final place offered from the ranked list falls to a pupil of a multiple birth, the school will offer a place to each of these children who have met the over-subscription criteria.
What is the largest ethnic background at Barton Court Grammar School?: According to the DfE School Census 2025-26, 67.7% of pupils at Barton Court Grammar School are recorded as White British. The full ethnic breakdown across all groups is available on the Pupils tab.

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