Secondary Transfer
Your child will transfer to secondary education at eleven, at the end of year 6. West Kent uses the 11+ and some children take this at the beginning of their final year.
The decision about whether your child should take the 11+ is made in conjunction with the parents. There is a wide variety of schools available to parents, and children have mainly chosen to go to schools in Sevenoaks, Tonbridge or Tunbridge Wells.
These include:
- The Knole Academy
- Bennett Memorial Diocesan School
- The Judd School
- Leigh Academy Tonbridge (Boys and Girls)
- Hillview School for Girls
- Tonbridge Girls Grammar
- Tunbridge Wells Girls Grammar
- Tunbridge Wells Boys Grammar
- Weald of Kent Grammar.
- Trinity School
- Skinners Kent Academy
- St Gregory's
- Hugh Christie
- Mascalls School
- Hadlow Rural Community College
A separate booklet about transfer at eleven gives more information about the procedure. This is available from Kent County Council and is issued from school for parents of Year 6 children.
- Kent County Council Website concerning Secondary School Transfer
- Guide to Secondary School Admissions 2026
- Open Events for 2027 Entry
- Home-school transport guidance
SCAF - Secondary Common Application Form
This year the deadline to submit 4 preferences for Secondary School is the Monday 2nd November 2026. Applications open on the Tuesday 1st September 2026.
Some schools required a SIF (Supplementary information form) which can be obtained from the school concerned.
Offers will be made on the Monday 1st March 2027 and parents will have until the Monday 15th March 2027 to refuse or accept as per guidance below/
At Leigh we run a Year 5 meeting with parents yearly to explain the process the most recent was run on the 5th May 2026 and the presentation will be posted after the meeting has taken place below.
Kent Test - 11+
In Kent there are non-selective secondary schools and wholly selective grammar schools. To apply for a place at a grammar school children will need to have sat and passed the Kent Test. There are 32 grammar schools in the county and children at Leigh Primary if successful usually attend: Skinners, Tunbridge Wells Grammar for boys or girls, The Judd, Tonbridge Grammar or Weald of Kent for Girls.
- Information about the Kent Test
- Familiarisation Booklet - Kent Test
- Familiarisation Materials - Kent Test
Registration for the Kent Test will open on Monday 1st June 2026 and will close at midnight on Wednesday 1st July 2026.
The Kent Test was administered at Leigh Primary on Thursday 10th September 2026.
Results will be released to parents on Thursday 15th October 2026 before the deadline for SCAF forms on the 2nd November 2026.