Maidstone, Kent · Kent
Invicta Grammar School
States directly that it is 'not a super-selective school' — and three years of its own admissions arrangements back that up structurally.
Invicta is unusual among Kent grammar schools for saying the quiet part out loud: its own admissions page states plainly it is 'not a super-selective school and do not require a higher test score' beyond the standard Kent Test pass. Three consecutive years of determined admissions arrangements confirm this structurally — oversubscription is resolved by category (care status, siblings, medical need, Pupil Premium, staff children) before falling back to distance, never by ranking on test score.
Key facts
- Gender
- girls
- Age range
- 11-18
- Region
- South East
- Local authority
- Kent
- DfE URN
- 136582
- Website
- https://www.invicta.viat.org.uk
Admissions
- Admissions authority
- The school sets its own test and criteria
- Entrance test board
- The Kent Test, commissioned county-wide by Kent County Council. GL Assessment branding appears on the council's own familiarisation booklet, though not named directly on its consumer-facing pages. Kent has an active procurement for a new provider covering 2027-2029, so this may change for future cohorts.
- Test format
- Two timed, multiple-choice papers sat on one day: a Reasoning paper (verbal, non-verbal and spatial reasoning, about an hour) and an English & Maths paper (two ~30-minute sections), producing three standardised component scores plus an aggregate out of 423.
- Qualifying / pass mark
- No score requirement above the Kent-wide grammar-qualifying standard — confirmed directly by the school's own statement that it isn't super-selective. The most recently determined threshold was an aggregate of 332 with no component below 108. The Published Admission Number is 240.
- Superselective?
- No
Directly stated by the school itself, and confirmed structurally across three consecutive years of determined admissions arrangements: no score threshold beyond the standard Kent Test pass. Oversubscription is resolved by priority category — care status, siblings, medical need, Pupil Premium, staff children — before distance, not by ranking applicants on score, which is how Kent's genuinely superselective schools operate.
Catchment & priority criteria
No defined catchment or priority area — the school states this explicitly. Distance is used only as the last-ranked tie-break, not as an eligibility gate, and offer distances vary year to year with demand.
- Children with an EHCP naming the school
- Looked-after and previously looked-after children
- A sibling at the school living at the same address
- Documented medical or special access need only Invicta can meet
- Pupil Premium-eligible children
- Children of permanent staff (2+ years' service, or a skill-shortage appointment)
- Nearness of home to school, by straight-line distance
Results
| Year | Attainment 8 | GCSE 5+ Eng & Maths | Progress 8 | A*–A | A*–B |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 70.8 | 92.8% | Not calculated by DfE — no KS2 baseline data for this cohort nationally. DfE's tables carry forward the school's last-calculated score (+0.79, from 2023/24) for reference only — it isn't a 2025-specific figure, and a secondary source incorrectly attributed it directly to 2025. | ~46-47% | ~78-79% |
| A-level (189 students, DfE-confirmed): average grade B+, average point score 43.33, progress score +0.23 ('above average'), 25.9% achieved AAB+ with facilitating subjects against 17.5% nationally, 97.4% retention. | |||||
| 2024 | 70.0 per the school's own results page; a secondary aggregator states 71.1 for the same year — not resolved | 93% | +0.79 ('above average') | — | — |
| The school described its 2024 A-level results as the best in its history: roughly 46-50% of grades at A*-A, about 25% of students with 3+ A*-A grades, 80% grades A*-B. | |||||
Ofsted
- Rating
- Outstanding
- Date
- 16 April 2024
- Report
- Read the full report
Sources
- 1. DfE Get Information About Schools — URN, status, gender, LA — https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/136582
- 2. Admissions and Sixth Form Admissions Policy 2027-28 — https://www.kent.gov.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/233562/Invicta-Grammar-School-admissions-criteria-2027-2028.pdf
- 3. School's own admissions page — 'not a super-selective school' statement — https://www.invicta.viat.org.uk/2390/joining-invicta-september-2026-and-2027
- 4. Kent County Council — Kent Test qualifying threshold — https://www.kent.gov.uk/education-and-children/schools/school-places/kent-test/kent-test-results
- 5. Ofsted report, inspected 16 April 2024 — https://files.ofsted.gov.uk/v1/file/50248122
- 6. DfE Compare School Performance — 2025 GCSE and A-level results — https://www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk/school/136582/invicta-grammar-school/secondary
- 7. School's own examination results page — https://www.invicta.viat.org.uk/1090/examination-results
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