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Dover Grammar School for Girls: 11+ entrance exam
Girls’ grammar school in Dover.
Dover Grammar School for Girls · Girls’ grammar school · DoverAdmissions (the school’s website)
Sources checked 22 September 2026; the school’s admissions page is the final word.
11+ For Year 7
The 11+ entrance test
Dover Grammar School for Girls’ 11+ entrance test is set by Quest Assessments, taken on paper. It tests English and maths.
Who sits it. Children in Year 6, for a place in Year 7 in September 2028: the date is not yet published.
Places: not published on the pages read.
When it is sat
Saturday 12 September 2026
For Year 7 in September 2027, sat in Year 6. Registration closes 10 July 2026. Source Source
Saturday 12 September 2026 (morning, arrive 8.15am, finish about 11.30am). Register via the school’s Applicaa form by Friday 10 July 2026 (open by May 2026; opening date not given). Assessment decisions sent by KCC and the school on 15 Oct 2026.Not yet published
For Year 7 in September 2028, sat in Year 6. The date is not on the pages read. Source
What the school says
- Who sets it
- Quest Assessments. Source
- How it is taken Inferred
- On paper. Source
Read off the test-day letter: girls sit the tests in classrooms and bring their own ruler, pencil and rubber; not stated in words as paper. - What it tests
- English and maths. Source
- The papers
- English; Maths. Source
- How places are decided
- Pass mark not published; passing either the Dover Test or the Kent Test qualifies (‘Neither test has precedence’). Source
- Practice and familiarisation
- A familiarisation booklet and an online practice test. The practice materials (another website) Source Source
The school links Quest’s general grammar guidance: familiarisation booklets for English, maths, VR and NVR and a short online familiarisation assessment (not Dover-specific). - Interview Inferred
- No. Source
No interview is mentioned in the admission arrangements.
How Remelia helps with the 11+
What Remelia practises for every Quest plan, part by part, is on one page; this plan leaves out verbal reasoning, non-verbal reasoning, the writing and science. Remelia for Quest maths, English and reasoning tests
Particular to this test
Maths
The Key Stage 2 objectives for Years 3 to 5, in the order your child’s school teaches them, counted towards the exam.
English
Grammar, punctuation, spelling and vocabulary questions most days, Years 3 to 5, counted towards the exam.
The last fortnight
The plan works to September of Year 6; until the school publishes the day for your child’s year, that date is an estimate.
11+ A shared test
Kent Test
Dover Grammar School for Girls is also one of the 34 schools that take Kent Test (Kent PESE 11+). The 34 schools share one test: set by GL Assessment, taken on paper. It tests English, reading comprehension, spelling, punctuation and grammar, maths, verbal reasoning, non-verbal reasoning, spatial reasoning and a piece of writing.
Sources
Where every line comes from.
- Secondary determined admissions arrangements for community and voluntary controlled schools 2027/28, Kent County Council checked 22 September 2026
The page’s words
“Entry to the school is through the Kent Assessment Procedure or Dover Test ... The Dover Grammar School for Girls remains a Community School, but provision has been made for a matching arrangement, also confirmed by the Schools Adjudicator in 2019 (ref: ADA3580)”
- Admissions, Dover Grammar School for Girls checked 22 September 2026
The page’s words
“The Dover Test is being run by Quest Assessments, a provider of 11+ assessments. ... Your child will sit an English paper and a Maths paper.”
“Your child will sit an English paper and a Maths paper. Click the link below for information and guidance on sitting a Quest Assessment. Guidance for Quest Assessments”
- Assessment Testing, allocated entrance/exit gates, Saturday 12 September 2026, Dover Grammar School for Girls checked 22 September 2026
The page’s words
“Your daughter will need to bring her own ruler, pencil and rubber. The examinations are timed to finish at approximately 11.30am”
“Our entrance examination will be held on the morning of Saturday 12th September 2026.”
- Grammar guidance, Quest Assessments checked 22 September 2026
The page’s words
“Open ENGLISH FamiliarIsation Materials Open MATHS FamiliarIsation Materials ... To make sure children go into their assessment feeling confident, we’ve put together a short familiarisation assessment.”
- 2026 Letter to Parents (May 2026), Dover Grammar School for Girls checked 22 September 2026
The page’s words
“register your daughter to take the Kent Test by Wednesday 1st July 2026, and the Dover Assessment Test by Friday, 10th July 2026. ... We shall be holding Dover entrance tests on the morning of Saturday, 12th September 2026.”
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