Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys, Canterbury

In its own words: "We will be holding our Open Evening on Wednesday 21st October . The evening will begin at 5.45 pm and the school will be open until about 8 pm. You will be able to take a tour of the school, which will give you the opportunity to meet with staff and boys in the various subject departments."

In 2026, pupils at Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys averaged an Attainment 8 score of 69.4, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 48.1 in Kent and 47 across England.

91% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 49% in Kent and 47% in England.

That is up from 66.8 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.25: pupils made above average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 21 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Biology, Chemistry and Physics.

Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys is a grammar school: places go to children who reach the required standard in its entrance test, and only then are the oversubscription criteria applied.

For September 2026 entry, 194 families put Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys as their first choice and 479 named it as one of their preferences, for 145 places offered. That is 1.3 first choices for every place. 51 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys admits pupils through an entrance test - in Kent, the Kent Test. Children have to be registered for it in advance, normally in the spring or summer of Year 5; the test itself is usually sat in September of Year 6, and results come out in October, before the 31 October deadline for naming secondary schools.

Passing the test makes a child eligible rather than guaranteeing a place: when more children pass than there are places, Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys ranks them by the criteria in its admissions policy, which can include test score and distance. Check Kent's admissions pages and the school's own policy for this year's registration deadline - a child who is not registered in time cannot sit the test.

Kent has 32 state grammar schools in all, so a child who passes may have several selective schools to choose between.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys are Simon Langton Girls' Grammar School (0.6 miles, Good, selective, Attainment 8 66); St Anselm's Catholic School, Canterbury (0.7 miles, Good, Attainment 8 45); Barton Manor School (1.1 miles); and Barton Court Grammar School (1.1 miles, Good, selective, Attainment 8 66.1).

Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys's 2026 results were higher than all 3 of them.

565 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys (as of September 2025): 94% would recommend the school, 96% say their child is happy there and 73% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child is happy at the school (96%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (73%).

Of the 160 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 98% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 9% to a further education college.

Of the 241 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 53% went on to university or other higher education, 3% to apprenticeships and 25% into work. 35% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 12 pupils (1%) received SEN support and 43 (3.5%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is autism.

Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys has a resourced provision for autism: 35 places, 41 pupils on roll.

The nearest railway station is Canterbury East Rail Station, about 1 mile away in a straight line.

2 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Simon Langton Boys' School Grounds (in), 80 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 64 crimes within a mile of the school, most often anti-social behaviour, violence and sexual offences and criminal damage and arson. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Kent (101).

In 2024/25, Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys issued 10 suspensions, 0.8 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys are Wincheap Foundation Primary School (0.9 miles); Pilgrims' Way Primary School (0.9 miles); St Peter's Methodist Primary School (1.4 miles); and St Thomas' Catholic Primary School, Canterbury (1.4 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.