Rapid housebuilding is being blamed on more than 80 pupils in one part of the county being unable to secure a grammar school place \- despite passing the Kent Test. Former Gravesend Grammar head Peter Read says the figures, which he sourced through a Freedom of Information request, have left children “badly let down by the system” and fears the numbers will only increase in the coming years. His investigation revealed 82 pupils at state and private schools in Gravesham, Dartford and Sevenoaks secured a mark in last September’s Kent Test to make them eligible for a grammar spot. But an increasi…
