Kent County Council said more than 400 children went to independent and non-maintained schools because their needs could not be met by a local authority Kent school, with 40 going to schools outside the county.
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In second place was Andrew Carlotti from Sir Roger Manwood's School in Kent and a team from King Edward VII School in Sheffield came third.
Kent County Council is considering setting up a "new" grammar school in Kent, the first for 50 years.
An annex of a grammar school elsewhere in Kent could open, effectively creating a new school for the area.
More than 200 people have expressed an interest in sending their children to a planned free school in Kent.
Sevenoaks is the only part of Kent without a grammar school, resulting in over 1, 100 pupils travelling 15 miles to Tunbridge Wells.
"Our main test installation is at a school in Kent (southeast England) -- where 1, 100 kids have devoted their lives to stamping all over them for the last eight months, " said Kemball-Cook.
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The Department for Education (DfE) approved plans for the Kent town's free school this summer.
Kent County Council says the school is too expensive to maintain and cash may be better spent on other schools.
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Head teacher Dr Peter Kent said much of the school's success was down to Key Stage 4 being spread over three years rather than the traditional two.
Kent's grammar-school system is also very popular with parents.
There is a significant demand for grammar school places in West Kent.
Christopher Russell-Smith, Queen Elizabeth's School, Faversham, Kent, Jordan Skittrall from St Edmunds College, Hertfordshire, Jenny Steer, Stroud High, Gloucestershire, Stephen Turgoose, Winterton Comprehensive, Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire.
Following a request from Kent County Council, The Judd School, in Tonbridge, and The Skinners' School, in Tunbridge Wells, will add an extra Year 7 class.
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Parents in west Kent who fear there will not be enough primary school places in the area have put forward proposals to open a free school.
One person on our list, Sir Richard Knowles, the leader of Birmingham City Council, worked his way up from village schools in Kent via the Workers' Educational Association and technical school.
Sixty extra grammar school places for boys are to be created in west Kent at the start of the next academic year.
Two annexes to existing grammar schools in Kent will be set up on KCC land at the old Wildernesse School site in Sevenoaks.
Now a group of parents in Sevenoaks has collected 2, 200 signatures, forcing Kent County Council to take seriously their campaign for a new grammar school.
He said the Shepway Community Safety Unit, which included police and Kent and Shepway councils, had developed a pilot scheme for tackling school parking issues and four schools were taking part in it.
Kent County Council welcomed the proposal but said it was working to increase the number of school places.
Now Kent County Council has voted to press ahead with plans to set up a "satellite school" in Sevenoaks linked to existing grammar schools in Tonbridge and Tunbridge Wells.
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Tunbridge Wells parents called for another school to be built in the town centre after more than 800 children across Kent were denied places at their three preferred primary schools this year.
In Kent, where parents found out about places earlier this month, 85% got their first-choice school, while 96% got one of their top three choices.
School friends of a 16-year-old girl who was stabbed to death in north Kent 20 years ago have organised a candlelit walk and service to remember her.
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