Tunbridge wells grammar school for boys, trave8ng from Bromley

Sorry I can’t offer direct experience & hopefully someone can come along who can ..but if you’ve been offered Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys why not request the to be opened in September new Sevenoaks annex site? I think they are taking 80 boys. It will be a miles easier journey for your son! It’s under construction right now and is right next to the Weald of Kent Grammar Annex. Most Bromley & Orpington parents with girls who are allocated Weald go for the Sevenoaks site. If allocation goes like Weald, you can give a preference for site after allocation so I’d give them a call on Monday if I were you and ask about Sevenoaks. From Bromley South it’s a circa 30 minute train journey to Sevenoaks train station then about 15 minutes by bus to to the new annex from there. Bromley parents with daughters at Weald Sevenoaks would be able to give you the best travel advice.

Bromley to Tunbridge Wells Boys Grammar looks from a brief glance to be a bit of a nightmare. I don’t know that any of the grammars run buses - although perhaps there are organised by parents mini buses from Bromley? At a quick glance it would be a bus to Orpington then direct train to either Tunbridge Wells or High Brooms (the grammar isn’t exactly located next to either so it would be a walk from there).

As an aside, I don’t know their location criteria but was Oakwood Boys Grammar in Maidstone an option for you or something you looked at? It’s good and usually under subscribed and there is a direct train service from Bromley South to Maidstone. It may be the simplest journey.