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East England
There are 11 grammar schools in Essex. There are no grammar schools in Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk or Suffolk. Hertfordshire is home to partially-selective schools (no grammar schools).
Essex
10 schools in Essex are members of the Consortium of Selective Schools in Essex (CSSE).
Chelmsford County High School for Girls is not a member of the CSSE and has a different admission and testing process.
Colchester County High School for Girls, Colchester Royal Grammar School, King Edward VI Grammar School, Shoeburyness High School, Southend High School for Boys, Southend High School for Girls, St Bernard’s High School, St Thomas More High School, Westcliff High School for Boys, and Westcliff High School for Girls
26th April 2023: Chelmsford County High School exam registration opens
16th May 2023: CSSE exam registration opens
23rd June 2023: Chelmsford County High School exam registration closes
30th June 2023: CSSE exam registration closes
Early September 2023: local authorities open secondary school applications
22nd September 2023: Chelmsford County High School 11 plus exam
23rd September 2023: CSSE 11 plus exam
16th October 2023: parents receive 11 plus results
31st October 2023: national deadline to apply for school places
1st March 2024: national school offers day
Hertfordshire
There are no full grammar schools in Hertfordshire. 7 partially-selective schools are members of the South West Herts Consortium.
Croxley Danes School, Parmiter’s School, Queen’s School, Rickmansworth School, St Clement Danes School, Watford Grammar School for Boys, and Watford Grammar School for Girls
11th April 2023: South West Herts Consortium exam registration opens
4th May 2023: Dame Alice Owen's School exam registration opens
9th June 2023: Dame Alice Owen's School exam registration closes
16th June 2023: South West Herts Consortium exam registration closes
7th July 2023: South West Herts Consortium applicants are notified of their testing venue
Early September 2023: local authorities open secondary school applications
4th September 2023: musical aptitude test (first round) and Part 1 of the entrance exam at Dame Alice Owen's School
9th September 2023: South West Herts academic ability test
13th September 2023: sports aptitude test (Queens’ School only)
14th September 2023: parents are informed of the South West Herts first round music scores
18th–22nd September 2023: South West Herts musical aptitude test (second round)
19th September 2023: Dame Alice Owen's School Part 1 test results are released
23rd September 2023: Part 2 of the entrance exam at Dame Alice Owen's School
18th October 2023: parents receive South West Herts test results
31st October 2023: national deadline to apply for school places
1st March 2024: national school offers day
East Midlands
All of the grammar schools in the East Midlands are in Lincolnshire. There are no grammar schools in Northamptonshire, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, or Rutland.
Lincolnshire
15 grammar schools in Lincolnshire are members of the Lincolnshire Consortium of Grammar Schools. This means that they share the same 11 plus registration and testing process.
Caistor Grammar School has its own admissions and testing process.
Boston Grammar School, Bourne Grammar School, Boston High School for Girls, Carre’s Grammar School, Kesteven and Grantham Girls’ School, Kesteven and Sleaford High School, King Edward VI Academy, King Edward VI Grammar School, Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School (Alford and Horncastle), Queen Elizabeth’s High School (Gainsborough), Skegness Grammar School, Spalding Grammar School, Spalding High School, and The King’s School (Grantham)
6th January 2023: Lincolnshire Consortium exam registration opens
1st March 2023: Caistor Grammar School exam registration opens
31st March 2023: Lincolnshire Consortium exam registration closes
11th August 2023: Caistor Grammar School exam registration closes
Early September 2023: local authorities open secondary school applications
15th September 2023: Lincolnshire Consortium 11 plus verbal reasoning exam (if taken at primary schools)
16th September 2023: Lincolnshire Consortium 11 plus verbal reasoning exam (if taken at grammar schools)
22nd September 2023: Lincolnshire Consortium 11 plus non-verbal reasoning exam (if taken at primary schools)
23rd September 2023: Lincolnshire Consortium 11 plus non-verbal reasoning exam (if taken at grammar schools) and Caistor Grammar School standard verbal reasoning exam
30th September 2023: Caistor Grammar School multiple-choice verbal reasoning exam
13th October 2023: parents receive Lincolnshire Consortium 11 plus results
17th October 2023: parents receive Caistor Grammar School 11 plus results
31st October 2023: national deadline to apply for school places
1st March 2024: national school offers day
Greater London
There are 19 grammar schools in Greater London. These schools can be found in the boroughs of Barnet, Bexley, Bromley, Enfield, Kingston-upon-Thames, Redbridge, and Sutton.
A further 4 partially-selective schools in the borough of Wandsworth use an admissions assessment known as the Wandsworth Test.
Barnet
There are three grammar schools in Barnet: Queen Elizabeth’s School (QE Barnet), St Michael’s Catholic Grammar School, and The Henrietta Barnett School.
April 2023: St Michael’s Catholic Grammar School exam registration opens
28th April 2023: The Henrietta Barnett School exam registration opens
1st May 2023: QE Barnet exam registration opens
4th July 2023: St Michael’s Catholic Grammar School exam registration closes
14th July 2023: QE Barnet and The Henrietta Barnett School close exam registrations
Early September 2023: local authorities open secondary school applications
4th and 5th September 2023: The Henrietta Barnett School 11 plus exam (round 1)
15th September 2023: St Michael’s Catholic Grammar School 11 plus exam
20th and 21st September 2023: QE Barnet 11 plus exam
Early October 2023: The Henrietta Barnett School 11 plus exam (round 2)
Mid-October 2023: parents receive 11 plus results
31st October 2023: national deadline to apply for school places
1st March 2024: national school offers day
Bexley
There are four grammar schools in Bexley: Beths Grammar School, Bexley Grammar School, Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School, and Townley Grammar School.
15th May 2023: Bexley Selection Test exam registration opens
30th June 2023: Bexley Selection Test exam registration closes
Early September 2023: local authorities open secondary school applications
Week of 11th September 2023: Bexley Selection Test takes place
17th October 2023: parents receive Bexley Selection Test results
31st October 2023: national deadline to apply for school places
1st March 2024: national school offers day
Bromley
There are two grammar schools in Bromley: Newstead Wood School and St Olave’s Grammar School.
2nd May 2023: Newstead Wood School opens exam registration
12th June 2023: St Olave’s Grammar School opens exam registration
30th June 2023: Newstead Wood School closes exam registration
3rd July 2023: St Olave’s Grammar School closes exam registration
22nd September 2023: St Olave’s Grammar School 11 plus exam (stage 1)
22nd–23rd September 2023: Newstead Wood School 11 plus exam
Week of 16th October 2023: parents receive 11 plus results
Early September 2023: local authorities open secondary school applications
31st October 2023: national deadline to apply for school places
17th November 2023: St Olave’s Grammar School 11 plus exam (stage 2)
1st March 2024: national school offers day
Enfield
There is one grammar school in Enfield – The Latymer School.
3rd May 2023: exam registration opens
16th June 2023: exam registration closes
Early September 2023: local authorities open secondary school applications
1st, 2nd and 3rd September 2023: The Latymer School 11 plus exam
Mid-October 2023: parents receive 11 plus exam results
31st October 2023: national deadline to apply for school places
1st March 2024: national school offers day
Kingston-upon-Thames
There are two grammar schools in Kingston-upon-Thames. These are known as the Tiffin Schools (one for boys and one for girls).
5th June 2023: exam registration opens
Early September 2023: local authorities open secondary school applications
4th September 2023: exam registration closes
5th October 2023: Tiffin Schools 11 plus exam (stage 1)
17th October 2023: parents receive 11 plus exam results
31st October 2023: national deadline to apply for school places
9th November 2023: Tiffin School 11 plus exam (stage 2)
11th November 2023: Tiffin Girls' School 11 plus exam (stage 2)
1st March 2024: national school offers day
Redbridge
There are two grammar schools in Redbridge: Ilford County High School and Woodford County High School.
1st May 2023: exam registration opens
30th June 2023: exam registration closes
Early September 2023: local authorities open secondary school applications
15th September 2023: Redbridge grammar schools
Mid-October 2023: parents receive 11 plus results
31st October 2023: national deadline to apply for school places
1st March 2024: national school offers day
Sutton
There are five grammar schools in Sutton: Nonsuch High School, Sutton Grammar School, Wallington County Grammar School, Wallington High School for Girls, and Wilson’s School.
Greenshaw High School is a partially-selective school; children applying for a place on the selective stream only take the Selective Eligibility Test and do not take a second stage exam.
1st May 2023: Selective Eligibility Test registration opens
4th August 2023: Selective Eligibility Test registration closes
Early September 2023: local authorities open secondary school applications
12th September 2023: Selective Eligibility Test
18th September 2023: parents receive SET results during this week
30th September 2023: second stage exam at Sutton grammar schools
Mid-October 2023: parents receive second stage exam results
31st October 2023: national deadline to apply for school places
1st March 2024: national school offers day
Wandsworth
There are four partially-selective secondary schools in Wandsworth: Ashcroft Technology Academy, Burntwood School, Chestnut Grove Academy, and Graveney School.
These schools use an admissions assessment known as the Wandsworth Test to prioritise places, or to place pupils into ability bands.
Early June 2023: Wandsworth Test registration opens
Early September 2023: local authorities open secondary school applications
5th September 2023: Wandsworth Test registration closes
27th–29th September 2023: Wandsworth Test takes place
24th October 2023: parents receive Wandsworth Test results
31st October 2023: national deadline to apply for school places
1st March 2024: national school offers day
North West England
The grammar schools in North West England are all located within Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside.
Cumbria
There is one grammar school in Cumbria – Queen Elizabeth Grammar School in Penrith.
17th April 2023: exam registration opens
17th July 2023: exam registration closes
Early September 2023: local authorities open secondary school applications
16th September 2023: Queen Elizabeth Grammar School 11 plus exam
Mid-October 2023: parents receive 11 plus exam results
31st October 2023: national deadline to apply for school places
1st March 2024: national school offers day
Greater Manchester
There are seven grammar schools in Greater Manchester. Five of these schools are members of the Trafford Grammar Schools Consortium.
Saint Ambrose College and Loreto Grammar School, while still within the Trafford Council local authority area, are not members of this consortium. They have their own admission and testing processes.
Altrincham Grammar School for Boys, Altrincham Grammar School for Girls, Sale Grammar School, Stretford Grammar School, and Urmston Grammar School
18th April 2023: St Ambrose College exam registration opens
21st April 2023: Trafford Consortium registration opens
12th June 2023: Trafford Consortium registration closes
1st July 2023: Loreto Grammar School exam registration opens
14th July 2023: St Ambrose College exam registration closes
31st July 2023: Loreto Grammar School exam registration closes
Early September 2023: local authorities open secondary school applications
5th September 2023: Trafford Consortium 11 plus exam
22nd September 2023: 11 plus exams at Loreto Grammar School and St Ambrose College
Mid-October 2023: parents receive 11 plus exam results
31st October 2023: national deadline to apply for school places
1st March 2024: national school offers day
Lancashire
There are four grammar schools in Lancashire: Lancaster Girls’ Grammar School, Lancaster Royal Grammar School, Clitheroe Royal Grammar School, and Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School.
May 2023: Lancaster Girls’ and Lancaster Royal Grammar School open exam registration
5th June 2023: Clitheroe Royal Grammar School and Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School open exam registration
Early September 2023: local authorities open secondary school applications
4th September 2023: Lancaster Royal Grammar School closes exam registration
15th September 2023: Lancaster Girls’ Grammar School closes exam registration
22nd September 2023: Clitheroe Royal Grammar School and Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School closes exam registration
30th September 2023: 11 plus exam at all Lancashire grammar schools
Mid-October 2023: parents receive 11 plus exam results
31st October 2023: national deadline to apply for school places
1st March 2024: national school offers day
Merseyside
There are seven grammar schools in Merseyside. Four grammar schools on the Wirral share the same 11 plus admission process and exam, known as the Wirral Admissions Test. These schools are Calday Grange Grammar School, West Kirby Grammar School, Wirral Grammar School for Boys and Wirral Grammar School for Girls.
St Anselm’s College and Upton Hall School, while both also on the Wirral, have their own admission and testing process. The one remaining grammar school – The Blue Coat School – is in Liverpool and does not share admission and testing arrangements with the other grammar schools in Merseyside.
March 2023: St Anselm’s College and Upton Hall School open exam registration
1st May 2023: Wirral Admissions Test registration opens
31st May 2023: Wirral Admissions Test registration closes
3rd July 2023: The Blue Coat School registration opens
10th July 2023: Upton Hall School registration closes
Early September 2023: local authorities open secondary school applications
1st September 2023: The Blue Coat School registration closes
15th September 2023: St Anselm’s College registration closes
16th September 2023: Upton Hall School 11 plus exam
18th September 2023: Wirral Admissions Test
22nd September 2023: St Anselm’s College 11 plus exam
23rd September 2023: The Blue Coat School 11 plus exam
Mid-October 2023: parents receive Wirral Admissions Test exam results
27th October 2023: parents receive The Blue Coat School 11 plus results
31st October 2023: national deadline to apply for school places
1st March 2024: national offers day
South East England
Grammar schools in the South East of England are located in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Kent. There are no grammar schools in Hampshire, Oxfordshire, Surrey or Sussex.
Berkshire
There are six grammar schools in Berkshire. The four grammar schools in the Slough local authority area are members of the Slough Consortium and share the same testing process.
Herschel Grammar School, Langley Grammar School, St Bernard’s Catholic Grammar School, and Upton Court Grammar School
The two grammar schools in Reading – Reading School and Kendrick School – and the partially-selective Reading Girls’ School – are not members of a consortium. These schools have their own admission and testing arrangements.
April 2023: Reading Girls’ School selective stream test registration opens
27th April 2023: Slough Consortium registration opens
1st May 2023: Reading School and Kendrick School open exam registration
12th June 2023: Slough Consortium registration closes
30th June 2023: Reading School exam registration closes
1st July 2023: Kendrick School exam registration closes
Early September 2023: local authorities open secondary school applications
6th September 2023: Reading School 11 plus exam
16th September 2023: Slough Consortium 11 plus exam and Kendrick School 11 plus exam
14th October 2023: Reading Girls’ School selective stream test
Mid-October 2023: parents receive exam results
31st October 2023: national deadline to apply for school places
1st March 2024: national school offers day
Buckinghamshire
The 13 grammar schools in Buckinghamshire are all members of a consortium called The Buckinghamshire Grammar Schools (TBGS) and share the same testing process.
Aylesbury Grammar School, Aylesbury High School, Beaconsfield High School, Burnham Grammar School, Chesham Grammar School, Dr Challoner’s Grammar School, Dr Challoner’s High School, John Hampden Grammar School, Royal Grammar School, Royal Latin School, Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School, Sir William Borlase’s Grammar School, and Wycombe High School
5th May 2023: Buckinghamshire Secondary Transfer Test registration opens
16th June 2023: Buckinghamshire Secondary Transfer Test registration closes
Early September 2023: local authorities open secondary school applications
14th September 2023: Buckinghamshire Secondary Transfer Test
13th October 2023: parents receive test results
31st October 2023: national deadline to apply for school places
1st March 2024: national school offers day
Kent
Kent is home to 38 grammar schools. 32 of these grammar schools, all situated within the Kent local authority area, use the Kent Test to assess children for entry.
The remaining 6 grammar schools are located within the Medway area. These schools use the Medway Test, which is a different process to the Kent Test.
Barton Court Grammar School, Borden Grammar School, Chatham and Clarendon Grammar School, Cranbrook School, Dane Court Grammar School, Dartford Grammar School, Dartford Grammar School for Girls, Dover Grammar School for Boys, Dover Grammar School for Girls, Gravesend Grammar School, Highsted Grammar School, Highworth Grammar School, Invicta Grammar School, Maidstone Grammar School, Maidstone Grammar School for Girls, Mayfield Grammar School, Oakwood Park Grammar School, Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School, Simon Langton Girls’ Grammar School, Sir Roger Manwood’s School, The Folkestone School for Girls, The Harvey Grammar School, The Judd School, The Langton Grammar School for Boys, The Norton Knatchbull School, The Skinner’s School, Tonbridge Grammar School, Tunbridge Wells Girls’ Grammar School, Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys, Weald of Kent Grammar School, Wilmington Grammar School for Boys, and Wilmington Grammar School for Girls
1st June 2023: Kent Test and the Medway Test open exam registration
30th June 2023: Medway Test registration closes
3rd July 2023: Kent Test registration closes
Early September 2023: local authorities open secondary school applications
7th September 2023: Kent Test takes place at Kent primary schools
9th September 2023: Kent Test takes place for children not attending Kent primary schools
12th–13th September 2023: Medway Test takes place at Medway primary schools
16th–17th September 2023: Medway Test takes place for children not attending Medway primary schools
3rd October 2023: Medway Test results day
18th October 2023: Kent Test results day
31st October 2023: national deadline to apply for school places
1st March 2024: national school offers day
South West England
The grammar schools in the south-west of England are located within Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire. There are no grammar schools in Cornwall or Somerset.
Devon
There are 7 grammar schools in Devon. These are located within three different local authorities, which means they have different admission and testing arrangements.
Colyton Grammar School
Mid-March 2023: Torbay grammar schools exam registration opens
1st April 2023: Colyton Grammar School exam registration opens
24th April 2023: Plymouth grammar schools exam registration opens
17th August 2023: Devonport High School for Girls and Plymouth High School for Girls open exam registration
31st August 2023: Devonport High School for Boys exam registration closes
Early September 2023: local authorities open secondary school applications
7th September 2023: Torbay grammar schools exam registration closes
8th September 2023: Colyton Grammar School exam registration closes
16th September 2023: Torbay 11 plus exam and Plymouth 11 plus English comprehension exam
23rd September 2023: Colyton Grammar School 11 plus exam and Plymouth 11 plus maths exam
Mid-October 2023: parents receive 11 plus exam results
31st October 2023: national deadline to apply for school places
1st March 2024: national school offers day
Dorset
There are 4 grammar schools in Dorset: Bournemouth School, Bournemouth School for Girls, Parkstone Grammar School and Poole Grammar School. All four schools share the same testing calendar and process.
17th April 2023: exam registration opens
Early September 2023: local authorities open secondary school applications
8th September 2023: exam registration closes
23rd September 2023: 11 plus exam
13th October 2023: parents receive 11 plus exam results
31st October 2023: national deadline to apply for school places
1st March 2024: national school offers day
Gloucestershire
The 7 grammar schools in Gloucestershire are members of the same consortium. Children applying to these schools take the Gloucestershire Grammar School Entrance Test.
Denmark Road High School, Marling School, Pate’s Grammar School, Ribston Hall High School for Girls, Sir Thomas Rich’s School, Stroud High School, and The Crypt School
22nd May 2023: Gloucestershire Grammar School Entrance Test registration opens
30th June 2023: Gloucestershire Grammar School Entrance Test registration closes
Early September 2023: local authorities open secondary school applications
16th September 2023: Gloucestershire Grammar School Entrance Test
Mid-October 2023: parents receive exam results
31st October 2023: national deadline to apply for school places
1st March 2024: national school offers day
Wiltshire
There are two grammar schools in Wiltshire – Bishop Wordsworth's School and South Wilts Grammar School. They have different admissions and testing processes.
18th April 2023: Bishop Wordsworth’s School exam registration opens
June 2023: South Wilts Grammar School exam registration opens
7th July 2023: Bishop Wordsworth’s School exam registration closes
1st September 2023: South Wilts Grammar School exam registration closes
Early September 2023: local authorities open secondary school applications
16th September 2023: Bishop Wordsworth’s School 11 plus exam
23rd September 2023: South Wilts Grammar School 11 plus exam
6th October 2023: parents receive 11 plus exam results for South Wilts Grammar School
Mid-October 2023: parents receive 11 plus exam results for Bishop Wordsworth’s School
31st October 2023: national deadline to apply for school places
1st March 2024: national school offers day
West Midlands
In 2023, three local consortiums – The Grammar Schools in Birmingham, the Warwickshire Consortium, and the Shropshire, Wolverhampton and Walsall Consortium – came together under the West Midlands Grammar Schools partnership. These 19 grammar schools follow the same admissions calendar and use the same 11 plus exam.
Bishop Vesey’s Grammar School for Boys, King Edward VI Aston School, King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys, King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls, King Edward VI Five Ways School, King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys, King Edward VI Handsworth School for Girls, and Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls
9th May 2023: West Midlands Grammar Schools exam registration opens
30th June 2023: West Midlands Grammar Schools exam registration closes
Early September 2023: local authorities open secondary school applications
16th–18th September 2023: West Midlands Grammar School 11 plus exam
20th October 2023: parents receive 11 plus exam results
31st October 2023: national deadline to apply for school places
1st March 2024: national school offers day
Yorkshire
All of the grammar schools in Yorkshire are located in North and West Yorkshire. There are no grammar schools in East Riding of Yorkshire or South Yorkshire.
North Yorkshire
There are three grammar schools in North Yorkshire: Ermysted’s Grammar School, Ripon Grammar School and Skipton Girls’ High School.
3rd April 2023: Ripon Grammar School exam registration opens
24th April 2023: Ermysted’s Grammar School exam registration opens
1st May 2023: Skipton Girls’ High School exam registration opens
30th June 2023: Ripon Grammar School exam registration closes
23rd August 2023: Skipton Girls’ High School exam registration closes
Early September 2023: local authorities open secondary school applications
4th September 2023: Ermysted's Grammar School exam registration closes
9th September 2023: Ripon Grammar School 11 plus exam
23rd September 2023: 11 plus exam at Skipton Girls’ High School and Ermysted's Grammar School
9th October 2023: parents receive 11 plus exam results for Skipton Girls’ High School and Ermysted's Grammar School
11th October 2023: parents receive 11 plus exam results for Ripon Grammar School
31st October 2023: national deadline to apply for school places
1st March 2024: national school offers day
West Yorkshire
There are three grammar schools in West Yorkshire – Heckmondwike Grammar School, The Crossley Heath Grammar School and North Halifax Grammar School.
31st March 2023: The Crossley Heath Grammar School and North Halifax Grammar School open exam registration
Mid-May 2023: Heckmondwike Grammar School exam registration opens
26th June 2023: Heckmondwike Grammar School exam registration closes
30th June 2023: The Crossley Heath Grammar School and North Halifax Grammar School exam registration closes
Early September 2023: local authorities open secondary school applications
18th September 2023: Heckmondwike Grammar School 11 plus exam
23rd September 2023: The Crossley Heath Grammar School and North Halifax Grammar School 11 plus exam
21st October 2023: parents receive 11 plus exam results
31st October 2023: national deadline to apply for school places
1st March 2024: national school offers day
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