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There are four grammar schools in Dorset: Bournemouth School, Bournemouth School for Girls, Parkstone Grammar School, and Poole Grammar School. The four schools have combined to form ‘the Consortium’, with one set of selection tests.
Find out more about the Dorset grammar schools and 11 plus.
- Tuesday 22nd April 2025: Dorset 11 plus registration opens
- Friday 5th September 2025: Dorset 11 plus registration closes
- Saturday 20th September 2025: Dorset 11 plus exam day
- Friday 10th October 2025: parents receive Dorset 11 plus results
- Friday 31st October 2025: secondary school common application deadline
- Monday 2nd March 2026: national offers day
There are six grammar schools and one partially-selective school in Berkshire. They’re split across Reading and Slough.
Reading
Reading School, Kendrick School and Reading Girls’ School (partially-selective). Find out more about the grammar schools in Reading.
- Tuesday 1st April 2025: Reading School 11+ registration opens
- Thursday 1st May 2025: Kendrick School 11+ registration opens
- Friday 13th June 2025: Reading School 11+ registration closes
- Tuesday 1st July 2025: Kendrick School 11+ registration closes
- August 2025: Reading School sporting aptitude test
- Friday 5th September 2025: Reading School 11+ exam
- Friday 19th September 2025: Kendrick School 11+ exam
- September 2025: registration closes for the Reading Girls' School Selective Stream Test
- October 2025: Reading Girls’ School Selective Stream Test
- Mid-October 2025: parents receive exam results
- Friday 31st October 2025: secondary school common application deadline
- Monday 2nd March 2026: national school offers day
Slough
Langley Grammar School, Herschel Grammar School, St Bernard’s Catholic Grammar School and Upton Court Grammar School. These schools are all members of the Slough Consortium of Grammar Schools. They have the same 11 plus exam and key dates.
- Tuesday 29th April 2025: Slough Consortium 11+ information evening
- Thursday 1st May 2025: Slough Consortium 11+ registration opens
- Thursday 5th June 2025: Slough Consortium 11+ registration closes
- Saturday 20th September 2025: Slough Consortium 11+ exam
- Mid-October 2025: parents receive 11+ results
- Friday 31st October 2025: secondary school common application deadline
- Monday 2nd March 2026: national school offers day
There are 13 grammar schools in Buckinghamshire: 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.
All of these schools are part of the The Buckinghamshire Grammar Schools (TBGS) Consortium. They share the same secondary transfer test (11+) and key dates.
- Friday 2nd May 2025: registration opens for the Buckinghamshire Secondary Transfer Test
- Friday 13th June 2025: registration closes for the Buckinghamshire Secondary Transfer Test
- Tuesday 9th September 2025: Buckinghamshire Practice Test
- Thursday 11th September 2025: Buckinghamshire Secondary Transfer Test
- Friday 10th October 2025: parents receive results from the Buckinghamshire Secondary Transfer Test
- Friday 31st October 2025: secondary school common application deadline
- Monday 2nd March 2026: national school offers day
There is one grammar school in Cumbria – Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School, Penrith.
- Thursday 1st May 2025: QEGS Penrith 11+ registration opens
- Thursday 10th July 2025: QEGS Penrith 11+ registration closes
- Thursday 18th September 2025: QEGS Penrith 11+ exam
- Mid-October 2025: parents receive exam results
- Friday 31st October 2025: secondary school common application deadline
- Monday 2nd March 2026: national school offers day
There are seven grammar schools in Devon. These are spread across East Devon, Plymouth and Torquay. Find out more about the Devon grammar schools and local 11 plus exams.
East Devon
Colyton Grammar School is the only grammar school in East Devon.
- Monday 31st March 2025: Colyton Grammar School 11+ registration opens
- Early September 2025: Colyton Grammar School 11+ registration closes
- Saturday 13th September 2025: Colyton Grammar School 11+ exam day
- Mid-October 2025: parents receive exam results
- Friday 31st October 2025: secondary school common application deadline
- Monday 2nd March 2026: national school offers day
Plymouth
The three grammar schools in Plymouth are Devonport High School for Boys (DHSB), Devonport High School for Girls (DHSG) and Plymouth High School for Girls (PHSG). The girls' school share the same exam and key dates.
- Tuesday 22nd April 2025: practice session registration opens for DHSG and PHSG
- Monday 28th April 2025: main 11+ registration opens for all Plymouth grammar schools
- Friday 23rd May 2025: practice session registration closes for DHSG and PHSG
- Wednesday 11th – Thursday 12th June 2025: practice exam at DHSB
- Saturday 5th July 2025: practice exam at DHSG and PHSG
- Friday 18th July 2025: parents receive results from practice exam
- Sunday 31st August 2025: main 11+ registration closes for all Plymouth grammar schools
- Saturday 13th September 2025: 11+ exam (paper 1)
- Saturday 20th September 2025: 11+ exam (paper 2)
- Friday 17th October 2025: parents receive exam results
- Friday 31st October 2025: secondary school common application deadline
- Monday 2nd March 2026: national school offers day
Devonport High School for Boys will confirm its exam date shortly.
Torquay
The three grammar schools in Torquay are Churston Ferrers Grammar School (CFGS), Torquay Boys’ Grammar School (TBGS) and Torquay Girls’ Grammar School (TGGS). These schools are known as the Torbay Grammar Schools and have the same 11+ exam and key dates.
- Monday 3rd March 2025: Torbay Grammar Schools 11+ registration opens
- Wednesday 16th July 2025: 11+ registration deadline (preferable) for the Torbay Grammar Schools
- Tuesday 2nd September 2025: 11+ registration deadline (final) for the Torbay Grammar Schools
- Saturday 20th September 2025: Torbay Grammar Schools 11+ exam day
- Mid-October 2025: parents receive exam results
- Friday 31st October 2025: secondary school common application deadline
- Monday 2nd March 2026: national school offers day
There are 11 grammar schools in Essex: King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford County High School for Girls, Colchester County High School for Girls, Colchester Royal Grammar School, Southend High School for Boys, Southend High School for Girls, Westcliff High School for Boys, Westcliff High School for Girls, St Bernard’s High School, St Thomas More High School, and Shoeburyness High School.
All of these schools except Chelmsford County High School for Girls are members of the Consortium of Selective Schools in Essex (CSSE). Chelmsford County High School for Girls (CCHS) is not a member of the CSSE – it has its own testing process.
- Wednesday 2nd April 2025: CCHS entrance test registration opens
- Tuesday 13th 2025: CSSE 11+ registration opens
- Wednesday 4th June 2025: CCHS entrance test registration closes
- Friday 27th 2025: CSSE 11+ registration closes, and deadline for requests for special adjustments
- July 2025: parents receive test centre information for CSSE 11+ by 16th July
- Wednesday 3rd September 2025: CCHS entrance test
- Saturday 20th September 2025: CSSE 11+ exam day
- Monday 13th October 2025: parents receive CSSE 11+ results
- Mid-October 2025: parents receive CCHS results
- Friday 31st October 2025: secondary school common application deadline
- Monday 2nd March 2026: national school offers day
There are seven grammar schools in Gloucestershire: Denmark Road High School, Marling School, Pate’s Grammar School, Ribston Hall High School, Sir Thomas Rich’s School, Stroud High School, and The Crypt School. These schools all have the same 11 plus exam and key dates.
Find out more about the Gloucestershire Grammar Schools' Entrance Test.
- Monday 19th May 2025: Gloucestershire Grammar Schools' Entrance Test registration opens
- Friday 27th June 2025: Grammar Schools' Entrance Test registration closes
- Saturday 13th September 2025: Gloucestershire Grammar Schools' Entrance Test
- Mid-October 2025: parents receive test results
- Friday 31st October 2025: secondary school common application deadline
- Monday 2nd March 2026: national school offers day
There are seven grammar schools in Greater Manchester: Altrincham Grammar School for Boys, Altrincham Grammar School for Girls, Sale Grammar School, Stretford Grammar School, Urmston Grammar School, Saint Ambrose College, and Loreto Grammar School.
Altrincham Boys, Altrincham Girls, Sale Grammar, Stretford Grammar and Urmston Grammar are members of the Trafford Grammar Schools Consortium. They all use the same 11 plus exam and have the same key dates.
Saint Ambrose College and Loreto Grammar School are independent from this group. They have their own exams and testing processes.
- Mid-April 2025: Saint Ambrose College 11+ registration opens
- Thursday 24th April 2025: Trafford Consortium 11+ registration opens
- Friday 20th June 2025: Trafford Consortium 11+ registration closes
- Saturday 28th June 2025: Loreto Grammar School entrance exam registration opens
- July 2025: Saint Ambrose College 11+ registration closes
- Thursday 31st July 2025: Loreto Grammar School entrance exam registration closes
- Thursday 4th September 2025: parents receive final exam days for Trafford Consortium 11+ exam by this date
- Monday 15th September 2025: Trafford Consortium 11+ exam day
- Friday 19th September 2025: Loreto Grammar School entrance exam
- Friday 19th September 2025: Saint Ambrose College entrance exam
- Mid-October 2025: parents receive exam results
- Friday 31st October 2025: secondary school common application deadline
- Monday 2nd March 2026: national school offers day
There are no fully-selective (grammar) schools in Hertfordshire. However, there are many partially-selective schools.
Seven schools are members of the South West Herts Schools Consortium, and children can take the Secondary Transfer Test to apply for a selective place. These schools are Parmiter’s School (academic and music places), Queens’ School (academic, music and sports places), Rickmansworth School (academic and music places), St Clement Danes School (academic and music places), Watford Grammar School for Boys (academic and music places), Watford Grammar School for Girls (academic and music places), and Croxley Danes School (music places only).
Dame Alice Owen’s School is also a partially-selective school with academic and music places available. This school is not a member of the South West Herts Schools Consortium.
- Tuesday 1st April 2025: South West Herts Secondary Transfer Test registration opens
- Thursday 1st May 2025: Dame Alice Owen’s School test registration opens
- Thursday 12th June 2025: Dame Alice Owen’s School test registration closes
- Friday 6th June 2025: South West Herts Secondary Transfer Test registration closes
- Monday 1st September 2025: Dame Alice Owen’s School entrance exam part 1 (verbal reasoning) and first round musical aptitude test
- Saturday 6th September 2025: South West Herts academic test
- Monday 8th September 2025: South West Herts first round music test
- Wednesday 10th September 2025: South West Herts sports test (Queens’ School only)
- Thursday 18th September 2025: South West Herts first round music scores notified to parents
- Monday 22nd–Friday 26th September 2025: South West Herts second round music test and Dame Alice Owen’s School second round music test
- Saturday 27th September 2025: Dame Alice Owen’s School entrance exam part 2 (English and maths)
- Thursday 16th October 2025: South West Herts Secondary Transfer Test results day
- Mid-October 2025: Dame Alice Owen’s school secondary transfer test results day
- Friday 31st October 2025: secondary school common application deadline
- Monday 2nd March 2026: national school offers day
There are 32 grammar schools in Kent. These schools are 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 Skinners’ 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.
Children applying to any grammar school in the Kent local authority area take an 11 plus exam known as the Kent Test.
- Monday 2nd June 2025: Kent Test registration opens
- Tuesday 1st July 2025: Kent Test registration closes
- Early September 2025: Kent County Council opens secondary school applications
- Thursday 11th September 2025: Kent Test date for children in Kent primary schools
- Saturday 13th – Sunday 14th 2025 Kent Test date for children not in Kent primary schools
- Thursday 16th October 2025: Kent Test results sent to parents
- Friday 31st October 2025: secondary school common application deadline
- Monday 2nd March 2026: national school offers day
There are four grammar schools in Lancashire: Lancaster Girls’ Grammar School, Lancaster Royal Grammar School, Clitheroe Royal Grammar School, and Bacup & Rawtenstall Grammar School.
Find out more about the Lancashire grammar schools and 11 plus exams.
- April 2025: 11+ registration opens for Bacup & Rawtenstall Grammar School and Lancaster Royal Grammar School
- Monday 2nd June 2025: 11+ registration opens for Clitheroe Royal Grammar School and Lancaster Girls' Grammar School
- Monday 8th September 2025: 11+ registration closes for Lancaster Royal Grammar School
- Friday 12th September 2025: 11+ registration closes for Bacup & Rawtenstall Grammar School, Clitheroe Royal Grammar School and Lancaster Girls' Grammar School
- Saturday 27th September 2025: 11+ exams take place at grammar schools in Lancashire
- October 2025: 11+ results released to parents
- Friday 31st October 2025: secondary school common application deadline
- Monday 2nd March 2026: national school offers day
There are 16 grammar schools in Lincolnshire: Boston Grammar School, Boston High School for Girls, Bourne Grammar School, Caistor Grammar School, Carre’s Grammar School, Kesteven and Grantham Girls’ School, Kesteven and Sleaford High School, King Edward VI Grammar School (Louth), King Edward VI Academy (Spilsby), Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School (Alford), Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School (Horncastle), Queen Elizabeth’s High School (Gainsborough), Skegness Grammar School, Spalding Grammar School, Spalding High School, and The King’s School Grantham.
15 of these schools are members of the Lincolnshire Consortium of Grammar Schools (LCGS). Children applying to these schools will take the same 11+ exam on the same dates.
Caistor Grammar School is not a member of the Lincolnshire Consortium. It has its own 11+ process.
- Friday 10th January 2025: Lincolnshire Grammar School 11+ registration opens
- Early March 2025: Caistor Grammar School 11+ registration opens
- Monday 31st March 2025: Lincolnshire Grammar Schools 11+ registration closes
- Friday 15th August 2025: Caistor Grammar School 11+ registration closes
- Saturday 13th September 2025: Lincolnshire Grammar Schools 11+ verbal reasoning paper
- Saturday 20th September 2025: Lincolnshire Grammar Schools 11+ non-verbal reasoning paper and Caistor Grammar School 11+ paper 1 (standard verbal reasoning)
- Saturday 27th September 2025: Caistor Grammar School 11+ paper 2 (multiple-choice verbal reasoning)
- October 2025: parents receive 11+ results
- Friday 31st October 2025: secondary school common application deadline
- Monday 2nd March 2026: national school offers day
There are three grammar schools in Barnet: Queen Elizabeth’s School (QE) Barnet, St Michael’s Catholic Grammar School, and The Henrietta Barnett School. They have different exams and admissions processes.
- Tuesday 1st April 2025: The Henrietta Barnett School 11+ registration opens
- Wednesday 23rd April 2025: St Michael's Catholic Grammar School 11+ registration opens
- Thursday 1st May 2025: Queen Elizabeth’s School 11+ registration opens
- Tuesday 8th July 2025: St Michael’s Catholic Grammar School 11+ registration closes
- Friday 11th July 2025: exam registration closes for Queen Elizabeth's School and The Henrietta Barnett School
- September 2025: first round exams at The Henrietta Barnett School
- Friday 12th September 2025: 11+ exam at St Michael's Catholic Grammar School
- Wednesday 17th – Thursday 18th September 2025: 11+ exam at Queen Elizabeth's School
- Late September 2025: parents receive results for first round tests at The Henrietta Barnett School
- Early October 2025: second round exam at The Henrietta Barnett School, and parents receive Queen Elizabeth's School exam results
- Mid-October 2025: parents receive St Michael's Catholic Grammar School exam results
- Friday 31st October 2025: secondary school common application deadline
- Monday 2nd March 2026: national school offers day
There are four grammar schools in Bexley: Beths Grammar School, Bexley Grammar School, Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School, and Townley Grammar School. All four grammar schools use the Bexley Selection Test to assess children for entry.
- Tuesday 1st May 2025: Bexley Selection Test registration opens
- Saturday 31st May 2025: Bexley Selection Test registration closes at midnight
- Tuesday 9th September 2025: Bexley Selection Test (pupils who attend a Bexley primary school)
- Monday 8th – Thursday 11th September 2025: Bexley Selection Test (pupils who do not attend a Bexley primary school)
- Mid-October 2025: parents receive results from the Bexley Selection Test
- Friday 31st October 2025: secondary school common application deadline
- Monday 2nd March 2026: national school offers day
There are two grammar schools in Bromley: Newstead Wood School and St Olave’s Grammar School. They have different 11+ exams and key dates.
- Thursday 1st May 2025: Newstead Wood School 11+ registration opens
- Monday 9th June 2025: St Olave’s Grammar School 11+ registration opens
- Monday 30th June 2025: Newstead Wood School 11+ registration closes
- Monday 30th June 2025: St Olave’s Grammar School 11+ registration closes
- Friday 19th September 2025: St Olave’s Grammar School stage 1 entrance test
- Friday 26th–Saturday 27th September 2025: Newstead Wood School 11+ exam
- Friday 17th–Thursday 23rd October 2025: parents receive Newstead Wood School 11+ results and St Olave's Grammar School stage 1 entrance test results
- Friday 31st October 2025: secondary school common application deadline
- Friday 14th November 2025: St Olave's Grammar School stage 2 entrance test
- Monday 2nd March 2026: national school offers day
There is one grammar school in Enfield – The Latymer School.
- Monday 17th March 2025: The Latymer School 11+ registration opens
- Monday 16th June 2025: The Latymer School 11+ registration closes
- Wednesday 3rd, Saturday 6th, and Sunday 7th September 2025: The Latymer School 11+ exam days
- Late September 2025: maths and verbal reasoning results are emailed to parents
- Late October 2025: re-standardised results of the top 700 children, including the English score, are emailed to parents
- Friday 31st October 2025: secondary school common application deadline
- Monday 2nd March 2026: national school offers day
There are two grammar schools in Kingston upon Thames: Tiffin School and The Tiffin Girls’ School. Both schools operate a two-stage testing process. Children who perform well in the stage one test are shortlisted for stage two.
- Tuesday 3rd June 2025: The Tiffin Girls' School stage one registration opens
- Wednesday 4th June 2025: Tiffin School stage one registration opens
- Monday 7th July 2025: deadline to register for the sports and music aptitude assessments at Tiffin School
- Wednesday 9th July 2025: Tiffin School music aptitude assessment (part one)
- Friday 11th July 2025: Tiffin School music aptitude assessment (part two)
- Tuesday 15th – Wednesday 16th July 2026: Tiffin School sports aptitude assessments
- Monday 1st September 2025: The Tiffin Girls' School stage one registration closes
- Wednesday 3rd September 2025: registration closes for Tiffin School
- Thursday 2nd – Friday 3rd October 2025: stage one test for The Tiffin Girls' School
- Friday 3rd October 2025: stage one test for Tiffin School
- Wednesday 15th October 2025: outcome of stage one test sent to parents
- Friday 31st October 2025: secondary school common application deadline
- November 2025: stage two test for both schools (exact date TBC)
- Monday 2nd March 2026: national school offers day
There are two grammar schools in Redbridge: Ilford County High School and Woodford County High School. They have the same exam and key dates.
Find out more about the Redbridge 11 plus selection test.
- Tuesday 1st May 2025: Redbridge 11+ registration opens
- Sunday 15th June 2025: Redbridge 11+ registration closes
- Friday 19th September 2025: Redbridge 11+ selection test
- Mid-October 2025: parents receive exam results
- Friday 31st October 2025: secondary school common application deadline
- Monday 2nd March 2026: national school offers day
There are five grammar schools in Sutton and one partially-selective school. These schools are Nonsuch High School, Sutton Grammar School, Wallington County Grammar School, Wallington High School, and Wilson’s School. Greenshaw High School is partially-selective.
Children applying to the five grammar schools take the Sutton Selective Eligibility Test (SET), and shortlisted children are invited back to take a second-stage test. Children applying to Greenshaw High School only take the Sutton SET.
- Thursday 1st May 2025: Sutton Selective Eligibility Test registration opens
- Friday 1st August 2025: Sutton Selective Eligibility Test registration closes
- Tuesday 16th September 2025: Sutton Selective Eligibility Test
- Saturday 27th September 2025: shared second stage entrance exam for Nonsuch High School for Girls and Wallington High School for Girls
- Saturday 4th October 2025: shared second stage entrance exam for Sutton Grammar School, Wilson's School and Wallington County Grammar School
- Mid-October 2025: parents receive Sutton SET results
- Friday 31st October 2025: secondary school common application deadline
- Monday 2nd March 2026: national school offers day
There are no grammar schools in Wandsworth, but there are five partially-selective schools. These schools are Ashcroft Technology Academy, Burntwood School, Chestnut Grove Academy, Ernest Bevin Academy, and Graveney School.
Children applying to these schools can choose to apply for a selective place. This is assessed through an 11 plus exam called the Wandsworth Test, or the Wandsworth Year 6 Test.
- May 2025: Wandsworth Year 6 Test registration opens
- September 2025: Wandsworth Year 6 Test registration closes
- September 2025: Wandsworth Year 6 Test
- October 2025: parents receive test results
- Friday 31st October 2025: secondary school common application deadline
- Monday 2nd March 2026: national school offers day
There are six grammar schools in Medway: Chatham Grammar School, Fort Pitt Grammar School, Holcombe Grammar School, Rainham Mark Grammar School, The Rochester Grammar School, and Sir Joseph Williamson’s Mathematical School.
These six schools all share the same 11 plus exam known as the Medway Test.
- Monday 19th May 2025: Medway Test registration opens
- Friday 13th June 2025: Medway Test registration closes
- Tuesday 16th – Wednesday 17th September 2025: Medway Test takes place at Medway primary and junior schools
- Saturday 20th – Sunday 21st September 2025: Medway Test takes place at test centres
- Wednesday 15th October 2025: parents receive Medway Test results
- Friday 31st October 2025: secondary school common application deadline
- Monday 2nd March 2026: national school offers day
There are six grammar schools on the Wirral, and one in Liverpool.
Calday Grange Grammar School, West Kirby Grammar School, Wirral Grammar School for Boys and Wirral Grammar School for Girls all use the same 11 plus exam known as the Wirral Admissions Test.
- Thursday 1st May 2025: online registration opens for the Wirral Admissions Test
- Saturday 31st May 2025: online registration closes for the Wirral Admissions Test
- September 2025: Wirral Admissions Test
- Tuesday 21st October 2025: parents receive results from Wirral Admissions Test
- Friday 31st October 2025: secondary school common application deadline
- Monday 2nd March 2026: national school offers day
St Anselm's College, Upton Hall School and The Liverpool Blue Coat School have their own tests and admissions processes.
- January 2025: exam registration opens for St Anselm's College
- April 2025: exam registration opens for Upton Hall School
- Thursday 24th April 2025: The Liverpool Blue Coat School exam registration opens
- Monday 2nd June 2025: The Liverpool Blue Coat School exam registration closes
- Friday 11th July 2025: Upton Hall School exam registration closes
- Summer 2025: The Liverpool Blue Coat School Phase 1 exam (parents choose test slots)
- Thursday 31st July 2025: St Anselm’s College exam registration closes
- Week of 25th August 2025: parents receive results from The Liverpool Blue Coat School Phase 1 exam
- September 2025: The Liverpool Blue Coat School exam registration closes
- Friday 19th September 2025: St Anselm’s College entrance exam
- Saturday 20th September 2025: The Liverpool Blue Coat School Phase 2 exam and Upton Hall School entrance exam
- Mid-October 2025: parents receive outcome of entrance exams
- Friday 31st October 2025: secondary school common application deadline
- Monday 2nd March 2026: national school offers day
There are three grammar schools in North Yorkshire: Ermysted’s Grammar School, Ripon Grammar School, and Skipton Girls’ High School.
- Tuesday 1st April 2025: Ripon Grammar School 11+ registration opens
- Tuesday 22nd April 2025: Ermysted’s Grammar School 11+ registration opens
- May 2025: Skipton Girls’ High School 11+ registration opens
- Monday 30th June 2025: Ripon Grammar School 11+ registration closes
- Wednesday 27th August 2025: Skipton Girls' High School 11+ registration closes
- Monday 1st September 2025: Ermysted’s Grammar School 11+ registration closes
- Saturday 13th September 2025: Ripon Grammar School 11+ exam
- Saturday 27th September 2025: 11+ exam at Ermysted’s Grammar School and Skipton Girls' High School
- Mid-October 2025: parents receive exam results
- Friday 31st October 2025: secondary school common application deadline
- Monday 2nd March 2026: national school offers day
All of the grammar schools in the West Midlands (covering the areas of Birmingham, Warwickshire, Shropshire, Walsall and Wolverhampton) are known as the West Midlands Grammar Schools partnership. Children applying to any of the schools in the partnership will take one 11+ exam.
Partnership schools in Birmingham
Bishop Vesey’s Grammar School, 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.
Partnership schools in Shropshire, Walsall and Wolverhampton
Haberdashers’ Adams, Newport Girls’ High School, Queen Mary’s Grammar School, Queen Mary’s High School and Wolverhampton Girls’ High School.
Partnership schools in Warwickshire
Alcester Grammar School, Ashlawn School (partially-selective), King Edward VI School, Lawrence Sheriff School, Rugby High School and Stratford Girls’ Grammar School.
- Tuesday 6th May 2025: West Midlands Grammar Schools 11 plus registration opens
- Friday 13th June 2025: reasonable adjustments deadline for the entrance test
- Friday 27th June 2025: West Midlands Grammar Schools 11 plus registration closes
- Saturday 13th – Monday 15th September 2025: West Midlands Grammar Schools 11 plus exam
- Mid-October 2025: parents receive exam results
- Friday 31st October 2025: secondary school common application deadline
- Monday 2nd March 2026: national school offers day
There are three grammar schools in West Yorkshire: The Crossley Heath School (CHS), North Halifax Grammar School (NHGS) and Heckmondwike Grammar School. CHS and NHGS have a shared entrance exam and key dates.
- Friday 21st March 2025: CHS and NHGS exam registration opens
- Monday 12th May 2025: Heckmondwike Grammar School exam registration opens
- Monday 23rd June 2025: Heckmondwike Grammar School exam registration closes
- Friday 27th June 2025: CHS and NHGS exam registration closes
- Monday 15th September 2025: Heckmondwike Grammar School 11 plus exam
- Saturday 20th September 2025: CHS and NHGS joint entrance exam
- Thursday 16th October 2025: parents receive Heckmondwike Grammar School exam results
- Saturday 18th October 2025: parents receive CHS and NHGS exam results
- Friday 31st October 2025: secondary school common application deadline
- Monday 2nd March 2026: national school offers day
There are two grammar schools in Wiltshire. These schools are Bishop Wordsworth’s School (BWS) and South Wilts Grammar School (SWGS) – both in Salisbury. These schools have their own 11+ exams and key dates.
- Tuesday 1st April 2025: BWS 11+ registration opens
- Monday 2nd June 2025: SWGS 11+ registration opens
- June 2025: BWS 11+ registration closes
- Monday 1st September 2025: Wiltshire County Council opens secondary school applications and SWGS 11+ registration closes
- Saturday 20th September 2025: familiarisation test at South Wilts Grammar School
- Saturday 27th September 2025: Bishop Wordsworth's School 11+ exam and South Wilts Grammar School 11+ exam
- Mid-October 2025: parents receive exam results
- Friday 31st October 2025: secondary school common application deadline
- Monday 2nd March 2026: national school offers day
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