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Is your child currently in the admissions cycle for entry to a grammar school in England in 2023? Find out when you can expect to find out their 11 plus entrance exam results and the next steps in the admissions process.
When do grammar schools in my area release exam results?
After your child has taken the entrance exam in September 2022, you will receive your child’s results during the month of October. This is usually in the form of an email, online link, and/or letter sent by first-class post – either by the secondary school itself or by the school consortium (if the school belongs to one).
We’ve included the key dates for grammar schools in your county or local borough below.
Berkshire
Herschel Grammar School: mid-October 2022
Kendrick School: mid-October 2022
Langley Grammar School: mid-October 2022
Reading School: mid-October 2022
St Bernard’s Catholic Grammar School: mid-October 2022
Upton Court Grammar School: mid-October 2022
Birmingham
Bishop Vesey’s Grammar School for Boys: 21st October 2022
King Edward VI Aston School: 21st October 2022
King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys: 21st October 2022
King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls: 21st October 2022
King Edward VI Five Ways School: 21st October 2022
King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys: 21st October 2022
King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Girls: 21st October 2022
Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls: 21st October 2022
Buckinghamshire
Aylesbury Grammar School: 14th October 2022
Aylesbury High School: 14th October 2022
Beaconsfield High School: 14th October 2022
Burnham Grammar School: 14th October 2022
Chesham Grammar School: 14th October 2022
Dr Challoner’s Grammar School: 14th October 2022
Dr Challoner’s High School: 14th October 2022
John Hampden Grammar School: 14th October 2022
Royal Grammar School: 14th October 2022
Royal Latin School: 14th October 2022
Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School: 14th October 2022
Sir William Borlases’s Grammar School: 14th October 2022
Wycombe High School: 14th October 2022
Devon
Churston Ferrers Grammar School: 17th October 2022
Colyton Grammar School: 14th October 2022
Devonport High School for Boys: 14th October 2022
Devonport High School for Girls: 14th October 2022
Plymouth High School for Girls: 14th October 2022
Torquay Boys’ Grammar School: 17th October 2022
Torquay Girls’ Grammar School: 17th October 2022
Essex
Colchester County High School for Girls: 21st October 2022
Colchester Royal Grammar School: 21st October 2022
King Edward VI Grammar School: 21st October 2022
Shoeburyness High School: 21st October 2022
Southend High School for Boys: 21st October 2022
Southend High School for Girls: 21st October 2022
St Bernard’s High School for Girls: 21st October 2022
St Thomas More High School: 21st October 2022
Westcliff High School for Boys: 21st October 2022
Westcliff High School for Girls: 21st October 2022
Gloucestershire
Denmark Road High School: 21st October 2022
Marling School: 17th October 2022
Pate’s Grammar School: 17th October 2022
Ribston Hall High School for Girls: 17th October 2022
Sir Thomas Rich’s School: 21st October 2022
Stroud High School: 21st October 2022
The Crypt School: 21st October 2022
Greater Manchester
Altrincham Grammar School for Boys: October 2022 (no specified date)
Altrincham Grammar School for Girls: October 2022 (no specified date)
Loreto Grammar School: 21st October 2022
Saint Ambrose College: 21st October 2022
Sale Grammar School: October 2022 (no specified date)
Stretford Grammar School: October 2022 (no specified date)
Urmston Grammar School: October 2022 (no specified date)
Hertfordshire
Bishop’s Stortford High School: after 8th October 2022
Chancellor’s School: 10th–14th October 2022
Croxley Danes School: 19th October 2022
Dame Alice Owen’s School: 29th October 2022
Goffs Academy: mid-October 2022
Hertfordshire & Essex High School: after 8th October 2022
Hockerill Anglo-European College: 10th–14th October 2022
Parmiter’s School: 19th October 2022
Queens’ School: 19th October 2022
Rickmansworth School: 19th October 2022
St Clement Danes School: 19th October 2022
The John Warner School: after 11th October 2022
Watford Grammar School for Boys: 19th October 2022
Watford Grammar School for Girls: 19th October 2022
Kent & Medway
Barton Court Grammar School: 18th October 2022
Borden Grammar School: 18th October 2022
Chatham Grammar School: 4th October 2022
Chatham and Clarendon Grammar School: 18th October 2022
Cranbrook School: 18th October 2022
Dane Court Grammar School: 18th October 2022
Dartford Grammar School: 18th October 2022
Dartford Grammar School for Girls: 18th October 2022
Dover Grammar School for Boys: 18th October 2022
Dover Grammar School for Girls: 18th October 2022
Fort Pitt Grammar School: 4th October 2022
Gravesend Grammar School: 18th October 2022
Highsted Grammar School: 18th October 2022
Highworth Grammar School: 18th October 2022
Holcombe Grammar School: 4th October 2022
Invicta Grammar School: 18th October 2022
Maidstone Grammar School: 18th October 2022
Maidstone Grammar School for Girls: 18th October 2022
Mayfield Grammar School: 18th October 2022
Oakwood Park Grammar School: 18th October 2022
Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School: 18th October 2022
Rainham Mark Grammar School: 4th October 2022
Rochester Grammar School: 4th October 2022
Simon Langton Girls’ Grammar School: 18th October 2022
Sir Joseph Williamson’s Mathematical School: 4th October 2022
Sir Roger Manwood’s School: 18th October 2022
The Folkestone School for Girls: 18th October 2022
The Harvey Grammar School: 18th October 2022
The Judd School: 18th October 2022
The Langton Grammar School for Boys: 18th October 2022
The Norton Knatchbull School: 18th October 2022
The Skinner’s School: 18th October 2022
Tonbridge Grammar School: 18th October 2022
Tunbridge Wells Girls’ Grammar School: 18th October 2022
Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys: 18th October 2022
Weald of Kent Grammar School: 18th October 2022
Wilmington Grammar School for Boys: 18th October 2022
Wilmington Grammar School for Girls: 18th October 2022
Lancashire
Bacup & Rawtenstall Grammar School: 21st October 2022
Clitheroe Royal Grammar School: 14th October 2022
Lancaster Girls’ Grammar School: 6th October 2022
Lancaster Royal Grammar School: 5th October 2022
Lincolnshire
Boston Grammar School: 15th October 2022
Boston High School for Girls: 15th October 2022
Bourne Grammar School: 15th October 2022
Carre’s Grammar School: 15th October 2022
Kesteven and Grantham Girls’ School: 15th October 2022
Kesteven and Sleaford High School: 15th October 2022
King Edward VI Grammar School (Louth): 15th October 2022
King Edward VI Academy (Spilsby): 15th October 2022
Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School (Alford): 15th October 2022
Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School (Horncastle): 15th October 2022
Queen Elizabeth’s High School (Gainsborough): 15th October 2022
Skegness Grammar School: 15th October 2022
Spalding Grammar School: 15th October 2022
Spalding High School: 15th October 2022
The King’s School Grantham: 15th October 2022
London Borough of Barnet
Queen Elizabeth’s School: 3rd October 2022
St Michael’s Catholic Grammar School: mid-October 2022
The Henrietta Barnett School: late October 2022
London Borough of Bexley
Beths Grammar School: 7th October 2022
Bexley Grammar School: 7th October 2022
Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School: 7th October 2022
Townley Grammar School: 7th October 2022
London Borough of Bromley
Newstead Wood School: 17th–21st October 2022
St Olave’s Grammar School: following the stage 2 test for shortlisted candidates on Friday 11th November 2022
London Borough of Enfield
The Latymer School: before 31st October 2022
London Borough of Redbridge
Ilford County High School: before 31st October 2022
Woodford County High School: before 31st October 2022
London Borough of Sutton
Greenshaw High School: 3rd–7th October 2022
Nonsuch High School: 3rd–7th October 2022
Sutton Grammar School: 3rd–7th October 2022
Wallington County Grammar School: 3rd–7th October 2022
Wallington High School: 3rd–7th October 2022
Wilson’s School: 3rd–7th October 2022
Merseyside (Wirral & Liverpool)
Calday Grange Grammar School: 21st October 2022
St Anselm’s College: end of October 2022
The Liverpool Blue Coat School: 21st October 2022
Upton Hall School: 14th October 2022
West Kirby Grammar School: 21st October 2022
Wirral Grammar School for Boys: 21st October 2022
Wirral Grammar School for Girls: 21st October 2022
North Yorkshire
Ermysted’s Grammar School: 14th October 2022
Ripon Grammar School: 14th October 2022
Skipton Girls’ High School: 10th October 2022
Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames
Tiffin School: 17th October 2022 (stage 1 test results)
The Tiffin Girls’ School: 17th October 2022 (stage 1 test results)
Tiffin School: 2nd March 2023 (stage 2 test results)
The Tiffin Girls’ School: 2nd March 2023 (stage 2 test results)
Warwickshire
Alcester Grammar School: 21st October 2022
Ashlawn School: 21st October 2022
King Edward VI Grammar School: 21st October 2022
Lawrence Sheriff School: 21st October 2022
Rugby High School: 21st October 2022
Stratford Girls’ Grammar School: 21st October 2022
West Midlands
Haberdashers’ Adams Grammar School: October 2022 (no specified date)
Newport Girls’ High School: October 2022 (no specified date)
Queen Mary’s Grammar School: early-mid October 2022
Queen Mary’s High School: early October 2022
Wolverhampton Girls’ High School: October 2022 (no specified date)
West Yorkshire
Heckmondwike Grammar School: 17th October 2022
North Halifax Grammar School: 22nd October 2022
The Crossley Heath School: 22nd October 2022
Wiltshire
Bishop Wordsworth’s School: mid-October 2022
South Wilts Grammar School: 7th October 2022
Check all the key dates for entry to grammar schools in 2022–23 in our comprehensive guide.
What happens on 11 plus results day?
When you receive your child’s test results, you will find out if they have achieved the ‘qualifying standard’. This is a pass mark set by the school or the school consortium and determines which children are eligible for entry.
It is important to remember that if your child has achieved the qualifying standard, this does not automatically mean that they will be allocated a place at the school. Schools will then work through prioritisation criteria – usually applied in the case of oversubscription – to determine which children will be offered places.
Some schools and consortiums will disclose the exact score your child obtained on the test, while others will only let you know whether or not they have passed. Check your target school’s admissions policy for specific details.
What happens after I receive my child’s results?
Filling out your Local Authority Application Form
Regardless of which school you have applied to, you will receive your child’s scores before 31st October 2022. This is to ensure that you have enough time to complete and submit your Local Authority Application Form before 31st October.
You can find your Local Authority Application Form on your local authority website. Even if you register for a school in a different council, you can apply via your own authority. You can find out which local authority you live in on gov.uk.
You will need to list at least three secondary schools in order of preference on your Local Authority Application Form (six if you are applying for a school in London). If you have been informed that your child has reached the qualifying standard for the grammar schools you have applied for, you can list these on the form. However, bear in mind that a place at the school will then be determined by how well your child matches the prioritisation criteria, so make sure that you include at least one school which you know will likely give your child a place.
If your child qualifies for more than one school on your list, you will be offered a place at the highest – so it is advised to put your most preferred school at the top. Only the local authority knows which schools you have applied to, so don’t limit your options by leaving blanks on the form.
School prioritisation process
After the 31st October deadline has passed, the school will rank the candidates who have achieved the qualifying standard according to their prioritisation criteria. This process helps schools decide which children to offer places to if more children have reached the qualifying score than there are places in Year 7.
Priority will always be given to looked-after children and previously looked-after children who achieve the qualifying score, with the second priority often given to children who receive Pupil Premium. Other prioritisation criteria may include, in no particular order in this instance:
Distance from the school, or children whose primary home is within a defined catchment area, to prioritise local residents
Children with an Education, Health and Care Plan (ECHP) which names the specific school
Children who are members at particular local primary schools (the grammar school may have partnerships with these schools)
Children of members of staff who are permanently employed by the school
Siblings of children currently enrolled at the school
Children of particular religious faiths (e.g. children who are baptised Catholic applying to a Catholic school)
Children of parent(s) in HM Forces
You can find the criteria for your child’s target school in their admissions policy. This can always be found on the school website.
When will I know if my child has a place?
All secondary schools in England will let parents know if their child has been successful in securing a place at the school on the same date (known as National Offers Day). This date is 1st March 2023 for children starting Year 7 in September 2023. Offers of places are strictly embargoed before 1st March.
Your child’s primary school will likely know the test scores for their students before this date, but they will not be able to pass this information on to parents before National Offers Day.
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