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Thinking about applying to Lancaster Girls' Grammar School? Find out everything you need to know about admissions in 2024–2025 and how to prepare your child for success in the 11 plus entrance exam.
Address: Lancaster Girls' Grammar School, Regent Street, Lancaster, Lancashire, LA1 1SF
Number of pupils: approx 1,000
Admissions contact: [email protected]
Number of places in Year 7: 140
11+ exam: Lancashire 11 plus
Catchment area: yes
Monday 20th May 2024: Lancaster Girls’ Grammar School exam registration opens
Thursday 27th June 2024: Lancaster Girls’ Grammar School open evening
Friday 13th September 2024: Lancaster Girls’ Grammar School exam registration closes
Saturday 28th September 2024: Lancaster Girls’ Grammar School entrance exam
Saturday 12th October 2024: Lancaster Girls’ Grammar School exam results
Thursday 31st October 2024: secondary school applications close at 5pm
Monday 3rd March 2025: secondary school national offers day
Lancaster Girls’ Grammar School is a selective academy with a record of promoting high achievement. It was founded in 1907 at the Storey Institute on Meeting House Lane with only 73 girls on roll.
Consistently rated outstanding by Ofsted, the school is proud of its inclusive community. Lancaster Girls' Grammar aims to set students up to be resilient, happy and responsible people who will make a positive contribution to society.
Lancaster Girls' Grammar School is a selective state school. This means that your child will need to take the 11 plus exam to be eligible for a place in Year 7.
Registration for the Lancaster Girls' Grammar School 11 plus opens on Monday 20th May 2024 and closes on Friday 13th September 2024. Your child will take the exam on Saturday 28th September 2024 and you’ll receive their results on Saturday 12th October 2024.
To apply to Lancaster Girls' Grammar School, you’ll need to name it as one of your preferred schools on the secondary school common application form. This will be available on your home council website from early September and must be submitted by Thursday 31st October 2024.
Lancaster Girls’ Grammar School uses the same 11 plus exam as the other grammar schools in Lancashire. The exam consists of three test papers provided by GL Assessment:
English
Maths
Verbal reasoning
All of the questions in the Lancashire 11 plus are multiple-choice. Your child will have separate answer sheets which they will use to mark their answers. These are marked electronically.
Find out everything you need to know in our complete guide to the Lancashire 11 plus entrance test. Plus, get access to free 11 plus resources to help your child feel confident for their exam!
Your child’s marks in the 11 plus are age-standardised to ensure that younger children aren’t disadvantaged. All children’s standardised scores are then placed in rank order from highest to lowest. Lancaster Girls' Grammar School will then set a qualifying score based on this ranked list.
If the number of children who achieve the qualifying score exceeds 140, Lancaster Girls' Grammar School applies oversubscription criteria. Children are prioritised for places in the following order:
Looked after or previously looked after children.
Children who live in the city of Lancaster and are eligible for pupil premium funding.
Children who live in the city of Lancaster.
Children who live outside Lancaster. Priority is given to looked after and previously looked after children, followed by children who are eligible for pupil premium.
Lancaster Girls’ Grammar School prioritises applicants who live within the city of Lancaster. A map of all included districts can be found in the school’s admissions policy.
The 11 plus is designed to select the most academically able children in the local area. Here are our top tips to help you and your child feel confident for exam day!
It’s important to build a good knowledge base before the 11 plus. Using a ‘little and often’ approach when learning is key – our brains encode new information more effectively when dealing with smaller ‘chunks’ of information. For children aged 10–11, child psychologists recommend regular study sessions of 20–30 minutes.
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11 plus exams test your child’s ability to analyse and interpret written information. Regular reading is a great way to help your child build these skills.
Encourage them to read books from different genres and by a diverse range of authors. Increasing the variety of your child’s reading will help them understand different styles, tones and purposes. Meanwhile, reading a little every day will help widen their vocabulary, sharpen their analytical thinking, and enhance their imagination.
When your child feels confident with the topics they’ve learnt in Year 5, they’ll be ready to put their knowledge to the test.
Practice tests can help your child develop problem-solving skills and build confidence working under test conditions. They’re also a great way to consolidate learning and highlight knowledge gaps for further improvement.
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Setting regular, achievable goals and celebrating your child’s progress – no matter how big or small – will help keep their motivation high.
Make sure to encourage a growth mindset. This means celebrating effort, as well as achievement! When your child makes mistakes or struggles to understand a particular topic, help them understand that they’ll improve through practice. Regular praise will help your child improve their resilience when tackling new and challenging topics.
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