Newport Girls' High School 11+ guide

About Newport Girls' High School

Newport Girls’ High School is a small and high-performing selective school. It has academy status and it is in Shropshire. Rated Outstanding in every category by Ofsted, the school is known for its exceptional academic results.

The school welcomes girls from the town of Newport. Girls from Telford, Stafford, Shrewsbury, Market Drayton and Wolverhampton attend too. In 2020 it was named the West Midlands State Secondary School of the Year by the Sunday Times.

Newport Girls' is part of the Consortium of Grammar Schools in Shropshire, Walsall and Wolverhampton (SWW Consortium). Children only have to take one test to apply to any of these schools. From 2023, the testing process is also shared with all grammar schools in Birmingham and Warwickshire.

How to apply to Newport Girls' High School

Newport Girls' High 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.

Newport Girls' High School is a member of the West Midlands Grammar Schools partnership. The partnership consists of 19 schools across Birmingham, Warwickshire, Shropshire, Walsall and Wolverhampton. All 19 schools share the same entrance test. This means that your child will only need to take the test once – even if you’re applying to multiple schools in the partnership.

The registration portal for the West Midlands Grammar Schools Entrance Test opens on Tuesday 6th May 2025 and closes Friday 27th June 2025. After registration, your child will be invited to take the 11 plus exam at one of the participating schools. They will be allocated a test venue and a slot to take the test in September. You’ll then receive your child’s results on Friday 17th October.

To apply to Newport Girls' High School, you’ll need to name the school 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 Friday 31st October 2025.

Remember – passing the 11 plus doesn’t guarantee that your child will be allocated a place at your preferred school. Many grammar schools are often oversubscribed with qualified children. Schools and their admissions authorities work through admissions criteria to prioritise children for places. We’ve included the admissions criteria for Newport Girls' High School below.

How does place allocation work at Newport Girls' High School?

Your child’s marks in the West Midlands Grammar Schools Entrance Test are weighted for each section:

• English and verbal reasoning: 50%

• Non-verbal reasoning: 25%

• Maths: 25%

These weighted scores are age-standardised to ensure that younger children aren’t disadvantaged.

Newport Girls' High School will then set a qualifying score. This isn’t always decided until after the entrance test takes place.

If the number of children who have achieved the qualifying score exceeds the number of places available, Newport Girls' High School applies oversubscription criteria. Children are prioritised for places in the following order:

1. Looked After or previously Looked After Children who achieve 95% of the qualifying score or more.

2. Up to 15 girls who receive Pupil Premium, attend a primary school within Telford & Wrekin (see below for list of schools), and achieve 95% of the qualifying score or more. If there are more than 15 girls meeting these criteria, they are prioritised in order of their test scores. If there is a tie for 15th place, all girls with the 15th highest tied score are admitted.

3. All girls who live in the boundary area (see below) and achieve the qualifying score. If there are more girls in this category than there are places, they are prioritised in order of their test scores.

4. Girls living outside the boundary area, in order of their test scores. If there is a tie for 120th place, the place is offered to the girl who lives closest to the school.

Newport Girls' High School catchment area

Newport Girls' High School prioritises applicants who live within its boundary area. A map is available here.

Children who attend primary schools in the Telford & Wrekin authority are prioritised under criteria 2. These primary schools are:

Apley Wood Primary School, Aqueduct Primary School, Captain Webb Primary School, Coalbrookdale and Ironbridge CofE Primary School, Crudgington Primary School, Dawley Church of England Primary Academy, Donnington Wood CofE VC Junior School, Dothill Primary School, Grange Park Primary School, Hadley Learning Community, Haughton School, High Ercall Primary School, Hollinswood Primary School, Holmer Lake Primary School, John Fletcher of Madeley Primary School, John Randall Primary School, Ladygrove Primary School, Lawley Primary School, Lawley Village Academy, Lightmoor Village Primary School, Lilleshall Primary School, Meadows Primary School and Nursery, Millbrook Primary School, Moorfield Primary School, Muxton Primary School, Newdale Primary School, Newport CofE Voluntary Controlled Junior School, Old Park Primary School, Priorslee Academy, Queensway, Queenswood Primary School and Nursery, Randlay Primary School, Redhill Primary Academy, Short Wood Primary School, Sir Alexander Fleming Primary School, St George's Church of England Primary School, St Lawrence CofE VC Primary School, St Luke's Catholic Primary School, St Mary's Catholic Primary School, St Matthew's CofE Primary School, St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, St Peter and St Paul Catholic Primary School, St Peter's CofE Controlled Primary School, St Peter's CofE Controlled Primary School, Bratton, Teagues Bridge Primary School, The Bridge at HLC, Tibberton Church of England Primary School, William Reynolds Primary School, Windmill Primary School, Wombridge Primary School, Woodlands Primary School, Wrekin View Primary School, Wrockwardine Wood CofE Junior School.