Newport Girls' High School 11 plus: 2024 entry guide

Are you considering Newport Girls’ High School for your child? We've collated all the information you need to know about 2024 entry to Year 7. Keep reading to learn about the grammar school admissions process in Shropshire and how to help your daughter excel in the 11 plus exam.

About Newport Girls’ High School

Newport Girls’ High School is a small, high-performing selective school with academy status 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 as well as further afield from Telford, Stafford, Shrewsbury, Market Drayton and Wolverhampton. 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.

• Address: Wellington Road, Newport, TF10 7HL

• Local authority: Telford & Wrekin Council

• School type: girls' grammar

• Headteacher: Michael Scott

• Number of pupils: 682

• National rank (Sunday Times Parent Power): 43

• A level results: 81.4% A*–B

• GCSE results: 90.2% 9/8/7

Key info for Year 7 admissions

• Admissions contact: [email protected]

• Number of places in Year 7: 120

• Open day: 25th April 2023

• 11 plus registration opens: 9th May 2023

• 11 plus registration closes: 30th June 2023

• Exam date: 16th–18th September 2023

• Exam type: GL Assessment (West Midlands 11 plus)

• Exam results: mid-October 2023

• Local authority application form deadline: 31st October 2023

• National school offer day: 1st March 2024

What is the pass mark for Newport Girls' High School?

Newport Girls' High School does not name a specific pass mark. After your child takes the exam, their scores are age-standardised and combined to give them a total score across all papers. The total scores are ranked in order.

The school then sets a qualifying score, which is the lowest score required for girls on Pupil Premium and Looked After Children to get an offer of a place. All other places up to the school's planned admissions number (PAN) of 120 are awarded in order of test performance.

As a general guide, we recommend aiming for a standardised age score of 116–121 when your child is completing practice tests. However, achieving a particular score doesn't guarantee a place at the school, as it may be oversubscribed with qualified candidates. We always recommend researching the admission policies for your target schools and looking at their oversubscription criteria.

Newport Girls' High School oversubscription criteria

When more than 120 children apply to the school, places are allocated in this 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.

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