The Telford 11+
Haberdashers’ Adams and Newport Girls’ High School use the West Midlands Grammar Schools test, set by GL Assessment, through the Shropshire, Walsall and Wolverhampton consortium. Registration for the next one runs from the beginning of May to the end of June 2027.
At a glance
- The test
- The entrance test of the Shropshire, Walsall and Wolverhampton consortium (the shared West Midlands Grammar Schools Entrance Test)
- Set by
- GL Assessment
- Subjects
- English, maths, verbal reasoning, non-verbal reasoning
- Answers
- Multiple choice, on a separate answer sheet
The papers
The shared West Midlands Grammar Schools test: two papers, each about 60 minutes including spoken instructions and practice questions (roughly 45 to 50 minutes of testing), with a short break between them. Each paper is split into separately timed sections of English comprehension, verbal reasoning, maths and non-verbal (spatial) reasoning, with instructions and timings given on audio; a child cannot go back to an earlier section. No writing: every answer is marked on a separate answer sheet. Results are weighted 50% English and verbal reasoning, 25% non-verbal reasoning and 25% maths, and age-standardised around a median score of 200.
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Dates, results and scores
When is the 11+ in Telford and Wrekin (Shropshire)?
The 2027 test: not published yet. The 2026 test: Monday 14 September 2026 at Haberdashers' Adams and Newport Girls' High School.
How do you register for the 11+ in Telford and Wrekin (Shropshire)?
For the 2027 test (2028 entry): Beginning of May to end of June 2027, exact dates not yet published (Haberdashers' Adams) For the 2026 test (2027 entry): Tuesday 5 May 2026 to 4pm on Friday 26 June 2026, online through the West Midlands Grammar Schools website (special arrangements requests by 4pm on Friday 12 June 2026)
When do 11+ results come out in Telford and Wrekin (Shropshire)?
For the 2026 test: Wednesday 14 October 2026 (Haberdashers' Adams published its scores and Newport Girls' High School emailed results that day). Offers come from the home council on Monday 1 March 2027.
What score qualifies in Telford and Wrekin (Shropshire)?
Each school sets its own standard after the test, on the partnership's age-standardised scale (centred on 200). Haberdashers' Adams, 2027 entry: entry requirement score 205, or 195 for pupil premium candidates (no more than 5% below the general score); if oversubscribed, looked after children first, then pupil premium or service premium children, then children at its designated primary schools, then rank order of score. Newport Girls' High School, 2027 entry: minimum qualifying score 192, or 183 for looked after and pupil premium girls (95% of the qualifying score), set by a selection panel; up to 15 places for pupil premium girls at listed Telford and Wrekin primary schools, then girls in the Newport boundary area who qualify, then everyone else by rank; for 2026 entry the lowest out-of-area score offered on national offer day was 215 (213 by September).
Not confirmed yet
- How many children sat the test: no official figure found.
- Exact registration dates and test date for 2028 entry: Haberdashers' Adams says only 'September 2027' for the test.
- Lowest scores offered for 2027 entry, not known until March 2027.
Check these on the official page: westmidlandsgrammarschools.co.uk
Good to know
Late testing and moving to the area
Registration after 4pm on 26 June 2026 is accepted only for special circumstances such as illness or bereavement: if the school accepts the reasons, the child is tested later and, if of grammar school standard, placed on the waiting list or offered a place if there is one (Haberdashers' Adams). Newport Girls' High School runs a late test for late applications it accepts. A Haberdashers' Adams result stays valid until December 2027.
Who runs admissions
Each school is its own admission authority (both are academies). They test as part of the Shropshire, Walsall and Wolverhampton consortium inside the West Midlands Grammar Schools partnership; families apply through their home council (Telford & Wrekin Council for its residents), which makes the offers.
Grammar schools in Telford and Wrekin (Shropshire)
Each school sets its own admissions rules: check its admissions policy for places and priority areas.
More on the 11+
Sources
Every fact here comes from the official pages below. Dates and scores change from year to year, so check them there before you rely on them.
- adamsgs.uk/join-us-year-7
- adamsgs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Grammar-School-Ability-Admissions-2027.pdf
- telford.gov.uk/media/lckamt1z/determined-admissions-arrangements-2027-28-haberdashers-adams.pdf
- telford.gov.uk/media/352fuwda/guide-to-secondary-school-admissions-27-28-final.pdf
- nghs.org.uk/admissions/y7-admissions
- nghs.org.uk/admissions/entrance-test
- nghs.org.uk/about-us/news/2026-2027-entrance-test-for-2027-entry-sschool-closed-to-all-current-students
- nghs.org.uk/assets/Managed/FilesPages/289-admissions-policy/Determined-Admissions-Policy-Entry-2027.pdf
- birmingham.gov.uk/info/20119/school_admissions/584/places_at_grammar_schools_in_birmingham
- westmidlandsgrammarschools.co.uk
- westmidlandsgrammarschools.co.uk/schools
Checked 2 November 2026.
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