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The Warwickshire 11+

Warwickshire’s grammar schools use the West Midlands Grammar Schools test, set by GL Assessment. There’s no fixed pass mark: after the test, each school sets its own automatic qualifying score.

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At a glance

The test
The Warwickshire 11+ test (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 Warwickshire?

The 2027 test: not published yet. The 2026 test: Saturday 12 and Sunday 13 September 2026 (main sessions); supplementary session Saturday 19 September 2026 for children who were ill or had evidenced prior engagements; late registrations tested before 6 March 2027.

How do you register for the 11+ in Warwickshire?

For the 2027 test (2028 entry): not published yet. For the 2026 test (2027 entry): Thursday 7 May 2026 to 4pm on Tuesday 30 June 2026, through Warwickshire County Council's Parent Portal (access arrangement requests and evidence also by 30 June 2026); families living in Birmingham, Shropshire, Walsall or Wolverhampton register in their own area and tick to share results with Warwickshire.

When do 11+ results come out in Warwickshire?

For the 2026 test: Friday 16 October 2026 on the Warwickshire Parent Portal, before the 31 October 2026 application deadline; the letter gives the three component scores, the total and the previous year's scores for each school. Offers come from the home council on Monday 1 March 2027.

What score qualifies in Warwickshire?

No fixed pass mark. After the test each school, through its headteacher and a Committee of Reference (Warwickshire's Local Review Process), sets an Automatic Qualifying Score and a lower minimum score for its waiting list. Places then go by each school's own criteria, usually by highest score and living in its priority area, with some places for looked after and pupil premium children scoring up to 15 or 20 marks below the qualifying score. Scores for 2026 entry (automatic qualifying score, waiting-list minimum in brackets): King Edward VI School 239 (230), Stratford Girls' Grammar School 227 (224), Alcester Grammar School 225 (220), Lawrence Sheriff School 213 (210), Rugby High School 213 (210), Ashlawn selective places 208 (204). The 2027 entry scores are set after the test.

Not confirmed yet

  • How many children sat the test: no official figure found.
  • Automatic qualifying scores for 2027 entry, not yet published.
  • Registration window and test date for 2028 entry: the council says registration opens on 7 May each year and closes on 30 June, but has not published 2028 entry dates.
  • The council's news release calls the 2026 deadline 'Monday 30 June 2026', but 30 June 2026 is a Tuesday.
  • The 2026 entry offers leaflet lists 150 offers at Rugby High School against an admission number of 120, as published.

Check these on the official page: warwickshire.gov.uk/grammar-schools-11-test

Good to know

Late testing and moving to the area

Registrations after 4pm on 30 June 2026 are late unless Warwickshire Admissions accepts exceptional and unforeseen circumstances: late candidates are tested before 6 March 2027 and considered only after the first round of offers. Children who move house and register by 31 December 2026 get extra test sessions by 31 January 2027 (Lawrence Sheriff School's 2027-28 policy). Children already in Year 7 and under 12 can sit the test through the in-year process; at 12 or over, each school assesses them itself.

Who runs admissions

Each of the six grammar schools is its own admission authority. Warwickshire County Council's Admissions Service runs registration, testing and results on their behalf, and asks for proof of address in December (deadline 31 December 2026); families apply through their home council, which makes the offers.

Grammar schools in Warwickshire

Schools with a page of their own have their places, qualifying scores and priority areas, from their admissions policies.

SchoolTownTakes
Alcester Grammar SchoolAlcesterMixed
King Edward VI School, Stratford-upon-Avon websiteStratford-upon-AvonBoys, mixed sixth form
Lawrence Sheriff School websiteRugbyBoys, mixed sixth form
Rugby High School websiteRugbyGirls, mixed sixth form
Stratford Girls' Grammar School websiteStratford-upon-AvonGirls

Also using the test: Ashlawn School, Rugby (bilateral school with one selective class).

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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.

Checked 2 November 2026.

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