Admissions guides
Grammar school admissions guides
How applying works, and a guide to each test area with its dates and schools. Every guide shows when it was reviewed and the sources it relies on. Always check the current rules with your council and the school.
How it works
- Applying for a grammar school place in EnglandPassing the 11+ is not an application. How the test, the council application and offer day fit together. Reviewed 1 November 2026.
- The transfer test in Northern IrelandThe SEAG entrance assessment, applying for a post-primary place, offers and appeals for September 2027 entry. Reviewed 1 November 2026.
- Appealing a grammar school decisionHow admission appeals work, the deadlines, and what a grammar school appeal panel can consider. Reviewed 1 November 2026.
- Special educational needs, EHC plans and grammar schoolsAccess arrangements for the test, and how an education, health and care plan affects admission. Reviewed 1 November 2026.
- Moving house, late applications and service familiesWhat happens if you move, miss the deadline or are relocating with the armed forces or Crown service. Reviewed 1 November 2026.
- Is a grammar school right for my child?Questions to think about beyond results tables. Reviewed 1 November 2026.
Test areas
England
- Bexley 11+4 schools · test days 2 September 2026, 10 September 2026
- Buckinghamshire Secondary Transfer Test13 schools · test days 8 September 2026, 10 September 2026
- CSSE (Essex and Southend)8 schools · test days 19 September 2026, 29 September 2026
- Gloucestershire grammar schools7 schools · test day 12 September 2026
- Kent Test32 schools · test days 10 September 2026, 12 September 2026, 13 September 2026
- King Edward VI Foundation (Birmingham)7 schools · test day 12 September 2026
- Lincolnshire grammar schools15 schools · test days 12 September 2026, 19 September 2026
- Medway Test6 schools · test days 15 September 2026, 16 September 2026, 19 September 2026, 20 September 2026
- Slough Consortium4 schools · test day 19 September 2026
- Sutton SET5 schools · test days 15 September 2026, 26 September 2026, 3 October 2026
- Trafford grammar schools7 schools · test day 14 September 2026
- Warwickshire 11+5 schools · test days 12 September 2026, 13 September 2026
- Wirral grammar schools6 schools · test day 15 September 2026
Northern Ireland
- Northern Ireland SEAG66 schools · test days 14 November 2026, 21 November 2026
Some areas are not covered yet: their schools' pages still show the dates and admissions rules we have found.