Fully selective state school · Warwickshire
Alcester Grammar School 11+ admissions
September 2027 entryEvidence reviewed 30 September 2026Current entrance requirements, dates and school facts with links to the official evidence used. Unknown information is labelled rather than estimated.
At a glance
- Address
- Birmingham Road, Alcester, West Midlands, B49 5ED
- Year 7 admission
- Mixed Year 7 admission
- School type
- Fully selective state school
- Funding
- State-funded
- Day or boarding
- Day school
- Religion or denomination
- GIAS records no applicable religious character.
- Published admission number
- 150September 2027 entry
- Academically selected places
- 150September 2027 entry
- Preferences per offer
- 5.5DfE National Offer Day, September 2026 entry. This is not a pass probability.
- Assessment provider
- GL AssessmentGL Assessment is verified for the linked assessment route. GIAS does not publish the current assessment provider.
Selection route
- West Midlands Grammar Schools Entrance Test
Shared test group · GL Assessment · Two paper-based multiple-choice papers, each approximately 50 to 60 minutes including instructions and examples, with individually timed sections and separate answer sheets
Scores are age-standardised and weighted 50 per cent for English and verbal reasoning, 25 per cent for non-verbal reasoning and 25 per cent for mathematics. There is no single route-wide offer threshold: each partner school applies its own qualifying scores and oversubscription rules. Sitting or passing the shared test does not guarantee an offer.
Official registration page
- Eligibility
- Children born 1 September 2015 to 31 August 2016, or educated in Year 6 in 2026/27, who register for and complete the 11+ entrance test and name the school on the Common Application Form.
- Score policy
- The Committee of Reference sets the automatic qualifying score and required minimum academic standard for the 2027 entry year after the local review process. The entrance test combines verbal, numerical and non-verbal reasoning scores.
- Registration
- GIAS does not publish the current test registration URL.
Who gets priority
Published radius: 16.936 miles from The Fountain in Rother Street, Stratford-upon-Avon.
The policy describes the circle to the county boundary south of Long Compton. Confirm the full priority boundary with Warwickshire Admissions.
Ask the admissions authority to check your address against its exact reference point. School postcode coordinates cannot confirm this boundary.
EHCP cases meeting the required standard come first. On-time categories then cover looked-after children, priority-area Pupil Premium children, qualifying priority-area children, qualifying children outside the area and waiting-list-standard children. Highest scores rank within categories, with distance and random allocation tie-breaks. Lower qualifying-score concessions and limits are set out in sections 2.2.6 and 2.2.7.
For September 2027 entry. Policy checked 2026-09-30. A priority category does not guarantee an offer.
Read the admissions policyApplications and offers over time
DfE preferences and offers at National Offer Day. Each preference is a school named on an application; a child can name several schools. These figures describe past demand and do not predict an offer.
| September entry | Preferences | Offers | Preferences per offer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Preferences820 | Offers149 | Preferences per offer5.50 |
| 2025 | Preferences797 | Offers151 | Preferences per offer5.28 |
| 2024 | Preferences808 | Offers146 | Preferences per offer5.53 |
| 2023 | Preferences693 | Offers144 | Preferences per offer4.81 |
| 2022 | Preferences657 | Offers148 | Preferences per offer4.44 |
| 2021 | Preferences863 | Offers149 | Preferences per offer5.79 |
| 2020 | Preferences603 | Offers149 | Preferences per offer4.05 |
| 2019 | Preferences598 | Offers148 | Preferences per offer4.04 |
| 2018 | Preferences532 | Offers148 | Preferences per offer3.59 |
| 2017 | Preferences509 | Offers148 | Preferences per offer3.44 |
| 2016 | Preferences636 | Offers149 | Preferences per offer4.27 |
| 2015 | Preferences504 | Offers152 | Preferences per offer3.32 |
| 2014 | Preferences505 | Offers120 | Preferences per offer4.21 |
School identifiers are joined across documented predecessor links. Missing and suppressed values stay unpublished. Latest dataset: September 2026 entry. Checked 2026-10-01.
- Compare other schools and read the method
- Department for Education: School level secondary and primary applications and offers 2026 (AppsandOffers_2026_SchoolLevel29062026.csv)
- Department for Education: Get Information about Schools all establishments CSV (edubasealldata20261001.csv)
- Department for Education: Get Information about Schools establishment links CSV (links_edubasealldata20261001.csv)
What the assessment covers
These subjects are verified for the linked shared assessment route. GIAS does not publish the current assessed subjects.
- English comprehension
- Verbal reasoning
- Mathematics
- Non-verbal reasoning
- Spatial reasoning
These stages are verified for the linked shared assessment route. GIAS does not publish the current assessment stages.
1. Shared entrance test
Applicants sit both papers in one shared route. The papers contain individually timed sections covering English comprehension, verbal reasoning, mathematics, non-verbal reasoning and spatial reasoning. Each partner school then applies its own published admissions criteria.
Key dates
- Registration opens
- GIAS does not publish the current registration opening date.
- Registration deadline
- GIAS does not publish the current registration deadline.
- Test date
- GIAS does not publish the current test dates.
- CAF deadline
- GIAS does not publish the current CAF deadline.
- National Offer Day
- GIAS does not publish the current offer date.
Shared assessment-route dates
Registration routes and shared dates
Use the registration route shown for the child's real home address, then account for every school you intend to name. The home address is used to allocate a test centre. If an intended school is outside that registration region, select its partnership region for score-sharing before the deadline. The groups below are not alternatives: route-specific and school-specific dates can apply cumulatively, while shared result, preference-form and offer dates apply across multiple groups. Check the official registration page and the letter from your allocated test centre.
Birmingham registration route
| Date | Route | When |
|---|---|---|
| Birmingham registration opens | RouteWest Midlands Grammar Schools Entrance Test | When5 May 2026 |
| Birmingham access-arrangements deadline | RouteWest Midlands Grammar Schools Entrance Test | When12 June 2026 |
| Birmingham registration deadline | RouteWest Midlands Grammar Schools Entrance Test | When26 June 2026 |
| Birmingham test date | RouteWest Midlands Grammar Schools Entrance Test | When12 September 2026 |
Warwickshire registration route
| Date | Route | When |
|---|---|---|
| Warwickshire registration opens | RouteWest Midlands Grammar Schools Entrance Test | When7 May 2026 |
| Warwickshire registration and adjustment deadline | RouteWest Midlands Grammar Schools Entrance Test | When30 June 2026 |
| Warwickshire invitation week starts | RouteWest Midlands Grammar Schools Entrance Test | When10 August 2026 |
| Warwickshire test weekend starts | RouteWest Midlands Grammar Schools Entrance Test | When12 September 2026 |
| Warwickshire test weekend ends | RouteWest Midlands Grammar Schools Entrance Test | When13 September 2026 |
| Warwickshire mandatory proof-of-address deadline | RouteWest Midlands Grammar Schools Entrance Test | When31 December 2026 |
Shropshire, Walsall and Wolverhampton registration route
| Date | Route | When |
|---|---|---|
| Registration opens | RouteWest Midlands Grammar Schools Entrance Test | When5 May 2026 |
| Reasonable-adjustments deadline | RouteWest Midlands Grammar Schools Entrance Test | When12 June 2026 |
| Registration deadline | RouteWest Midlands Grammar Schools Entrance Test | When26 June 2026 |
| Queen Mary's Grammar School test date | RouteWest Midlands Grammar Schools Entrance Test | When12 September 2026 |
Newport Girls' High School test centre
| Date | Route | When |
|---|---|---|
| Invitation letters issued by | RouteWest Midlands Grammar Schools Entrance Test | When7 September 2026 |
| Newport Girls' High School test date | RouteWest Midlands Grammar Schools Entrance Test | When14 September 2026 |
Shared partnership and admissions dates
| Date | Route | When |
|---|---|---|
| Results issued by | RouteWest Midlands Grammar Schools Entrance Test | When16 October 2026 |
| Home local-authority preference form deadline | RouteWest Midlands Grammar Schools Entrance Test | When31 October 2026 |
| National Offer Day | RouteWest Midlands Grammar Schools Entrance Test | When1 March 2027 |
Every 11+ test's dates are in the 11+ dates calendar. To decide where this school goes on the application form, use the school application order planner.
Fees
- Fee per term
- This is a state-funded school.
- Fee per year
- This is a state-funded school.
- Published fee context
- This is a state-funded school.
Inspection context
Inspection outcomes are maintained separately and are not present in current GIAS downloads.
Practise for this school's test
Start with the subjects confirmed in the admissions sources. Topic quizzes build skills; they are not replicas of this school's entrance test.
Three topic quizzes to try
- Try the infer implicit meaning quiz
Free scored topic practice with an explanation after each answer.
- Try the solve a multi-step problem quiz
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- Try the select closest meaning quiz
Free scored topic practice with an explanation after each answer.
24 original questions across four subjects in 30 minutes. This is a short practice sample; check the local test format and timings separately.
Official paper directory records
- English familiarisation booklet
- Maths familiarisation booklet
- Non-verbal reasoning and maths familiarisation booklet
- Non-verbal reasoning familiarisation booklet
- Verbal reasoning familiarisation booklet
- Verbal skills familiarisation booklet
- Entrance Test Familiarisation Guide (Warwickshire copy)
- West Midlands Grammar Schools familiarisation guide 2023
Try the free diagnostic to choose what to practise next.
Sample papers
Official papers for this school's test, from the school itself or the body that runs the test, linked from the publisher's own site. Trace Learn does not host copies.
| Paper | Published by | Subjects | Answers | Opens on |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English familiarisation booklet | Published byGL Assessment · Familiarisation booklet | SubjectsEnglish | Answersno answers published | Opens onopens on cdn.shopify.com |
| Maths familiarisation booklet | Published byGL Assessment · Familiarisation booklet | SubjectsMaths | Answersno answers published | Opens onopens on cdn.shopify.com |
| Non-verbal reasoning and maths familiarisation booklet | Published byGL Assessment · Familiarisation booklet | SubjectsMaths, Non-verbal reasoning | Answersno answers published | Opens onopens on cdn.shopify.com |
| Non-verbal reasoning familiarisation booklet | Published byGL Assessment · Familiarisation booklet | SubjectsNon-verbal reasoning | Answersno answers published | Opens onopens on cdn.shopify.com |
| Verbal reasoning familiarisation booklet | Published byGL Assessment · Familiarisation booklet | SubjectsVerbal reasoning | Answersno answers published | Opens onopens on cdn.shopify.com |
| Verbal skills familiarisation booklet | Published byGL Assessment · Familiarisation booklet | SubjectsEnglish, Verbal reasoning | Answersno answers published | Opens onopens on cdn.shopify.com |
| Entrance Test Familiarisation Guide (Warwickshire copy) | Published byWest Midlands Grammar Schools Entrance Test · Familiarisation booklet | SubjectsEnglish, Maths, Mixed subjects, Non-verbal reasoning, Verbal reasoning | Answersanswers available | Opens onopens on api.warwickshire.gov.uk |
| West Midlands Grammar Schools familiarisation guide 2023 | Published byWest Midlands Grammar Schools Entrance Test · 2023 · Familiarisation booklet | SubjectsEnglish, Maths, Non-verbal reasoning, Verbal reasoning | Answersanswers available | Opens onopens on westmidlandsgrammarschools.co.uk |
Relevant skills and exercises
- Build English comprehension skills
Draw one supported conclusion that is not directly stated.
- Try Comprehension X-Ray
Free interactive practice relevant to English comprehension.
- Build maths and numerical reasoning skills
Select and perform a short sequence of operations in context.
- Try Step Builder
Free interactive practice relevant to maths and numerical reasoning.
- Build verbal reasoning skills
Choose the option closest in meaning to a target word.
- Try Synonym Spectrum
Free interactive practice relevant to verbal reasoning.
- Build non-verbal and spatial reasoning skills
Combine row or column rules to select one missing figure.
- Try Matrix Machine
Free interactive practice relevant to non-verbal and spatial reasoning.
- Try a short GL-style timed mock
24 original questions across four subjects in 30 minutes. This is a short practice sample; check the local test format and timings separately.
Questions families ask
Which 11+ test does Alcester Grammar School use?
Alcester Grammar School uses West Midlands Grammar Schools Entrance Test for September 2027 entry. The route names GL Assessment as the assessment provider.
How many Year 7 places does Alcester Grammar School have?
Alcester Grammar School's published admission number is 150 for September 2027 entry.
Who is eligible to apply to Alcester Grammar School?
Children born 1 September 2015 to 31 August 2016, or educated in Year 6 in 2026/27, who register for and complete the 11+ entrance test and name the school on the Common Application Form.
Are Alcester Grammar School's 2027/28 oversubscription criteria published?
EHCP cases meeting the required standard come first. On-time categories then cover looked-after children, priority-area Pupil Premium children, qualifying priority-area children, qualifying children outside the area and waiting-list-standard children. Highest scores rank within categories, with distance and random allocation tie-breaks. Lower qualifying-score concessions and limits are set out in sections 2.2.6 and 2.2.7.
What subjects should a child prepare for Alcester Grammar School?
The verified school or linked route evidence covers English comprehension, Verbal reasoning, Mathematics, Non-verbal reasoning, and Spatial reasoning.
How current is the information for Alcester Grammar School?
Trace Learn reviewed 13 attached evidence sources by 2026-09-30. Unknown facts stay labelled and should be checked again before applying.
Sources and review record
- FINAL AGS Admissions Policy 2027/28 - Website
Warwickshire County Council. Accessed 26 August 2026. September 2027 entry.
- Birmingham grammar-school admissions timetable for 2027 entry
King Edward VI Foundation. Accessed 26 August 2026. September 2027 entry.
- Open state-funded school fields CSV
Department for Education. Accessed 25 August 2026. GIAS register snapshot on 25 August 2026.
- Newport Girls' High School entrance-test timetable for 2027 entry
Newport Girls' High School. Accessed 26 August 2026. September 2027 entry.
- ONS Postcode Directory May 2026 school-postcode centroid extract
Office for National Statistics. Accessed 25 August 2026. ONS Postcode Directory, May 2026.
- Shropshire, Walsall and Wolverhampton test timetable and score-sharing guidance for 2027 entry
Queen Mary's Grammar School. Accessed 26 August 2026. September 2027 entry.
- Grammar schools in Warwickshire
Warwickshire County Council. Accessed 26 August 2026. September 2027 entry.
- Warwickshire 11+ test guidance
Warwickshire County Council. Accessed 26 August 2026. September 2027 entry.
- Warwickshire 11+ registration timetable for 2027 entry
Warwickshire County Council. Accessed 26 August 2026. September 2027 entry.
- West Midlands Grammar Schools entrance-test format
West Midlands Grammar Schools. Accessed 30 September 2026. September 2027 entry.
- West Midlands Grammar Schools registration notice for 2027 entry
West Midlands Grammar Schools. Accessed 26 August 2026. September 2027 entry.
- West Midlands Grammar Schools partner schools
West Midlands Grammar Schools. Accessed 26 August 2026. September 2027 entry.
- FINAL AGS Admissions Policy 2027/28 - Website
Warwickshire County Council. Accessed 30 September 2026. September 2027 entry.
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