Alcester Grammar School 11+ admissions

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

150

September 2027 entry

Academically selected places

150

September 2027 entry

Preferences per offer

The current DfE applications and offers release has not yet been joined to this record.

Assessment provider

GL Assessment

GL Assessment is verified for the linked assessment route. GIAS does not publish the current assessment provider.

• West Midlands Grammar Schools Entrance TestShared test group

  Provider

  GL Assessment

  Delivery

  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. September 2027 school thresholds are not yet published, and 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.

Oversubscription

EHCP-named children first; then looked-after or previously looked-after children, priority-area Pupil Premium children, priority-area qualifying applicants, qualifying applicants outside the priority area, and waiting-list-standard applicants, with highest test scores within categories and distance as tie-break.

Registration

GIAS does not publish the current test registration URL.

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. 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.

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.

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 outcomes are maintained separately and are not present in current GIAS downloads.

• Build English comprehension skillsDraw one supported conclusion that is not directly stated.
• Try Comprehension X-RayFree interactive practice relevant to English comprehension.
• Build maths and numerical reasoning skillsSelect and perform a short sequence of operations in context.
• Try Step BuilderFree interactive practice relevant to maths and numerical reasoning.
• Build verbal reasoning skillsChoose the option closest in meaning to a target word.
• Try Synonym SpectrumFree interactive practice relevant to verbal reasoning.
• Build non-verbal and spatial reasoning skillsCombine row or column rules to select one missing figure.
• Try Matrix MachineFree interactive practice relevant to non-verbal and spatial reasoning.

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6. 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.

7. Grammar schools in Warwickshire

   Warwickshire County Council. Accessed 26 August 2026. September 2027 entry.

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   Warwickshire County Council. Accessed 26 August 2026. September 2027 entry.

9. Warwickshire 11+ registration timetable for 2027 entry

   Warwickshire County Council. Accessed 26 August 2026. September 2027 entry.

10. West Midlands Grammar Schools entrance-test format

    West Midlands Grammar Schools. Accessed 26 August 2026. September 2027 entry.

11. West Midlands Grammar Schools registration notice for 2027 entry

    West Midlands Grammar Schools. Accessed 26 August 2026. September 2027 entry.

12. West Midlands Grammar Schools partner schools

    West Midlands Grammar Schools. Accessed 26 August 2026. September 2027 entry.