Fully selective state school · Wiltshire
Bishop Wordsworth's Church of England 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
- Exeter Street, Salisbury, South West, SP1 2ED
- Year 7 admission
- Boys for Year 7 admission
- School type
- Fully selective state school
- Funding
- State-funded
- Day or boarding
- Day school
- Religion or denomination
- Church of England
- Published admission number
- 160September 2027 entry
- Academically selected places
- 160September 2027 entry
- Preferences per offer
- 1.6DfE National Offer Day, September 2026 entry. This is not a pass probability.
- Assessment provider
- GIAS does not publish the current assessment provider.
Selection route
Assessment route not published.
- Eligibility
- Boys normally born between 1 September 2015 and 31 August 2016 must apply for and sit the GL Assessment 11+ examination once, attain the cohort-determined qualifying standard, and name the school first on the Local Authority Common Application Form.
- Score policy
- The GL Assessment 11+ consists of a verbal skills paper and a Mathematics and non-verbal reasoning paper, with marks standardised by age weighting; the qualifying standard is determined from the examination cohort rather than being a pre-defined mark, and it is 10% lower for eligible looked-after or Pupil Premium applicants.
- Registration
- GIAS does not publish the current test registration URL.
Who gets priority
Published area: Bishop Wordsworth's School designated area.
Use the school’s published designated-area map and permanent-home rules. The policy separately limits the Year 7 entrance examination to the 480 applicants living nearest the Exeter Street gate; eligibility to sit the test and priority for an offer are different checks.
For applicants meeting the qualifying standard, Annex D orders priority through looked-after and previously looked-after children; Pupil Premium applicants; designated-area residents or applicants with accepted relocation evidence; eligible staff children; specified service-premium categories; then other applicants. Straight-line distance to the Exeter Street gate resolves ties within a criterion, followed by independently supervised lots if needed. Consult the policy for category definitions and relocation evidence.
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 | Preferences249 | Offers157 | Preferences per offer1.59 |
| 2025 | Preferences235 | Offers157 | Preferences per offer1.50 |
| 2024 | Preferences249 | Offers157 | Preferences per offer1.59 |
| 2023 | Preferences246 | Offers159 | Preferences per offer1.55 |
| 2022 | Preferences236 | Offers158 | Preferences per offer1.49 |
| 2021 | Preferences339 | Offers159 | Preferences per offer2.13 |
| 2020 | Preferences236 | Offers159 | Preferences per offer1.48 |
| 2019 | Preferences208 | Offers159 | Preferences per offer1.31 |
| 2018 | Preferences212 | Offers160 | Preferences per offer1.33 |
| 2017 | Preferences212 | Offers160 | Preferences per offer1.33 |
| 2016 | Preferences176 | Offers122 | Preferences per offer1.44 |
| 2015 | Preferences178 | Offers129 | Preferences per offer1.38 |
| 2014 | Preferences160 | Offers119 | Preferences per offer1.34 |
School identifiers are joined across documented predecessor links. Missing and suppressed values stay unpublished. Latest dataset: September 2026 entry. Checked 2026-10-01.
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- 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
GIAS does not publish the current assessed subjects.
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.
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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
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Questions families ask
Which 11+ test does Bishop Wordsworth's Church of England Grammar School use?
The current official evidence does not yet publish Bishop Wordsworth's Church of England Grammar School's school-specific test details for September 2027 entry.
How many Year 7 places does Bishop Wordsworth's Church of England Grammar School have?
Bishop Wordsworth's Church of England Grammar School's published admission number is 160 for September 2027 entry.
Who is eligible to apply to Bishop Wordsworth's Church of England Grammar School?
Boys normally born between 1 September 2015 and 31 August 2016 must apply for and sit the GL Assessment 11+ examination once, attain the cohort-determined qualifying standard, and name the school first on the Local Authority Common Application Form.
Are Bishop Wordsworth's Church of England Grammar School's 2027/28 oversubscription criteria published?
For applicants meeting the qualifying standard, Annex D orders priority through looked-after and previously looked-after children; Pupil Premium applicants; designated-area residents or applicants with accepted relocation evidence; eligible staff children; specified service-premium categories; then other applicants. Straight-line distance to the Exeter Street gate resolves ties within a criterion, followed by independently supervised lots if needed. Consult the policy for category definitions and relocation evidence.
What subjects should a child prepare for Bishop Wordsworth's Church of England Grammar School?
The exact assessed subjects for Bishop Wordsworth's Church of England Grammar School are not yet published in the current evidence. The preparation links are general 11+ practice, not a claim about this school's format.
How current is the information for Bishop Wordsworth's Church of England Grammar School?
Trace Learn reviewed 4 attached evidence sources by 2026-09-30. Unknown facts stay labelled and should be checked again before applying.
Sources and review record
- Admissions Policy 2027-28
Bishop Wordsworth's Church of England Grammar School. 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.
- ONS Postcode Directory May 2026 school-postcode centroid extract
Office for National Statistics. Accessed 25 August 2026. ONS Postcode Directory, May 2026.
- Admissions Policy 2027-28
Bishop Wordsworth's Church of England Grammar School. Accessed 30 September 2026. September 2027 entry.
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