KEVKing Edward VI School 11+ admissions

• 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.

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Eligibility

Boys 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 from the 11+ results. The policy does not publish a fixed 2027 score.

Registration

GIAS does not publish the current test registration URL.

Published radius: 16.936 miles from the Fountain in Rother Street, Stratford-upon-Avon.

Two priority circles share this fountain reference: inner 13 miles and outer 16.936 miles, described as reaching the county boundary south of Long Compton. Neither is centred on the school. Confirm the exact address with Warwickshire Admissions; no surveyed fountain coordinates or polygon are established here. Residence must be evidenced by 11.59pm on 31 December 2026. Home is the application address; equal shared care uses where the child sleeps and spends most Monday-to-Friday time. December proof requests require two documents within 15 working days or the application becomes late. Moves need actual residence by the December deadline and evidence, potentially including disposal of the old home. Later moves are considered after 1 March 2027 as late. Score-tie distance instead runs from the Ordnance Survey home address point to the school centroid.

Ask the admissions authority to check your address against its exact reference point. School postcode coordinates cannot confirm this boundary.

PAN is 87. The Committee of Reference sets the Automatic Qualifying Score (AQS) and Required Minimum Academic Standard (RMAS) each year; previous scores do not guarantee an offer. EHCP-named boys are first, subject to the policy’s above-RMAS condition; confirm individual arrangements with Admissions. The order is: care, including adoption after overseas state care, at AQS or up to 20 below (if the AQS/RMAS gap exceeds 20, care reaching RMAS); outer-circle pupil premium via FSM at AQS or up to 20 below, up to 13 places including later re-offers; inner-circle boys at AQS, up to 70 places; outer-circle boys at AQS; boys outside the outer circle at AQS; then below-AQS boys above RMAS. FSM means registration at any point in the six years before the test-registration deadline, with evidence. The 13/70 are category limits within PAN, not extra places. Every category uses descending score, then nearer straight-line distance from the OS home address point to the school centroid. Equal score and distance use Warwickshire’s computerised random allocation witnessed by independent Legal Services. The fountain defines circles, not distance ties. Outside-circle first-round offers depend on insufficient qualified local applicants. Test registration closes at 11.59pm on 30 June 2026; a separate home-authority CAF is required on time. Both must be on time for first-round consideration. The policy permits late test registration to count on time with an evidenced move into the circles by 31 December. After 1 March, late and on-time applicants share the same waiting-list criteria, held until 31 December 2027. Lower-preference offers trigger automatic listing if academically eligible. Category 6 says above RMAS, but sections 2.4.3.2/2.4.5 include pupils at RMAS: confirm that boundary with Admissions. A twin below AQS gains no concession because the other twin qualifies. Offer acceptance is normally within two weeks, subject to home-authority rules.

For September 2027 entry. Policy checked 2026-10-01. A priority category does not guarantee an offer.

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.

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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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.

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.

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.

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1. Birmingham grammar-school admissions timetable for 2027 entry

   King Edward VI Foundation. Accessed 26 August 2026. September 2027 entry.

2. Open state-funded school fields CSV

   Department for Education. Accessed 25 August 2026. GIAS register snapshot on 25 August 2026.

3. Admissions Policy 2027

   King Edward VI School, Stratford-upon-Avon. Accessed 26 August 2026. September 2027 entry.

4. Newport Girls' High School entrance-test timetable for 2027 entry

   Newport Girls' High School. Accessed 26 August 2026. September 2027 entry.

5. ONS Postcode Directory May 2026 school-postcode centroid extract

   Office for National Statistics. Accessed 25 August 2026. ONS Postcode Directory, May 2026.

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.

8. Warwickshire 11+ test guidance

   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 30 September 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.

13. Admissions Policy 2027

    King Edward VI School, Stratford-upon-Avon. Accessed 1 October 2026. September 2027 entry.