Fully selective state school · Lancashire
Lancaster Royal Grammar School 11+ admissions
Current entrance requirements, dates and school facts with links to the official evidence used. Unknown information is labelled rather than estimated.
September 2027 entry
Evidence reviewed 26 August 2026
At a glance
- Address
- East Road, Lancaster, North West, LA1 3EF
- Year 7 admission
- Mixed Year 7 admission
- School type
- Fully selective state school
- Funding
- State-funded
- Day or boarding
- Boarding school; day provision not confirmed
- Religion or denomination
- Christian
- Published admission number
- 176
- September 2027 entry
- Academically selected places
- 176
- September 2027 entry
- Preferences per offer
- The current DfE applications and offers release has not yet been joined to this record.
- Assessment provider
- GIAS does not publish the current assessment provider.
Selection route
Assessment route not published.
- Eligibility
- Boys must register for and sit the age-standardised 11+ entrance tests, achieve the minimum level set by the Trustees' Admissions Committee, and apply through the Lancashire coordinated scheme as well as the school's registration.
- Score policy
- Applicants must reach a minimum test level set by the Trustees' Admissions Committee and are ranked by aggregate score across the entrance tests; some priority categories also allow scores up to 5% below the minimum level.
- Oversubscription
- After qualifying applicants with a named SEN statement or EHCP, priority is looked-after or previously looked-after children, priority-catchment pupil-premium boys, priority-catchment boys, residual-catchment pupil-premium boys, residual-catchment staff sons, residual-catchment boys, then qualifying boys outside the residual catchment; test performance ranks within categories and random allocation breaks an exact tie.
- Registration
- GIAS does not publish the current test registration URL.
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.
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.
Relevant skills and exercises
Nearby and related schools
Questions families ask
Which 11+ test does Lancaster Royal Grammar School use?
The current official evidence does not yet publish Lancaster Royal Grammar School's school-specific test details for September 2027 entry.
How many Year 7 places does Lancaster Royal Grammar School have?
Lancaster Royal Grammar School's published admission number is 176 for September 2027 entry.
Who is eligible to apply to Lancaster Royal Grammar School?
Boys must register for and sit the age-standardised 11+ entrance tests, achieve the minimum level set by the Trustees' Admissions Committee, and apply through the Lancashire coordinated scheme as well as the school's registration.
Are Lancaster Royal Grammar School's 2027/28 oversubscription criteria published?
After qualifying applicants with a named SEN statement or EHCP, priority is looked-after or previously looked-after children, priority-catchment pupil-premium boys, priority-catchment boys, residual-catchment pupil-premium boys, residual-catchment staff sons, residual-catchment boys, then qualifying boys outside the residual catchment; test performance ranks within categories and random allocation breaks an exact tie.
What subjects should a child prepare for Lancaster Royal Grammar School?
The exact assessed subjects for Lancaster Royal 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 Lancaster Royal Grammar School?
Trace Learn reviewed 3 attached evidence sources by 2026-08-26. Unknown facts stay labelled and should be checked again before applying.
Sources and review record
- Open state-funded school fields CSV
Department for Education. Accessed 25 August 2026. GIAS register snapshot on 25 August 2026.
- Admissions Policy September 2027 entry
Lancaster Royal Grammar 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.
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