Fully selective state school · Walsall
Queen Mary's 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
- Sutton Road, Walsall, West Midlands, WS1 2PG
- 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
- GIAS records no applicable religious character.
- Published admission number
- 180
- September 2027 entry
- Academically selected places
- 180
- 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.
Selection route
- 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
- Boys born 1 September 2015 to 31 August 2016 who sit the entrance test and meet the Governors' minimum qualifying score.
- Score policy
- Two-paper GL Assessment test covering verbal ability including comprehension, non-verbal ability and numerical ability. Raw scores are age-weighted; Governors set the minimum qualifying score after the order of merit, in early to mid-November 2026. No fixed 2027 score is yet published.
- Oversubscription
- Qualifying looked-after/previously looked-after children; qualifying Pupil Premium children up to 30 percent of the category, prioritising boys attending Walsall state-funded primary schools; then other qualifying children by standardised score until PAN.
- Registration
- GIAS does not publish the current test registration URL.
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
- Birmingham registration opens
- 5 May 2026
- West Midlands Grammar Schools Entrance Test
- Birmingham access-arrangements deadline
- 12 June 2026
- West Midlands Grammar Schools Entrance Test
- Birmingham registration deadline
- 26 June 2026
- West Midlands Grammar Schools Entrance Test
- Birmingham test date
- 12 September 2026
- West Midlands Grammar Schools Entrance Test
Warwickshire registration route
- Warwickshire registration opens
- 7 May 2026
- West Midlands Grammar Schools Entrance Test
- Warwickshire registration and adjustment deadline
- 30 June 2026
- West Midlands Grammar Schools Entrance Test
- Warwickshire invitation week starts
- 10 August 2026
- West Midlands Grammar Schools Entrance Test
- Warwickshire test weekend starts
- 12 September 2026
- West Midlands Grammar Schools Entrance Test
- Warwickshire test weekend ends
- 13 September 2026
- West Midlands Grammar Schools Entrance Test
- Warwickshire mandatory proof-of-address deadline
- 31 December 2026
- West Midlands Grammar Schools Entrance Test
Shropshire, Walsall and Wolverhampton registration route
- Registration opens
- 5 May 2026
- West Midlands Grammar Schools Entrance Test
- Reasonable-adjustments deadline
- 12 June 2026
- West Midlands Grammar Schools Entrance Test
- Registration deadline
- 26 June 2026
- West Midlands Grammar Schools Entrance Test
- Queen Mary's Grammar School test date
- 12 September 2026
- West Midlands Grammar Schools Entrance Test
Newport Girls' High School test centre
- Invitation letters issued by
- 7 September 2026
- West Midlands Grammar Schools Entrance Test
- Newport Girls' High School test date
- 14 September 2026
- West Midlands Grammar Schools Entrance Test
Shared partnership and admissions dates
- Results issued by
- 16 October 2026
- West Midlands Grammar Schools Entrance Test
- Home local-authority preference form deadline
- 31 October 2026
- West Midlands Grammar Schools Entrance Test
- National Offer Day
- 1 March 2027
- West Midlands Grammar Schools Entrance Test
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.
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Questions families ask
Which 11+ test does Queen Mary's Grammar School use?
Queen Mary's Grammar School uses West Midlands Grammar Schools Entrance Test for September 2027 entry.
How many Year 7 places does Queen Mary's Grammar School have?
Queen Mary's Grammar School's published admission number is 180 for September 2027 entry.
Who is eligible to apply to Queen Mary's Grammar School?
Boys born 1 September 2015 to 31 August 2016 who sit the entrance test and meet the Governors' minimum qualifying score.
Are Queen Mary's Grammar School's 2027/28 oversubscription criteria published?
Qualifying looked-after/previously looked-after children; qualifying Pupil Premium children up to 30 percent of the category, prioritising boys attending Walsall state-funded primary schools; then other qualifying children by standardised score until PAN.
What subjects should a child prepare for Queen Mary's 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 Queen Mary's Grammar School?
Trace Learn reviewed 12 attached evidence sources by 2026-08-26. Unknown facts stay labelled and should be checked again before applying.
Sources and review record
- 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.
- Queen Mary's Grammar School determined admissions policy 2027
Queen Mary's Grammar School. Accessed 26 August 2026. September 2027 entry.
- 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 26 August 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.
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