Fully selective state school · North Yorkshire
Ripon 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
- Clotherholme Road, Ripon, Yorkshire and the Humber, HG4 2DG
- 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
- GIAS records no applicable religious character.
- Published admission number
- 117
- September 2027 entry
- Academically selected places
- 117
- 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
- Children must reach the prescribed academic standard in the Ripon Grammar School entrance test and apply through the coordinated admissions process.
- Score policy
- For September 2027 entry, the council's selection tests identify the highest-scoring 28% or as close as possible of the Year 6 cohort living in the Ripon selective area; that cohort result sets the cut-off, and applicants must reach it to be considered suitable for grammar-school admission.
- Oversubscription
- For day places, after named EHCP applicants, priority is looked-after and previously looked-after children, special social or medical cases, catchment children, staff children, and children outside the normal area, with sibling, distance and random-allocation tie-breaks as published by North Yorkshire Council.
- 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
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Questions families ask
Which 11+ test does Ripon Grammar School use?
The current official evidence does not yet publish Ripon Grammar School's school-specific test details for September 2027 entry.
How many Year 7 places does Ripon Grammar School have?
Ripon Grammar School's published admission number is 117 for September 2027 entry.
Who is eligible to apply to Ripon Grammar School?
Children must reach the prescribed academic standard in the Ripon Grammar School entrance test and apply through the coordinated admissions process.
Are Ripon Grammar School's 2027/28 oversubscription criteria published?
For day places, after named EHCP applicants, priority is looked-after and previously looked-after children, special social or medical cases, catchment children, staff children, and children outside the normal area, with sibling, distance and random-allocation tie-breaks as published by North Yorkshire Council.
What subjects should a child prepare for Ripon Grammar School?
The exact assessed subjects for Ripon 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 Ripon 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.
- Selective schools: Ripon Grammar School admissions information
North Yorkshire Council. 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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