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You will need to contact your preferred grammar school directly with queries regarding the test or the results.

Grammar School Entrance Test Information for Year 7 September 2026 Intake

The Gloucestershire Grammar Schools’ Entrance Test registration window for 2026 intake opened noon, 19 May 2025 and closed noon, 27 June 2025. The schools are planning for the Entrance Test to take place on Saturday 13 September 2025.

Please be advised that the registration for and administration of the Admissions Entrance Test is all carried out by the Gloucestershire grammar schools themselves and therefore any queries in reference to the Entrance Test should be directed to the grammar schools. After the test, every grammar school you have opted to share your child's score with will send you confirmation of whether your child has achieved a qualifying score for that school or not. Again, this is carried out by the Gloucestershire grammar schools and the Co-ordinated Admissions Team does not have access to this information.

It is important to note that obtaining a qualifying rank on the Entrance Test is not an automatic offer of a place in the grammar school(s). Parents/carers must also list the grammar school(s) on their secondary school application form to their home local authority between September 2025 and the closing date of 31 October 2025.

Please note - your child will not be offered a place in a grammar school if it has not been listed on your secondary school application form.

Parents/carers who wish their child to be considered for admission to a grammar school for current Years 7 - 11 should contact the relevant school.

Key Dates

From noon 19 May 2025 to noon 27 June 2025 Online registration period for Grammar Entrance Test

3 September 2025

 Online application facility opens

13 September 2025

 Grammar School Entrance Test Day
Prior 31 October 2025 Grammar School Test results sent out

Midnight, 31 October 2025

 Closing date for applications

TBC

 Late Grammar School Entrance Test Day
2 March 2026 Allocation Day & parents/carers will receive the results of the late grammar school entrance test from the grammar schools directly
Midnight, 16 March 2026 Closing date for acceptances/declines and waiting list requests

By 6 April 2026

 Outcome of waiting list requests sent out

10 April 2026

 Closing date for waiting list round responses

May to July 2026

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