Grammar schools in the Gloucestershire 11+ area

Gloucestershire has 7Source for Gloucestershire: School countGloucestershire: School countCloseChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Gloucestershire grammar schools (G7), hosted by Sir Thomas Rich's School.The source says: The Entrance Tests are the same for all seven grammar schools in Gloucestershire and are sat on the same day.View the official source grammar schools, known together as The Gloucestershire Grammar Schools (G7)Source for Gloucestershire: Consortium nameGloucestershire: Consortium nameCloseChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Pate's Grammar School (Gloucestershire).The source says: The seven Gloucestershire Grammar Schools (G7) have appointed Future Stories Community Enterprise (FSCE) as their new admissions test provider for entry to Year 7 from 2028 onwardsView the official source. The test is run by the seven G7 grammar schools, working togetherSource for Gloucestershire: Test administratorGloucestershire: Test administratorCloseChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Gloucestershire grammar schools (G7), hosted by Sir Thomas Rich's School.The source says: Rich's is part of the G7 group, seven grammar schools in the county who work together to administrate the Gloucestershire Grammar Schools Admission Test for entry to Year 7.View the official source. For September 2027 entry it was written by GL AssessmentSource for Gloucestershire Grammar Schools Entrance Test (GL Assessment): Test providerGloucestershire Grammar Schools Entrance Test (GL Assessment): Test providerCloseChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Pate's Grammar School.The source says: The test provider for the entrance test for entry into Year 7 in September 2027 will be GL Assessment.View the official source. A new provider follows: The G7 appointed FSCE as the new admissions test provider for entry to Year 7 from 2028 onwards, after a competitive tender.Source for Gloucestershire: Provider change statementGloucestershire: Provider change statementCloseChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Pate's Grammar School (Gloucestershire).The source says: The seven Gloucestershire Grammar Schools (G7) have appointed Future Stories Community Enterprise (FSCE) as their new admissions test provider for entry to Year 7 from 2028 onwards, following a comprehensive competitive tender process.View the official source Each school sets its own qualifying standard and ranks the children who reach it. A child who qualifies is eligible to be ranked; that is not yet a place. Places are then given this way: Gloucestershire LA allocates under its Co-ordinated Admissions Scheme.Source for Gloucestershire: Allocation byGloucestershire: Allocation byCloseChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Gloucestershire grammar schools (G7), hosted by Sir Thomas Rich's School.The source says: All offers of places at Gloucestershire Secondary Schools are allocated by the Local ... Authority under the Local Authority Co-ordinated Admissions Scheme.View the official source The schools are listed A to Z below, with no ranking of our own, because the right school depends on your child and your journey.

Schools and Year 7 places

Pupil premium and local priority

Most of these schools rank children by score, but pupil premium rules differ. At Ribston Hall High School: 30 places for Pupil Premium girls at or up to 100 ranked places below the qualifying standard; PP girls living in GL1-GL4 first, then PP girls elsewhere, each by rank. PP = FSM-registered in the six years before test registration closes.Source for Ribston Hall High School: Pp priority (2027)Ribston Hall High School: Pp priority (2027)CloseChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Ribston Hall High School.The source says: 30 places will be allocated to students who qualify for Pupil Premium (See Appendix 2) who have met the qualifying standard or 100 ranked places below the qualifying standard. Places will be allocated in the following order of priority: ... Pupil Premium students who live in Gloucester postcodes GL1, GL2, GL3, GL4 by rank order.View the official source At The Crypt School: pupil premium children who meet a lower qualifying standard come second, after looked-after childrenSource for The Crypt School: Pp priority (2027)The Crypt School: Pp priority (2027)CloseChecked 9 Oct 2026 against The Crypt School.The source says: The qualifying standard for children who are PP / LAC / PLAC (see notes below) will be lower than that of children who are not PP/LAC / PLAC.View the official source. Pate's Grammar School describes a recent change: Pate's says admissions policy revisions in effect this year prioritise its local community and increase disadvantaged pupils' access; children at local primary schools should see Pate's as achievable.Source for Pate’s Grammar School: Local priority statementPate’s Grammar School: Local priority statementCloseChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Pate's Grammar School (Gloucestershire).The source says: This change sits alongside the revisions in our admissions policy which came into effect this year at Pate’s Grammar School. Collectively, these developments strengthen our commitment to prioritise our local community and increase opportunities for disadvantaged pupils’ access to a Pate’s education.View the official source Remember to share the result with every school you might name, because parents choose at registration which G7 schools receive the result; a school that is not sent the result cannot rank the childSource for Gloucestershire: Scores shared withGloucestershire: Scores shared withCloseChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Gloucestershire grammar schools (G7), hosted by Sir Thomas Rich's School.The source says: There is a facility to share your child’s result with more than one Gloucestershire Grammar School. Please be aware that you must share your child’s result with each School at which you are interested in a place.View the official source.

For the test timetable and the move to Year 5, see the Gloucestershire dates page. To compare schools with your own priorities, use the Gloucestershire 11+ plan.