Grammar schools in the North Yorkshire 11+ area
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North Yorkshire has 3North Yorkshire: School countChecked 10 Oct 2026 against North Yorkshire Council.The source says: Within North Yorkshire there are three selective grammar schools:
View the official source grammar schools: Ripon Grammar School, Ermysted's Grammar School and Skipton Girls' High SchoolNorth Yorkshire: SchoolsChecked 10 Oct 2026 against North Yorkshire Council.The source says: Within North Yorkshire there are three selective grammar schools: Ripon Grammar School Ermysted's Grammar School Skipton Girls' High School
View the official source. There is no single county test. At every school, a child must first reach the standard that school uses. If more children reach it than there are places, the school's oversubscription rules decide. The schools are listed A to Z, with no ranking, because the right school depends on your child and where you live.
How far offers reached at each school
Listed A to Z. Each school uses its own admission rules, so a longer distance does not mean a place is easier to get.
Listed A to Z by school name.
No distance published
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Ripon Grammar SchoolBoys and girls
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Skipton Girls' High SchoolGirls
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North Yorkshire has 3North Yorkshire: School countChecked 10 Oct 2026 against North Yorkshire Council.The source says: Within North Yorkshire there are three selective grammar schools:
View the official source grammar schools: Ripon Grammar School, Ermysted's Grammar School and Skipton Girls' High SchoolNorth Yorkshire: SchoolsChecked 10 Oct 2026 against North Yorkshire Council.The source says: Within North Yorkshire there are three selective grammar schools: Ripon Grammar School Ermysted's Grammar School Skipton Girls' High School
View the official source. There is no single county test. The council test is run by North Yorkshire Council (for Ripon Grammar School only)North Yorkshire: Test run byChecked 10 Oct 2026 against North Yorkshire Council.The source says: The local authority administers both the published selection scheme and the allocation of school places at Ripon Grammar School, as it is a community school.
View the official source. For the Skipton schools: Ermysted's Grammar School and Skipton Girls' High School arrange and run their own selection tests, with their own processes, timescales and deadlinesNorth Yorkshire: Own test schoolsChecked 10 Oct 2026 against North Yorkshire Council.The source says: These schools arrange and run their own selection tests. Their application processes, timescales and deadlines differ to those of Ripon Grammar School.
View the official source. The Ripon papers come from GL AssessmentRipon Grammar School: Test family by entry year (2027)Checked 10 Oct 2026 against Ripon Grammar School.The source says: The test provider is GL assessment.
View the official source, while Ermysted's uses FSCE (Future Stories Community Enterprise Ltd)Ermysted’s Grammar School: Test family by entry year (2027)Checked 10 Oct 2026 against Ermysted's Grammar School.The source says: The Entrance Test papers are provided by Future Stories Community Enterprise Ltd (FSCE).
View the official source. At every school, a child must first reach the standard that school uses. If more children reach it than there are places, the school's oversubscription rules decide. The schools are listed A to Z. We do not rank them, because the right school depends on your child and where you live.
The schools at a glance
| School | Pupils | Year 7 places, September 2027 |
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| Ermysted's Grammar School | boysErmysted’s Grammar School: PupilsChecked 10 Oct 2026 against Ermysted's Grammar School.The source says: As a single sex boys’ school, only candidates of the male sex are eligible for entry.View the official source | 128Ermysted’s Grammar School: Year 7 places (2027)Checked 10 Oct 2026 against Ermysted's Grammar School.The source says: The School has a Published Admission Number (‘PAN’) of 128 places in Year 7View the official source |
| Ripon Grammar School | mixedRipon Grammar School: PupilsChecked 10 Oct 2026 against Ripon Grammar School.The source says: Ripon Grammar School is an academically selective co-educational maintained school for day and boarding students, both weekly and termly.View the official source | 117Ripon Grammar School: Year 7 places (2027)Checked 10 Oct 2026 against North Yorkshire Council.The source says: The published admission number for the school is 117, this includes 14 boarding places.View the official source |
| Skipton Girls' High School | girlsSkipton Girls' High School: PupilsChecked 10 Oct 2026 against Skipton Girls' High School.The source says: Skipton Girls’ High School is a selective school, so girls who wish to join the school in Year 7 sit a set of selection tests.View the official source | See school page |
Boarding at Ripon and places at Skipton
Ripon Grammar School offers day and boarding places: 14 of the 117 Year 7 places are boarding places (weekly or termly). Boarders must reach the same standard; unused boarding places become day places, and a boarding place can't be changed to a day placeRipon Grammar School: Special places (2027)Checked 10 Oct 2026 against North Yorkshire Council.The source says: The published admission number for the school is 117, this includes 14 boarding places. If the total number of boarding applications does not reach 14 the remaining places are allocated as day places
View the official source. Its priority order is: (1) Looked after and previously looked after children, including children who were in state care outside England and adopted. (2) Children with special social or medical reasons, supported by professional evidence. (3) Children living in the catchment area of the school. (4) Children of staff employed at the school for more than two years, or recruited to fill a demonstrable skill shortage. (5) Children living outside the catchment area of the school.Ripon Grammar School: Oversubscription criteria (2027)Checked 10 Oct 2026 against North Yorkshire Council.The source says: To be considered for a place at Ripon Grammar School, all children will need to have completed the selection tests and to have met the required standard of education.
View the official source For Skipton Girls' High School, the published rule is: Girls sit selection tests; if more girls are successful than there are places, other criteria including home-to-school distance decide.Skipton Girls' High School: Qualifying rule (2027)Checked 10 Oct 2026 against Skipton Girls' High School.The source says: If more girls are successful in the tests than can be offered places at the school, other criteria, including home to school distance are taken into account.
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For each test timetable, see the North Yorkshire dates page. To weigh up schools against your own journey, use the North Yorkshire 11+ plan.