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  • 11+ area guide

Walsall 11+: the Queen Mary's grammar schools

Facts checked 19 October 2026By ExamKind Editorial Team

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The Walsall 11+ at a glance

For September 2027 entry

  • The test

    West Midlands Grammar Schools Entrance Test

    Written by GL Assessment, 2027 entry

    Checked, source: West Midlands Grammar Schools, checked

  • Score to qualify

    Set by each schoolSee each school's page below.

  • Grammar schools

    2

    In the Walsall 11+ area

    Checked, source: Birmingham City Council, checked

Your next deadlines

  1. Next: School place applications close: Common Application Form ()

    in 11 days

    For September 2027 entry

Every step and date

Happening now

What's happening now

Walsall's results for 2027 entry are due no later than 16 October 2026Walsall 2027 entry: ResultsChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Queen Mary's High School.The source says: 11+ results to be issued to parents/carers no later than Friday 16th October 2026View the official source, and each school confirms its own minimum score in November 2026Walsall 2027 entry: Mqs confirmationChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Queen Mary's High School.The source says: The Minimum Qualifying Score (MQS) for September 2027 entry is subject to analysis and Governors’ confirmation in November 2026.View the official source. Send your application to your home council by 31 October 2026Walsall 2027 entry: School place applications close (CAF)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against Queen Mary's High School.The source says: LA preference form deadline: Saturday 31st October 2026View the official source.

  • No catchment area: neither Walsall grammar school has a catchment area (both state "no defined catchment area")Walsall: No catchmentChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Queen Mary's Grammar School.The source says: The School has no defined catchment area.View the official source.
  • Late test: for children who missed the main test, the schools hold a late test on 2 March 2027Walsall: Late test2027Checked 9 Oct 2026 against Queen Mary's High School.The source says: Late 11+ Entrance test: Tuesday 2nd March 2027View the official source.
  • Test group: the schools test as part of the Shropshire, Walsall and Wolverhampton consortium within the WMGS partnershipWalsall: Test consortiumChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Queen Mary's Grammar School.The source says: We administer the Test as part of a Consortium of grammar schools in Shropshire, Walsall and WolverhamptonView the official source.

How places are given

Passing the test is the first step, not a place

Children sit the West Midlands Grammar Schools Entrance Test, written by GL Assessment. Qualifying is not the same as being offered a place: each school then gives places by its own rules.

You apply for school places through your home council, on its Common Application Form (CAF), by its deadline. Name the schools in your real order of preference: councils look at every preference at the same time.

Walsall 11+ pass marks and cut-offs, year by year

Step by step

The Walsall 11+, step by step

For children starting secondary school in September 2027 (Year 6 in 2026/27).

Add to my calendar

  1. Step 1: Register for the test

    Done

    Sign your child up for West Midlands Grammar Schools Entrance Test. This is not the school place application.

    Show the dates

    1. Done: Test registration opens

    2. Done: Test registration closes

      4pm

  2. Step 2: Your child sits the test

    Done

    The test day, and any practice test before it.

    Show the dates

    1. Done: Test day

  3. Step 3: Results

    Done

    You find out whether your child reached the standard, and how to ask for a review.

    Show the dates

    1. Done: Results

  4. Step 4: Apply for school places

    Now

    List your schools on the Common Application Form (CAF) to your home council, in your real order of preference.

    1. Next: School place applications close (CAF)

      in 11 days

  5. Step 5: Offers

    Coming up

    Your council tells you which school has offered a place.

    1. Coming up: National Offer Day

All Walsall 11+ dates, with notes

The schools

Grammar schools in Walsall

2 schools on this test. Open a school for its rules, dates and past offers.

Listed A to Z by school name.

  1. Queen Mary's Grammar SchoolBoys

    Lowest score offered: 225 (standardised score), 2026 entry

    225

    180 places, 2027 entry

  2. Queen Mary's High SchoolGirls

    Lowest score offered: 200 (standardised score), 2026 entry

    200

More about the schools from our guide

Both schools publish past qualifying scores and the lowest scores offered. You will find them on each school page.

Live near a border?

  • You can apply for schools in another council's area. You still apply through your own home council, on its form.
  • Each area runs its own test, with its own registration and dates. If you like schools in two areas, check both registration deadlines.
  • Schools often give priority to children living nearby or in a catchment area, so check each school's rules before you rely on it.
Every area's dates

Areas in the same part of the country: Birmingham, Lincolnshire, Telford and Wrekin, Warwickshire, West Midlands, Wolverhampton

How the test works

The two schools test together with Wolverhampton Girls' High School, as the Shropshire, Walsall and Wolverhampton consortium within the WMGS partnershipWalsall: Test consortiumChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Queen Mary's Grammar School.The source says: We administer the Test as part of a Consortium of grammar schools in Shropshire, Walsall and WolverhamptonView the official source. The paper format is the same across the region; see how the test works.

Appeals

General information, not legal advice.

Each Queen Mary's school sets out its own appeal route on its page. Panels are independent of the school; read how grammar school appeals work.

Official sources

7 sources: the council, the test administrator and each school

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