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Grammar schools in the Walsall 11+ area

Facts checked 19 October 2026By ExamKind Editorial Team

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In short

Walsall has 2Walsall: Grammar schoolsChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Birmingham City Council.The source says: West Midlands Grammar Schools group schools outside Birmingham are:View the official source grammar schools: Queen Mary's Grammar School and Queen Mary's High School. Catchment areas play no part here. Instead, a child first needs the minimum qualifying score, which each school's governors set after results. Places then follow each school's own oversubscription rules. Each school is its own admission authority, so read both policies. The schools appear A to Z, with no ranking.

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.

  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

Walsall has 2Walsall: Grammar schoolsChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Birmingham City Council.The source says: West Midlands Grammar Schools group schools outside Birmingham are:View the official source grammar schools: Queen Mary's Grammar School and Queen Mary's High School. Both use a test written by GL AssessmentQueen Mary's Grammar School: Test provider (2027)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against Queen Mary's Grammar School.The source says: The test provider for 2027 entry is GL Assessment.View the official source and run through 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. Catchment areas play no part here. In the area's own words: 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. Instead, a child first needs the minimum qualifying score, which each school's governors set after results. Places then follow each school's own oversubscription rules. Each school is its own admission authority, so read both policies. The schools appear A to Z below, with no ranking.

Both schools side by side

SchoolPupilsYear 7 places, 2027 entryTrust
Queen Mary's Grammar SchoolboysQueen Mary's Grammar School: PupilsChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Queen Mary's Grammar School.The source says: Only boys are admitted to Years 7 to 11, but both boys and girls may enter in Year 12.View the official source180Queen Mary's Grammar School: Year 7 places (2027)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against Queen Mary's Grammar School.The source says: There are 180 places for boys at Queen Mary’s Grammar School for entry to Year 7 in September 2027.View the official sourceMercian Multi Academy TrustQueen Mary's Grammar School: TrustChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Queen Mary's Grammar School.The source says: info@merciantrust.org.uk | Mercian Multi Academy TrustView the official source
Queen Mary's High SchoolgirlsQueen Mary's High School: PupilsChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Queen Mary's High School.The source says: Only girls are admitted to Years 7 to 11, but both girls and boys may enter in Year 12.View the official sourceSee the school pageThe Mercian TrustQueen Mary's High School: TrustChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Queen Mary's High School.The source says: The Mercian Trust (A company limited by Guarantee) Registered in England and Wales No: 07611347View the official source

How each school orders its applicants

At Queen Mary's Grammar School the order is: score order within categories: looked-after children; pupil premium (up to 30%); all othersQueen Mary's Grammar School: Ranking method (2027)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against Queen Mary's Grammar School.The source says: Other children who have achieved the qualifying score by rank order of standardised score until the Published Admissions Number is reached.View the official source. Its pupil premium share works like this: Up to 30% of places (54) for pupil premium boys, with Walsall state primary pupils first if oversubscribedQueen Mary's Grammar School: DistinctivesChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Queen Mary's Grammar School.The source says: For those students attending a State-funded Primary School in Walsall at the time of the Test.View the official source. Queen Mary's High School explains its score rule this way: Minimum Qualifying Score confirmed by Governors after analysing results; can change year to yearQueen Mary's High School: Qualifying rule (2027)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against Queen Mary's High School.The source says: Please also note the minimum qualifying score can change from one year to another.View the official source. The same test is used in Wolverhampton and across the wider West Midlands, so families near a border may also look at grammar schools in the West Midlands.

For every date in order, see the Walsall dates page. To compare the journey to each school, use the Walsall 11+ plan.