West Midlands 11+ pass marks and cut-off history
Facts checked 19 October 2026By ExamKind Editorial Team
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In short
There is no single West Midlands pass mark. The West Midlands Grammar Schools (WMGS)West Midlands: Partnership nameChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Queen Mary's High School.The source says: The West Midlands Grammar Schools (WMGS) partnership provides an opportunity for schools to share
View the official source share one entrance test across Birmingham, Shropshire (Telford & Wrekin), Walsall, Wolverhampton and WarwickshireWest Midlands: Partnership areasChecked 9 Oct 2026 against West Midlands Grammar Schools.The source says: If you would like your child to be considered for a place at any of the selective grammar schools in Birmingham, Shropshire, Walsall, Wolverhampton and Warwickshire, they must sit the entrance test at a test centre.
View the official source, so a child sits once and can apply to any of the 19West Midlands: School countChecked 9 Oct 2026 against King Edward VI Foundation Birmingham.The source says: This means that children only sit one test to be eligible to apply for a place at any of the 19 grammar schools in the region.
View the official source grammar schools. What the score means then depends on where the school is. Each school's own admissions policy explains how it offers places. Check the individual school websites.West Midlands: Qualifying ruleChecked 12 Oct 2026 against King Edward VI Foundation Birmingham.The source says: To view the admissions policies and how each of the schools offer places please visit the individual school websites.
View the official source
School cut-offs
The latest lowest score and furthest distance each school offered places to, with the entry year. Schools use their own admission rules and sometimes their own score scales, so compare each school with its own past years rather than with other schools.
| School | Lowest score offered | Furthest distance offered |
|---|---|---|
| Bishop Vesey's Grammar School |
| Not published |
| King Edward VI Aston School |
| Not published |
| King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys | 254Lowest score offered at King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys, Category 5 – All other applicants not falling into one of the above categoriesChecked 9 Oct 2026 against King Edward VI Foundation Birmingham.The source says: | Category 5 – All other applicants not falling into one of the above categories | 254 (242) | No offers made from this category in March or by September* | 260 (250) | No offers in March (254 by September) |View the official source2026 entry, offer day, Category 5 – All other applicants not falling into one of the above categories | 3.54 milesFurthest distance offered at King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys, Category 4 – Applicants achieving 224 and above and living within the catchment areaChecked 9 Oct 2026 against King Edward VI Foundation Birmingham.The source says: | Category 4 – Applicants achieving 224 and above and living within the catchment area | All offered | 5698 metres (6186 metres)* | All offered | 5856 metres in March** (All offered by September) |View the official source2025 entry, Category 4 – Applicants achieving 224 and above and living within the catchment area |
| King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls | 255Lowest score offered at King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls, Category 5 – All other applicants not falling into one of the above categoriesChecked 9 Oct 2026 against King Edward VI Foundation Birmingham.The source says: | Category 5 – All other applicants not falling into one of the above categories | 255 (242) | 243 (238) | 239 (224) | 249 (230) |View the official source2026 entry, offer day, Category 5 – All other applicants not falling into one of the above categories | Not published |
| King Edward VI Five Ways School | 232Lowest score offered at King Edward VI Five Ways School, Category 3 – Pupil Premium applicants scoring 205 and above and living outside the catchment areaChecked 9 Oct 2026 against King Edward VI Foundation Birmingham.The source says: | Category 3 – Pupil Premium applicants scoring 205 and above and living outside the catchment area | 232 (232) | 237 (237) | All offered | All offered |View the official source2026 entry, offer day, Category 3 – Pupil Premium applicants scoring 205 and above and living outside the catchment area | 2.72 milesFurthest distance offered at King Edward VI Five Ways School, Category 4 – Applicants achieving 224 and above and living within the catchment areaChecked 9 Oct 2026 against King Edward VI Foundation Birmingham.The source says: | Category 4 – Applicants achieving 224 and above and living within the catchment area | 4384 metres (All offered by September) | 4918 metres (All offered by September) | 5625 metres in March* (All offered by September) | All offered |View the official source2026 entry, Category 4 – Applicants achieving 224 and above and living within the catchment area |
| King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys |
| Not published |
| King Edward VI Handsworth School for Girls | 219Lowest score offered at King Edward VI Handsworth School for Girls, Category 5 – All other applicants not falling into one of the above categoriesChecked 9 Oct 2026 against King Edward VI Foundation Birmingham.The source says: | Category 5 – All other applicants not falling into one of the above categories | 219 (215) | 216 (212) | 217 (214) | 217 (212) |View the official source2026 entry, offer day, Category 5 – All other applicants not falling into one of the above categories | Not published |
| Newport Girls' High School | 215Lowest score offered at Newport Girls' High School, out-of-areaChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Newport Girls' High School.The source says: | September 2026 | 192 | 183 | 215 | Not known until September 2026 |View the official source2026 entry, offer day, out-of-area | Not published |
| Queen Mary's Grammar School | 225Lowest score offered at Queen Mary's Grammar School, non-pupil-premiumChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Queen Mary's Grammar School.The source says: | 2026 ENTRY | 180 | 200* | 225 |View the official source2026 entry, offer day, non-pupil-premium | Not published |
| Queen Mary's High School |
| Not published |
| Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls |
| Not published |
8 other schools have no published cut-off that we have checked yet. Each school's page shows what it publishes.
One score, local rules
Every child gets the same kind of score. Results are reported as age-standardised scores around a median of 200 (stated by the Walsall schools)West Midlands: Score standardisationChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Queen Mary's Grammar School.The source says: Results will be released throughout the West Midlands Grammar Schools’ partnership using an age-weighted standardisation around a median score of 200.
View the official source. The test is weighted like this: English and verbal reasoning 50%, non-verbal reasoning 25%, maths 25%West Midlands Grammar Schools Entrance Test: WeightingsChecked 9 Oct 2026 against West Midlands Grammar Schools.The source says: The weightings for the test results are 50% for English/verbal reasoning, 25% for non-verbal reasoning and 25% for mathematics.
View the official source. After that, each area applies its own rule.
- Birmingham publishes a qualifying score for all its grammar schools and a higher priority score for the King Edward VI schools. For September 2027 entry they are 205birmingham-2027-qualifying: ValueChecked 9 Oct 2026 against King Edward VI Foundation Birmingham.The source says:
The Qualifying Score for all of the Birmingham grammar schools for 2027 entry is 205.
View the official source and 224birmingham-2027-priority: ValueChecked 9 Oct 2026 against King Edward VI Foundation Birmingham.The source says:The Priority Score for all of the King Edward VI Grammar Schools for 2027 entry is 224.
View the official source. See Birmingham pass marks. - Walsall: Each school's governors set a minimum qualifying score after the test results are known. Children who score below it are not offered a place.Walsall: Qualifying ruleChecked 12 Oct 2026 against Queen Mary's Grammar School.The source says:
To be considered for a place at the school, a candidate must achieve the Minimum Qualifying Score. This score is determined by the School’s Governors after the Test results are available. Any candidate scoring below the Minimum Qualifying Score will not be offered a place.
View the official source See Walsall pass marks. - Telford and Wrekin: There is no fixed pass mark. At Newport Girls' High School a selection panel sets the qualifying score each year after the test scores arrive.Telford and Wrekin: Qualifying ruleChecked 12 Oct 2026 against Newport Girls' High School.The source says:
This panel will determine the score necessary for entrance to NGHS. The score usually varies slightly from year to year and is known as the ‘qualifying score’.
View the official source See Telford and Wrekin pass marks. - Warwickshire: Each year a Committee of Reference of head teachers and teachers sets each school's Automatic Qualifying Score and the minimum standard for the waiting list.Warwickshire: Qualifying ruleChecked 12 Oct 2026 against Alcester Grammar School.The source says:
In South Warwickshire the Committee of Reference sets the required Minimum Academic Standard and the Automatic Qualifying Score (AQS) for each school, taking account of the applications for the individual schools and the number of places available.
View the official source The area also notes that Warwickshire and Birmingham may weight the same test differently, so totals can differWarwickshire: Two result setsChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Alcester Grammar School.The source says:This means that if your child receives two results letters, their total scores could be different.
View the official source. See the Warwickshire 11+ guide. - Wolverhampton: Girls meet the required standard if they score within 2% of the last automatic place. Pupil Premium girls need at least the qualifying score, which the school sets in October 2026.Wolverhampton: Qualifying ruleChecked 12 Oct 2026 against Wolverhampton Girls' High School.The source says:
The required standard is deemed to be those students scoring within 2% of the last automatic place and Pupil Premium students securing at least the qualifying score.
View the official source See the Wolverhampton 11+ guide.
Reading the school table
The table above lists the schools in the partnership with each school's latest lowest score offered, where we have checked one. Some schools report this figure by admission category, such as pupil premium applicants, so the number shown may belong to one category only. A qualifying or minimum score set by a school or area is a different figure: the area pages linked above explain those. Only compare a figure with the same school's figure in an earlier year, and only within the same category.
Why the lines move
Most of these lines are set after each year's results, by a panel, a committee or a school's governors. They reflect how that year's children scored. A figure from last year is a record of what happened, not a promise of what will happen next.
Sharing results across areas
Because the test is shared, a child's result can be used in more than one area if this was chosen at registration. Timing matters: requests to share results after the registration deadline are not considered until after offers in March 2027West Midlands: Results sharing deadlineChecked 9 Oct 2026 against King Edward VI Foundation Birmingham.The source says: Any request to share results after the registration closing date will not be considered until after school offers have been made in March 2027.
View the official source. If you are applying across two areas, check each area's rule above before you list schools on your council form.
For dates and results day, see the West Midlands dates page, the West Midlands results page and the West Midlands 11+ guide. To read a score, use the 11+ score converter.