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Caistor Grammar School: 11+ entry

Church Street, Caistor, Lincolnshire, LN7 6QJ

Facts checked 19 October 2026By ExamKind Editorial Team

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Can we apply, and what did it take?

For September 2027 entry

  • 220or more

    Lincolnshire Consortium of Grammar Schools 11+, 2027 entry

    Checked, source: Caistor Grammar School, checked

  • Year 7 places

    96

    2027 entry, Published Admission Number ()

    Checked, source: Caistor Grammar School, checked

  • Last distance offered

    Not publishedWe have no checked figure for how far offers reached.

Your next deadline

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

    in 11 days

How far offers reached

Can we get in?

How far offers reached

Each bar shows how far from Caistor Grammar School the last child offered a place lived, under the last admission rule the offers reached. Up to five years, on one scale.

Qualifying is not the same as being offered a place.

A score of 220 or more in the Lincolnshire Consortium of Grammar Schools 11+ means your child can be considered. If more children qualify than there are places, the school gives places using its admission rules, in order. The figures below show how far those rules reached in past years. They are history, not a prediction: they change every year with who applies.

Checked, source: Department for Education (GOV.UK), checked
No distance figures publishedWe have not found a checked figure for how far offers reached at Caistor Grammar School. We add each year's figures after National Offer Day, when the council or school publishes them.

Applications and offers, September 2026 entry (Department for Education)

How many families applied to Caistor Grammar School and how many places it offered. Applicants per place is all applications divided by offers. Families apply to several schools and not every applicant qualifies, so it is not the chance of a place.

Applications and offers at Caistor Grammar School, September 2026 entry
FigureDepartment for Education
First-preference applications142First-preference applications, 2026 entryChecked 16 Oct 2026 against Department for Education (Explore Education Statistics).The source says: 202627,Academic year,School,E92000001,England,E12000004,East Midlands,925,E10000019,Lincolnshire,Secondary,9255406,z,3,Caistor Grammar School,113,113,113,0,0,184,142,29,13,1.2566371681415929,1.2566371681415929,119,72,Academy converter,No religious character,6.3,Selective,Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city,No,E14001243,Gainsborough,136350,7View the official source
All applications (any preference)184All applications (any preference), 2026 entryChecked 16 Oct 2026 against Department for Education (Explore Education Statistics).The source says: 202627,Academic year,School,E92000001,England,E12000004,East Midlands,925,E10000019,Lincolnshire,Secondary,9255406,z,3,Caistor Grammar School,113,113,113,0,0,184,142,29,13,1.2566371681415929,1.2566371681415929,119,72,Academy converter,No religious character,6.3,Selective,Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city,No,E14001243,Gainsborough,136350,7View the official source
Places offered on National Offer Day113Places offered on National Offer Day, 2026 entryChecked 16 Oct 2026 against Department for Education (Explore Education Statistics).The source says: 202627,Academic year,School,E92000001,England,E12000004,East Midlands,925,E10000019,Lincolnshire,Secondary,9255406,z,3,Caistor Grammar School,113,113,113,0,0,184,142,29,13,1.2566371681415929,1.2566371681415929,119,72,Academy converter,No religious character,6.3,Selective,Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city,No,E14001243,Gainsborough,136350,7View the official source
Applicants per place1.6Applicants per place, 2026 entryChecked 16 Oct 2026 against Department for Education (Explore Education Statistics).The source says: 202627,Academic year,School,E92000001,England,E12000004,East Midlands,925,E10000019,Lincolnshire,Secondary,9255406,z,3,Caistor Grammar School,113,113,113,0,0,184,142,29,13,1.2566371681415929,1.2566371681415929,119,72,Academy converter,No religious character,6.3,Selective,Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city,No,E14001243,Gainsborough,136350,7View the official source

Source: Department for Education (Explore Education Statistics), checked

About these figures

Caistor Grammar has not published past cut-off scores on the pages we checked.

At a glance

Caistor Grammar School in brief

tap a value for its source

Pupils
mixedPupilsChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Caistor Grammar School.The source says: Caistor Grammar School is a co-educational 11 to 18 selective school.View the official source
Who the school admits.
Year 7 places
96Year 7 placesChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Caistor Grammar School.The source says: The number of intended admissions for entry into Year 7 in September 2027 will be 96 pupils.View the official source2027 entry
The (PAN): how many children the school plans to admit.
Entrance test
Lincolnshire Consortium of Grammar Schools 11+
The test children sit to be considered. Written by GL Assessment.
the Board of TrusteesAdmission authorityChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Caistor Grammar School.The source says: The School's Board of Trustees is the admissions authority for Caistor Grammar School,View the official source
Who sets the admission rules and decides who is offered a place.
A mapped area (see the admission rules)
Where children get priority. Living inside it does not by itself mean a place.
School type
academy (since 1 December 2010)School typeChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Caistor Grammar School.The source says: It became a Foundation School on September 1st 1999 and an Academy on 1st December 2010.View the official source
How the school is run and funded.

Key dates

Dates for September 2027 entry

For children in Year 6 in 2026/27.

Add to my calendar

Lincolnshire Consortium of Grammar Schools

3 earlier steps, all doneShow

  1. Done: Test registration opens

  2. Done: Test registration closes

  3. Done: Results

    12pm

  1. Next: School place applications close (CAF)

    in 11 days

  2. Coming up: National Offer Day

  3. Not published yet: Test day

    Not yet published, checked 9 Oct 2026

Year 5 now? Dates for September 2028 entryNone of these dates are published yet.

  1. Not published yet: Test registration opens

    Not yet published, checked 9 Oct 2026

  2. Not published yet: Test registration closes

    Not yet published, checked 9 Oct 2026

  3. Not published yet: Test day

    Not yet published, checked 9 Oct 2026

  4. Not published yet: Results

    Not yet published, checked 9 Oct 2026

Notes on these dates

Late registration and late tests: late tests for anyone who missed the entry dates, including families moving into the area (Years 7 to 10)Caistor Grammar School: Late testing (2027)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against Caistor Grammar School.The source says: We do have late tests for anybody who has missed our entry dates, these include tests for entry to years 7, 8, 9 and 10, for anybody moving into the area.View the official source.

How places are given

4 admission rules, in order, for 2027 entry

If more children qualify than there are places, Caistor Grammar School gives places using these rules (its ), in this order (2027 entry).

  1. 1

    Qualified looked-after and previously looked-after children (after children with an Education, Health and Care (EHC) plan naming the school)

    The policy's own words
    Qualified candidates who are in Public Care (Looked After Children), will be considered first in the allocation of places.
  2. 2

    Qualified children living in the catchment area (within 6.5 miles in a straight line), by Verbal Reasoning score

    The policy's own words
    the next students to be admitted are those who qualify and are in-catchment.
  3. 3

    Up to 12 qualified children receiving the pupil premium (Ever 6), by Verbal Reasoning score

    The policy's own words
    up to 12 places will be reserved for students who are in receipt of Pupil Premium (Ever 6).
  4. 4

    All other qualified children, by Verbal Reasoning score

    The policy's own words
    Priority between children who do not fall into the above categories (5.1, 5.2 and 5.21) will go to the applicants with the higher V.R. scores.

Source: Caistor Grammar School, checked

Catchment
in-catchment: living within 6.5 miles as the crow flies of the school on 1 September 2026Source: Caistor Grammar School, checked
If two children are level for the last place
highest Verbal Reasoning score; then mean rank position; then the highest score on the written test; then fewest mistakes and raw marks; two students still tied are both admitted; more than two go to an independent lotterySource: Caistor Grammar School, checked
Waiting list
children who sit the main-round tests stay on the waiting list for three yearsSource: Caistor Grammar School, checked
Address used
The address you live at on Tuesday 1 September 2026 is the one that counts.Source: Caistor Grammar School, checked
More detail from our guide
  • Priority area: in-catchment: living within 6.5 miles as the crow flies of the school on 1 September 2026Caistor Grammar School: Catchment description (2027)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against Caistor Grammar School.The source says: To apply for in-catchment status for September 2027, you must live within 6.5 miles ‘as the crow flies’ from the School on 1st September 2026.View the official source
  • How distance is measured: Straight line, from Post Office address point of the applicant's principal residence to Post Office address point of the schoolCaistor Grammar School: Distance rule (2027)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against Caistor Grammar School.The source says: 6.5 miles as the crow flies from the Post Office address point of the school to the Post Office address point of the applicant principal residenceView the official source
  • Address fixed by: 1 September 2026Caistor Grammar School: Address date (where your child must live) (2027)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against Caistor Grammar School.The source says: you must live within 6.5 miles ‘as the crow flies’ from the School on 1st September 2026.View the official source
  • Waiting list: children who sit the main-round tests stay on the waiting list for three yearsCaistor Grammar School: Waiting list (2027)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against Caistor Grammar School.The source says: Students who take our 11+ tests in the main admissions round remain on our waiting list for 3 years.View the official source

The test

Lincolnshire Consortium of Grammar Schools 11+
Test
Lincolnshire Consortium of Grammar Schools 11+
Written by
GL Assessment
Test date, 2027 entry
Not yet published

Caistor Grammar School tests its own applicants: 2026-09-19 (standard Verbal Reasoning) and 2026-09-26 (multiple-choice Verbal Reasoning)Caistor Grammar School: Test date (2027)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against Caistor Grammar School.The source says: | 19th Sept 2026 | First 11+ Entrance Paper- Standard Verbal Reasoning. |View the official source. Children need 220Caistor Grammar School: Qualifying score (2027)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against Caistor Grammar School.The source says: Only children who attain a total score of 220 or more in the tests will be eligible for entry.View the official source or more in total. Registration closed on 14 August 2026Caistor Grammar School: Registration closes (2027)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against Caistor Grammar School.The source says: | 14th August 2026 | Deadline for registration to take the 11+ entrance papers.View the official source, later than the consortium deadline, and families heard the outcome on 13 October 2026Caistor Grammar School: Results (2027)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against Caistor Grammar School.The source says: | 13th Oct 2026 | Parents are informed of the outcome of the tests via email. |View the official source. Format: Lincolnshire guide.

How the Lincolnshire test works

Open days

Next: Y7 Open Evening, Wed 5 May 2027

  1. Done: Open Evening for Year 7 entry in September 2027 (passed)

  2. Coming up: Y7 Open Evening

    6pm-8pm

Source: Caistor Grammar School, checked

If you are refused a place

Reviews, appeals and the waiting list

General information, not legal advice.

How appeals work
contact the school (not the local authority); independent panelSource: Caistor Grammar School, checked

General information, not legal advice.

How appeals work here: contact the school (not the local authority); independent panelCaistor Grammar School: Appeals route (2027)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against Caistor Grammar School.The source says: Parents who wish to appeal contact the School (not the Local Authority) by March 24th 2027.View the official source.

What is different about Caistor Grammar

  • Runs its own two Verbal Reasoning papers (one standard, one multiple choice) rather than the consortium VR + NVR testsCaistor Grammar School: DistinctivesChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Caistor Grammar School.The source says: Applicants will take Verbal Reasoning tests in the Autumn Term of Year 6. Caistor Grammar School will administer these tests.View the official source
  • Registration runs to mid-August (14 August 2026), much later than the 31 March consortium deadlineCaistor Grammar School: DistinctivesChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Caistor Grammar School.The source says: | 14th August 2026 | Deadline for registration to take the 11+ entrance papers.View the official source
  • In-catchment means within 6.5 miles as the crow flies, fixed at 1 September before the testsCaistor Grammar School: DistinctivesChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Caistor Grammar School.The source says: you must be resident in the property on the 1st September before your child takes the testsView the official source
  • Publishes a full 2027 appeals timetable (hearings week of 7 June 2027)Caistor Grammar School: DistinctivesChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Caistor Grammar School.The source says: Appeals are to be heard the week commencing 7th June 2027View the official source

Entry in September 2028 (Year 5 now)

No 2028 arrangements found yet.

What we are still checking

Still being confirmed: a point where two official documents disagree.

Official documents and sources

9 sources, each kept as an archived copy

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