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King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys: 11+ entry
Grove Lane, Birmingham, West Midlands, B21 9ET
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Can we apply, and what did it take?
For September 2027 entry
Opens a short explanationqualifying scoreThe score a child must reach to be considered for a grammar school place in that area. Reaching it is not an offer of a place: places then follow each school’s admission rules.
205or more
West Midlands Grammar Schools Entrance Test, 2027 entry
Checked, source: King Edward VI Foundation Birmingham, checkedYear 7 places
150
2027 entry, Published Admission Number ()Opens a short explanationPANPublished Admission NumberThe number of places a school offers in its first year group, for example Year 7. The admission authority sets it each year in the school’s admission policy.
Checked, source: King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys, checkedLowest score offered
211
2026 entry, Category 3 – Pupil Premium applicants scoring 205 and above and living outside the catchment area, national offer day
Checked, source: King Edward VI Foundation Birmingham, checked
Your next deadline
Next: School place applications close: Common Application Form ()Opens a short explanationCAFCommon Application FormThe form you use to apply for a secondary school place. You send it to your own council, even for schools in another area, and you list the schools you want in order of preference. In England it closes on 31 October.
in 11 days
Can we get in?
How far offers reached
Each bar shows how far from King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys 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 205 or more in the West Midlands Grammar Schools Entrance Test 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.
Lowest score offered a place
Scores are on the standardised score (WMGS scale) scale.
Category 3 – Pupil Premium applicants scoring 205 and above and living outside the catchment area
- 2026 entryOffer day
On National Offer Day, the lowest score offered a place was 211. Final, after the waiting list: 211.
Category 5 – All other applicants not falling into one of the above categories
- 2026 entryOffer day
On National Offer Day, the lowest score offered a place was 216. Final, after the waiting list: 212.
- 2025 entryOffer day
On National Offer Day, the lowest score offered a place was 216. Final, after the waiting list: 212.
- 2024 entryOffer day
On National Offer Day, the lowest score offered a place was 217. Final, after the waiting list: 213.
- 2023 entryOffer day
On National Offer Day, the lowest score offered a place was 215. Final, after the waiting list: 209.
Source: King Edward VI Foundation Birmingham, checked
Other published figures
- 2026 entry: Category 1 – Looked After/Previously Looked After applicants scoring 205 and above: All offered
- 2026 entry: Category 2 – Pupil Premium applicants scoring 205 and above and living within the catchment area: All offered
- 2026 entry: Category 4 – Applicants achieving 224 and above and living within the catchment area: All offered
- 2025 entry: Category 1 – Looked After/Previously Looked After applicants scoring 205 and above: All offered
- 2025 entry: Category 2 – Pupil Premium applicants scoring 205 and above and living within the catchment area: All offered
- 2025 entry: Category 3 – Pupil Premium applicants scoring 205 and above and living outside the catchment area: All offered
- 2025 entry: Category 4 – Applicants achieving 224 and above and living within the catchment area: All offered
- 2024 entry: Category 1 – Looked After/Previously Looked After applicants scoring 205 and above: All offered
- 2024 entry: Category 2 – Pupil Premium applicants scoring 205 and above and living within the catchment area: All offered
- 2024 entry: Category 3 – Pupil Premium applicants scoring 205 and above and living outside the catchment area: All offered
- 2024 entry: Category 4 – Applicants achieving 224 and above and living within the catchment area: All offered
- 2023 entry: Category 1 – Looked After/Previously Looked After applicants scoring 205 and above: All offered
Source: King Edward VI Foundation Birmingham, checked
Applications and offers, September 2026 entry (Department for Education)
How many families applied to King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys 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.
| Figure | Department for Education |
|---|---|
| First-preference applications | 152First-preference applications, 2026 entryChecked 16 Oct 2026 against Department for Education (Explore Education Statistics).The source says: 202627,Academic year,School,E92000001,England,E12000005,West Midlands,330,E08000025,Birmingham,Secondary,3305402,z,6,King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys,146,146,64,53,24,1096,152,253,288,2.375,1.0410958904109588,307,60,Academy converter,No religious character,18.4,Selective,Urban: Nearer to a major town or city,No,E14001098,Birmingham Perry Barr,143562,7View the official source |
| All applications (any preference) | 1,096All applications (any preference), 2026 entryChecked 16 Oct 2026 against Department for Education (Explore Education Statistics).The source says: 202627,Academic year,School,E92000001,England,E12000005,West Midlands,330,E08000025,Birmingham,Secondary,3305402,z,6,King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys,146,146,64,53,24,1096,152,253,288,2.375,1.0410958904109588,307,60,Academy converter,No religious character,18.4,Selective,Urban: Nearer to a major town or city,No,E14001098,Birmingham Perry Barr,143562,7View the official source |
| Places offered on National Offer Day | 146Places 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,E12000005,West Midlands,330,E08000025,Birmingham,Secondary,3305402,z,6,King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys,146,146,64,53,24,1096,152,253,288,2.375,1.0410958904109588,307,60,Academy converter,No religious character,18.4,Selective,Urban: Nearer to a major town or city,No,E14001098,Birmingham Perry Barr,143562,7View the official source |
| Applicants per place | 7.5Applicants per place, 2026 entryChecked 16 Oct 2026 against Department for Education (Explore Education Statistics).The source says: 202627,Academic year,School,E92000001,England,E12000005,West Midlands,330,E08000025,Birmingham,Secondary,3305402,z,6,King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys,146,146,64,53,24,1096,152,253,288,2.375,1.0410958904109588,307,60,Academy converter,No religious character,18.4,Selective,Urban: Nearer to a major town or city,No,E14001098,Birmingham Perry Barr,143562,7View the official source |
Source: Department for Education (Explore Education Statistics), checked
About these figures
March figure first; final September figure in brackets.
Source: King Edward VI Foundation.
At a glance
King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys in brief
tap a value for its source
- Pupils
- boysPupilsChecked 9 Oct 2026 against King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys.The source says:
King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys
View the official source - Who the school admits.
- Year 7 places
- 150Year 7 placesChecked 9 Oct 2026 against King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys.The source says:
The number of intended admissions each year is 150 at age 11 years.
View the official source2027 entry - The (PAN): how many children the school plans to admit.
- Entrance test
- West Midlands Grammar Schools Entrance Test
- The test children sit to be considered. Written by GL Assessment.
- Supplementary Information Form (SIF)
- Yes, for this school
- An extra form some schools ask for. It goes to the school, not the council.
- School type
- selective grammar school in the King Edward VI Academy TrustSchool typeChecked 9 Oct 2026 against King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys.The source says:
we are proud to be part of the Grammar Schools in Birmingham, the King Edward VI Foundation and the King Edward VI Academy Trust
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.
King Edward VI Foundation Birmingham
4 earlier steps, all doneShow
Done: Test registration opens
Done: Test registration closes
4pm
Done: Test day
Done: Results
Next: School place applications close (CAF)
in 11 days
Coming up: National Offer Day
Year 5 now? Dates for September 2028 entryNone of these dates are published yet.
Not published yet: Test registration opens
Not yet published, checked 9 Oct 2026
Not published yet: Test registration closes
Not yet published, checked 9 Oct 2026
Not published yet: Test day
Not yet published, checked 9 Oct 2026
Not published yet: Results
Not yet published, checked 9 Oct 2026
Notes on these dates
Late registration and late tests: no registration after the deadline; an alternative test day can be arranged for children who cannot sit on a Saturday for religious reasonsKing Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys: Late testing (2027)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against King Edward VI Foundation Birmingham.The source says: If your child is unable to sit the test on a Saturday for religious reasons we are able to arrange an alternative test day.
View the official source.
How places are given
5 admission rules, in order, for 2027 entry
If more children qualify than there are places, King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys gives places using these rules (its Opens a short explanationoversubscription criteriaThe rules a school uses, in order, to decide who gets a place when more children apply than there are places. For example: children in care first, then brothers and sisters of pupils, then distance from home.), in this order (2027 entry).
- 1
Looked-after and previously looked-after boys who reach the qualifying score (ranked by test score, then distance)
The policy's own words
Looked After Children / Previously Looked After Children who achieve the qualifying score.
- 2
Pupil Premium boys who reach the qualifying score and live in the catchment area (ranked by distance)
The policy's own words
Children attracting the Pupil Premium who achieve the qualifying score and live within the school catchment area
- 3
If fewer than 25% of places have gone to Pupil Premium boys so far, Pupil Premium boys outside the catchment who reach the qualifying score, until 25% of places are filled (ranked by test score)
The policy's own words
offers will be made to children attracting the Pupil Premium who achieve the qualifying score and live outside the catchment area, until a total of 25% of places have been offered
- 4
Boys who reach the higher priority score and live in the catchment area (older brother or sister at the school first, then distance)
The policy's own words
Applicants who achieve the priority score and live within the school catchment area
- 5
All other boys who reach the qualifying score, ranked by test score (equal scores: brother or sister at the school, then distance)
The policy's own words
Applicants achieving the qualifying score. Applicants in this category will be ranked by test score.
Source: King Edward VI Foundation Birmingham, checked
- Supplementary form
- Only families applying for a pupil premium place need an extra form: a pupil premium form, completed by your child's primary school, uploaded when you register for the entrance test.Source: King Edward VI Foundation Birmingham, checked
More detail from our guide
- How distance is measured: Straight line, from home to schoolKing Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys: Distance rule (2027)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys.The source says:
those who live nearest to the school (according to the straight line distance between home and school)
View the official source
The test
West Midlands Grammar Schools Entrance Test
- Test
- West Midlands Grammar Schools Entrance Test
- Written by
- GL Assessment
- Test date, 2027 entry
- Saturday 12 September 2026
KE VI Handsworth Grammar for Boys uses the shared West Midlands test. Format: Birmingham guide.
Open days
Next: Year 7 Open Morning, Tue 20 Oct 2026
Done: Year 7 Open Morning (passed)
9am to 11.30am
Done: Year 7 Open Morning (passed)
9am to 11.30am
Coming up: Year 7 Open Morning
Coming up: Year 7 Open Morning
Coming up: Year 7 Open Morning
Coming up: Year 7 Open Morning
Coming up: Year 7 Open Evening
4.30pm to 6.30pm
Coming up: Year 7 Open Morning
Source: King Edward VI Foundation Birmingham, checked
If you are refused a place
Reviews, appeals and the waiting list
General information, not legal advice.
General information, not legal advice.
What is different about KE VI Handsworth Grammar for Boys
- Open mornings are timed after the 11+ results and before the 31 October preference deadlineKing Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys: DistinctivesChecked 9 Oct 2026 against King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys.The source says:
Are you waiting for your son’s 11+ Grammar School Test results? Now is the perfect opportunity to visit HGS and discover what life is like at our school ahead of completing your secondary school preferences.
View the official source - Sixth form takes boys and girlsKing Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys: DistinctivesChecked 9 Oct 2026 against King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys.The source says:
The school welcomes applications from boys and girls at age 16 years for entry into the Sixth Form.
View the official source
Entry in September 2028 (Year 5 now)
No 2028 arrangements found yet.
Other Birmingham schools
How far offers reached at all 8 schools on the same test
Listed A to Z. Each school has its own admission rules, so a longer distance does not mean a place is easier to get.
Listed A to Z by school name.
Bishop Vesey's Grammar SchoolBoys
Lowest score offered: 210 (standardised score (WMGS scale)), 2026 entry
210
King Edward VI Aston SchoolBoys
Lowest score offered: 239 (standardised score (WMGS scale)), 2026 entry
239
King Edward VI Camp Hill School for BoysBoys
Offers reached 3.54 miles2025 entry
King Edward VI Camp Hill School for GirlsGirls
Lowest score offered: 255 (standardised score (WMGS scale)), 2026 entry
255
King Edward VI Five Ways SchoolBoys and girls
Offers reached 2.72 miles2026 entry
King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for BoysBoys(this school)
Lowest score offered: 211 (standardised score (WMGS scale)), 2026 entry
211
King Edward VI Handsworth School for GirlsGirls
Lowest score offered: 219 (standardised score (WMGS scale)), 2026 entry
219
Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for GirlsGirls
Lowest score offered: 215 (standardised score (WMGS scale)), 2026 entry
215
Source: King Edward VI Foundation Birmingham, checked Each school's own page names its source. Distances are measured by each school's own method, so compare with care.
Official documents and sources
12 sources, each kept as an archived copy
- Department for Education (Explore Education Statistics)
Spreadsheet · copy archived by ExamKind on 16 Oct 2026
- King Edward VI Foundation Birmingham
Web page · copy archived by ExamKind on 9 Oct 2026
- King Edward VI Foundation Birmingham
Web page · copy archived by ExamKind on 9 Oct 2026
- King Edward VI Foundation Birmingham
Web page · copy archived by ExamKind on 9 Oct 2026
- King Edward VI Foundation Birmingham
Web page · copy archived by ExamKind on 9 Oct 2026
- King Edward VI Foundation Birmingham
PDF document · copy archived by ExamKind on 12 Oct 2026
- King Edward VI Foundation Birmingham
Web page · copy archived by ExamKind on 9 Oct 2026
- King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys
Web page · copy archived by ExamKind on 9 Oct 2026
- King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys
Web page · copy archived by ExamKind on 9 Oct 2026
- King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys
Web page · copy archived by ExamKind on 9 Oct 2026
- King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys
Web page · copy archived by ExamKind on 9 Oct 2026
- King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys
Web page · copy archived by ExamKind on 9 Oct 2026
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