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Queen Mary's Grammar School: 11+ entry

Sutton Road, Walsall, West Midlands, WS1 2PG

Facts checked 19 October 2026By ExamKind Editorial Team

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Can we apply, and what did it take?

For September 2027 entry

  • Score to qualify

    Not published yet

    West Midlands Grammar Schools Entrance Test

  • Year 7 places

    180

    2027 entry, Published Admission Number ()

    Checked, source: Queen Mary's Grammar School, checked

  • Lowest score offered

    225

    2026 entry, non-pupil-premium, national offer day

    Checked, source: Queen Mary's Grammar School, checked

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 Queen Mary's 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.

Reaching the school's standard 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 Queen Mary's Grammar School. We add each year's figures after National Offer Day, when the council or school publishes them.

Lowest score offered a place

Scores are on the standardised score scale.

Non-pupil-premium

  1. 2026 entryOffer day

    On National Offer Day, the lowest score offered a place was 225.

  2. 2025 entryOffer day

    On National Offer Day, the lowest score offered a place was 224. Final, after the waiting list: 221.

  3. 2024 entryOffer day

    On National Offer Day, the lowest score offered a place was 223. Final, after the waiting list: 218.

Source: Queen Mary's Grammar School, checked

Other published figures

  • 2025 entry: Qualifying score (standardised score): 200
  • 2024 entry: Qualifying score (standardised score): 200

Source: Queen Mary's Grammar School, checked

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

How many families applied to Queen Mary's 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 Queen Mary's Grammar School, September 2026 entry
FigureDepartment for Education
First-preference applications367First-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,335,E08000030,Walsall,Secondary,3355404,z,5,Queen Mary's Grammar School,178,178,135,33,8,803,367,242,92,2.7185185185185183,2.061797752808989,557,110,Academy converter,No religious character,25.7,Selective,Urban: Nearer to a major town or city,No,E14001562,Walsall and Bloxwich,136773,7View the official source
All applications (any preference)803All 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,335,E08000030,Walsall,Secondary,3355404,z,5,Queen Mary's Grammar School,178,178,135,33,8,803,367,242,92,2.7185185185185183,2.061797752808989,557,110,Academy converter,No religious character,25.7,Selective,Urban: Nearer to a major town or city,No,E14001562,Walsall and Bloxwich,136773,7View the official source
Places offered on National Offer Day178Places 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,335,E08000030,Walsall,Secondary,3355404,z,5,Queen Mary's Grammar School,178,178,135,33,8,803,367,242,92,2.7185185185185183,2.061797752808989,557,110,Academy converter,No religious character,25.7,Selective,Urban: Nearer to a major town or city,No,E14001562,Walsall and Bloxwich,136773,7View the official source
Applicants per place4.5Applicants 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,335,E08000030,Walsall,Secondary,3355404,z,5,Queen Mary's Grammar School,178,178,135,33,8,803,367,242,92,2.7185185185185183,2.061797752808989,557,110,Academy converter,No religious character,25.7,Selective,Urban: Nearer to a major town or city,No,E14001562,Walsall and Bloxwich,136773,7View the official source

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

About these figures

Published by the school; past years are a guide only.

One published figure unclear in the school's table: shown as awaiting confirmation; the school has been asked.

At a glance

Queen Mary's Grammar School in brief

tap a value for its source

Pupils
boysPupilsChecked 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 source
Who the school admits.
School type
academySchool typeChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Queen Mary's Grammar School.The source says: The School is an Academy and the Governors, not the Local Authority, are responsible for the admission arrangements.View the official source
How the school is run and funded.
Year 7 places
180Year 7 placesChecked 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 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.
the GovernorsAdmission authorityChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Queen Mary's Grammar School.The source says: The School is an Academy and the Governors, not the Local Authority, are responsible for the admission arrangements.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.
Supplementary Information Form (SIF)
Yes, for this school
An extra form some schools ask for. It goes to the school, not the council.

Key dates

Dates for September 2027 entry

For children in Year 6 in 2026/27.

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Queen Mary's High School

4 earlier steps, all doneShow

  1. Done: Test registration opens

  2. Done: Test registration closes

    4pm

  3. Done: Test day

  4. Done: Results

  1. Next: School place applications close (CAF)

    in 11 days

  2. Coming up: National Offer Day

    Source: Queen Mary's Grammar School, checked
Notes on these dates

Late registration and late tests: Late registrations are tested for a waiting-list place (March 2027); details from November 2026Queen Mary's Grammar School: Late testing (2027)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against Queen Mary's Grammar School.The source says: All late candidates will be tested as per our published Admission Arrangements for a waiting list place (in March 2027).View the official source.

How places are given

3 admission rules, in order, for 2027 entry

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

  1. 1

    Looked-after and previously looked-after children with the qualifying score, by score

    The policy's own words
    A ‘looked after child’ or a child who was previously looked after but immediately after being looked after became subject to an adoption, child arrangements, or special guardianship order
  2. 2

    Pupil premium children with the qualifying score, by score, up to 30% of places (currently 54); Walsall state primary pupils first if oversubscribed

    The policy's own words
    Children eligible for Pupil Premium at the time of the Test who achieve the qualifying score by rank order of standardised score but limited to no more than 30% of students in this category (currently 54 places);
  3. 3

    All other children with the qualifying score, by score, until the 180 places are filled

    The policy's own words
    Other children who have achieved the qualifying score by rank order of standardised score until the Published Admissions Number is reached.

Source: Queen Mary's Grammar School, checked

Who qualifies
Minimum Qualifying Score set by the Governors after the results are availableSource: Queen Mary's Grammar School, checked
Catchment
no defined catchment areaSource: Queen Mary's Grammar School, checked
Brothers and sisters
no sibling category in the published preference orderSource: Queen Mary's Grammar School, checked
Supplementary form
Only families applying for a pupil premium place need an extra form: a Pupil Premium form, downloaded during test registration and completed with your child's primary school.Source: Queen Mary's Grammar School, checked
Waiting list
waiting list maintained until the end of the first termSource: Queen Mary's Grammar School, checked
More detail from our guide
  • Priority area: no defined catchment areaQueen Mary's Grammar School: Catchment description (2027)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against Queen Mary's Grammar School.The source says: The School has no defined catchment area.View the official source
  • Siblings: no sibling category in the published preference orderQueen Mary's Grammar School: Sibling priority (2027)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against Queen Mary's Grammar School.The source says: c) 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
  • Waiting list: waiting list maintained until the end of the first termQueen Mary's Grammar School: Waiting list (2027)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against Queen Mary's Grammar School.The source says: Candidates who sat this exam may be placed on the school’s waiting list for places, which is maintained until the end of the first term.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

Queen Mary's Grammar uses the shared West Midlands test. Format: Walsall guide.

How the Walsall test works

Open days

All this year's events have passed

  1. Done: School Open Evening (passed)

Source: Queen Mary's Grammar School, checked

If you are refused a place

Reviews, appeals and the waiting list

General information, not legal advice.

How appeals work
appeal to the Clerk to the Governors (not the local authority); hearings usually May or early JuneSource: Queen Mary's Grammar School, checked

General information, not legal advice.

How appeals work here: appeal to the Clerk to the Governors (not the local authority); hearings usually May or early JuneQueen Mary's Grammar School: Appeals route (2027)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against Queen Mary's Grammar School.The source says: Do not send appeals to your Local Authority.View the official source. The 2027-entry appeal timetable is not published yet.

What is different about Queen Mary's Grammar

  • 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
  • No catchment area: places go in score orderQueen Mary's Grammar School: DistinctivesChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Queen Mary's Grammar School.The source says: All parents living both within and beyond the Borough of Walsall may apply to have their sons admitted to Years 7 to 11View the official source
  • Administers the test in a Shropshire, Walsall and Wolverhampton consortium inside the wider WMGS partnershipQueen Mary's Grammar School: DistinctivesChecked 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
  • Scores are age-standardised around a median of 200Queen Mary's Grammar School: DistinctivesChecked 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

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

5 sources, each kept as an archived copy

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