BRBacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School 11+ admissions

• Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School entrance test

  School-specific assessment · The school's 2027/28 policy says an outside provider sets and standardises the test but does not name it. The GL Assessment details on the school's website are for September 2028 entry. · The entrance examination is held at the school, and candidates must sit every part. The school has not published whether the test is on paper or computer, or how many papers there are. The September 2027-entry examination has already taken place.

  The 2027/28 policy says the service provider sets and standardises the test, applicants must achieve the qualifying score, and standardised overall entrance-examination marks determine ranking within the oversubscription criteria. It does not publish a numeric 2027-entry threshold or name the provider. Reaching the standard does not guarantee a place if oversubscribed; PAN is 180.

  Check the official test registration page

Eligibility

Applicants must sit all elements of the Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar entrance examination, achieve the qualifying score or a successful review outcome, and name the school on their home Local Authority Common Application Form.

Score policy

The school uses an entrance examination set and standardised by its service provider; applicants must achieve the qualifying score, and eligible applicants are ranked by overall entrance examination mark, with review available for unsuccessful candidates.

Registration

GIAS does not publish the current test registration URL.

Priority school groups: Area 1 primary-school list, Area 2 primary-school list.

Priority depends on attending a listed primary school for at least the whole of Year 6. The two school lists appear in notes 2 and 3 of the policy. A home postcode is not an attendance check.

After qualifying EHCP-named children, priority is looked-after children; Area 1 primary pupils; Area 2 primary pupils; eligible staff children; siblings in Years 7-11; then other qualifying children. Area 1 and Area 2 applicants are ranked by test mark with sibling priority as specified. Read the policy for the school lists, sibling definitions, staff rules and tie-breaks.

For September 2027 entry. Policy checked 2026-09-30. A priority category does not guarantee an offer.

DfE preferences and offers at National Offer Day. A child can appear at several schools or through more than one recorded route at the same school. These figures describe past demand and do not predict an offer.

School identifiers are joined across documented predecessor links. Missing and suppressed values stay unpublished. Latest dataset: September 2026 entry. Checked 2026-10-24.

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• Department for Education: School level secondary and primary applications and offers 2026 (AppsandOffers_2026_SchoolLevel29062026.csv)
• Department for Education: Get Information about Schools all establishments CSV (edubasealldata20261001.csv)
• Department for Education: Get Information about Schools establishment links CSV (links_edubasealldata20261001.csv)

GIAS does not publish the current assessed subjects.

These stages are verified for the linked school-specific assessment route. GIAS does not publish the current assessment stages.

1. 1. School entrance examination

   The September 2027-entry examination took place in September 2026. The school has not published the exact day, question format or subjects.

2. 2. Qualification and coordinated offer

   Candidates must reach the qualifying standard to be considered. Their standardised overall entrance-examination marks are ranked under the policy's oversubscription criteria. Families submit a home local authority CAF by 31 October 2026; the local authority notifies school allocations on 1 March 2027.

Registration opens

GIAS does not publish the current registration opening date.

Registration deadline

GIAS does not publish the current registration deadline.

Test date

GIAS does not publish the current test dates.

Published CAF date

31 October 2026

National Offer Day

1 March 2027

Apply through the council where your child lives, even if this school is in another area. Check your home council's on-time application deadline before relying on the date shown here. Read the government's application guidance.

Shared assessment dates are in the 11+ dates calendar. To decide where this school goes on the application form, use the school application order planner.

Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School is a state-funded school, so there is no tuition fee for a Year 7 place. Uniform and optional activities can have separate costs. Check the Department for Education school record and the GOV.UK guide to state schools for the funding rule. The school can confirm current uniform and activity costs.

Inspection outcomes are maintained separately and are not present in current GIAS downloads.

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1. Determined Admission Arrangements for 2027/28

   Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School. Accessed 24 October 2026. September 2027 entry.

2. Open state-funded school fields CSV

   Department for Education. Accessed 21 October 2026. GIAS register snapshot on 20 October 2026.

3. Open state-funded school fields CSV, 24 October 2026

   Department for Education. Accessed 24 October 2026. GIAS register snapshot on 24 October 2026.

4. ONS Postcode Directory May 2026 school-postcode centroid extract

   Office for National Statistics. Accessed 21 October 2026. ONS Postcode Directory, May 2026; candidate-school postcodes queried 21 October 2026.

5. Determined Admission Arrangements for 2027/28

   Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School. Accessed 30 September 2026. September 2027 entry.

6. Determined Admission Arrangements for Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School 2027/28

   Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School. Accessed 24 October 2026. September 2027 entry.

7. Admission to the Academy

   Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School. Accessed 24 October 2026. September 2027 entry.