BWSBishop Wordsworth's Church of England Grammar School 11+ admissions

• Bishop Wordsworth's School 11+ assessment

  School-specific assessment · The school names GL Assessment as the setter of its papers and Quest as its test provider. Ask the school which format to expect before buying provider-branded practice. · A school 11+ examination with two papers according to the determined policy: a verbal-skills paper and a Mathematics/non-verbal-reasoning paper. The school has not published the response format, sitting length or venue.

  The qualifying standard is set by the Admissions Committee with senior staff in reference to that year’s test scores; no fixed numeric score is published. Policy says the papers are age-weighted. Looked-after/previously looked-after candidates and Pupil Premium candidates have a qualifying standard 10% lower than the standard requirement. The nearest 480 applicants are admitted to the test; this is a test-access limit, not the number of academic places. PAN is 160. Meeting the qualifying standard does not guarantee an offer.

Eligibility

Boys normally born between 1 September 2015 and 31 August 2016 must apply for and sit the school's 11+ examination once, attain the cohort-determined qualifying standard, and name the school first on the Local Authority Common Application Form. The school names GL Assessment as paper setter and Quest as test provider for September 2027 entry.

Score policy

The policy describes a verbal-skills paper and a Mathematics/non-verbal-reasoning paper, with marks standardised by age weighting; the qualifying standard is determined from the examination cohort rather than being a pre-defined mark, and it is 10% lower for eligible looked-after or Pupil Premium applicants. The school names GL Assessment as paper setter and Quest as test provider.

Registration

GIAS does not publish the current test registration URL.

Published area: Bishop Wordsworth's School designated area.

Use the school’s published designated-area map and permanent-home rules. The policy separately limits the Year 7 entrance examination to the 480 applicants living nearest the Exeter Street gate; eligibility to sit the test and priority for an offer are different checks.

For applicants meeting the qualifying standard, Annex D orders priority through looked-after and previously looked-after children; Pupil Premium applicants; designated-area residents or applicants with accepted relocation evidence; eligible staff children; specified service-premium categories; then other applicants. Straight-line distance to the Exeter Street gate resolves ties within a criterion, followed by independently supervised lots if needed. Consult the policy for category definitions and relocation evidence.

For September 2027 entry. Policy checked 2026-10-23. 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)
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These subjects are verified for the linked school-specific assessment route. GIAS does not publish the current assessed subjects.

• Verbal skills
• Mathematics
• Non-Verbal Reasoning

1. 1. 11+ entrance examination

   The policy describes two papers: verbal skills, and Mathematics with non-verbal reasoning. Scores are age-weighted and the qualifying standard is set from the cohort.

Registration opens

GIAS does not publish the current registration opening date.

Registration deadline

GIAS does not publish the current registration deadline.

Test date

26 September 2026

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.

Bishop Wordsworth's Church of England 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.

• South Wilts Grammar School

1. Admissions Policy 2027-28

   Bishop Wordsworth's Church of England Grammar School. Accessed 23 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. Admissions Policy 2027-28

   Bishop Wordsworth's Church of England Grammar School. Accessed 23 October 2026. September 2027 entry.

6. Admissions Policy 2027-28

   Bishop Wordsworth's Church of England Grammar School. Accessed 24 October 2026. September 2027 entry.

7. Year 7 Admissions: September 2027 timetable

   Bishop Wordsworth's Church of England Grammar School. Accessed 24 October 2026. September 2027 entry.

8. Year 7 Admissions Frequently Asked Questions

   Bishop Wordsworth's Church of England Grammar School. Accessed 24 October 2026. September 2027 entry.