KGGKesteven and Grantham Girls' School 11+ admissions

• Lincolnshire Consortium of Grammar Schools 11 Plus

  Formal consortium · GL Assessment produces the Verbal Reasoning and Non-Verbal Reasoning and Spatial Awareness tests specifically for the Lincolnshire Consortium Grammar Schools. · Two in-person tests are administered by the grammar schools or primary schools according to area, with candidates recording answers on machine-marked answer sheets (OMR). The same tests may be taken only once in the school year.

  The consortium’s current testing guidance states a minimum standardised qualifying score of 220, intended to identify the most able quarter of pupils in selective areas. Current school policies also set their own qualification, concession and oversubscription rules. Qualification alone does not guarantee admission to any individual school; check the intended school’s current policy.

  Check the official test registration page

Eligibility

Applicants must reach the Lincolnshire consortium 11+ minimum qualifying standard, intended to identify the top 25% by ability in the Lincolnshire grammar-school area. The policy does not give a fixed numeric qualifying score or name the test provider or papers.

Score policy

The Lincolnshire assessments use a qualifying standard intended to identify the top 25% of children in grammar-school areas. The policy states two assessments on two Saturdays in September for pupils in their final primary-school year, but gives no exact dates, provider, paper components or numeric qualifying score.

Registration

GIAS does not publish the current test registration URL.

Published radius: 12 miles from the Post Office address point of Kesteven and Grantham Girls’ School.

This is only the Targeted/Expanded Free School Meals priority category, not a general catchment or application limit. Lincolnshire uses electronic straight-line measurement to three decimal places between Post Office home and school address points. Confirm the exact address and FSM entitlement/date with the school. Do not infer the boundary from a postcode or a map pin. The usual home is the majority-term-time address; evidenced equal shared residence allows parents to choose one address.

Ask the admissions authority to check your address against its exact reference point. School postcode coordinates cannot confirm this boundary.

EHCP-named children are admitted first. Other Year 7 applicants must meet the Lincolnshire 11+ qualifying standard. The order is looked-after/previously looked-after children, including adoption after overseas state care; a sibling attending when the application is made; qualified children eligible for Targeted or Expanded Free School Meals living within 12 miles; children of staff employed for two years at application or recruited for a demonstrable shortage; then nearer homes. The September 2026 amendment includes Expanded FSM: do not substitute an Ever6 or Pupil Premium rule. Note 3 requires registered FSM eligibility at application or 31 October before entry, a tick on the school application or 11+ registration form, and verifiable primary-school evidence before entry. Confirm the eligibility date with the school. Full sisters count even in separate homes; other children normally share the household for most term time under a responsible adult. Ties use successive criteria, then a lottery drawn independently of the school and council Children’s Services Directorate. Lincolnshire measures straight-line distance to three decimal places between Post Office home and school address points. The home is where the child lives for most term time; proved equal shared residence allows a choice of address. Passing is not an application or an offer: submit the home authority CAF too. Qualified multiple births or same-year sisters split by the final place may be admitted above PAN unless class size would prejudice other pupils. Qualified children, including those qualified on appeal, join the reserve list for higher preferences automatically; it follows priority, not time waiting. The council keeps it through the August coordinated round, then the school through the academic year, when lists are cleared. Service/Crown families can apply before moving with official relocation/address evidence. The 12-mile rule applies only to the FSM category, not all applicants.

For September 2027 entry. Policy checked 2026-10-01. 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)

These subjects are verified for the linked shared assessment route. GIAS does not publish the current assessed subjects.

• Verbal Reasoning
• Non-Verbal Reasoning
• Spatial Awareness

1. 1. Lincolnshire consortium 11+ assessments

   The policy says two assessments take place on two Saturdays in September in the pupil’s final year at primary school. It says results are provided in October before the 31 October 2026 CAF close. The policy gives no exact test dates, provider, paper components or numeric qualifying score.

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

GIAS does not publish the current offer date.

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.

Kesteven and Grantham Girls' 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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• Carre's Grammar School
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• King Edward VI Grammar School
• Queen Elizabeth's Grammar Alford - A Selective Academy
• Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Horncastle
• Skegness Grammar School
• Spalding Grammar School
• Spalding High School
• The Boston Grammar School
• The King's School, Grantham
• The Queen Elizabeth's High School, Gainsborough

1. 2026 11+ Testing Information

   Bourne Grammar School. Accessed 26 August 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. Admissions Policy V12.1 September 2025, amended September 2026, for 2027-2028

   Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School. Accessed 24 October 2026. September 2027 entry.

5. Entry to Year 7 September 2027

   Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School. Accessed 21 October 2026. September 2027 entry.

6. Lincolnshire Consortium of Grammar Schools

   The King's School, Grantham. Accessed 21 October 2026. September 2027 entry.

7. Entry to Year 7 in September 2027

   The King's School, Grantham. Accessed 21 October 2026. September 2027 entry.

8. Lincolnshire Consortium of Grammar Schools Admissions Procedure for Entry in September 2027

   The King's School. Accessed 24 October 2026. September 2027 entry.

9. 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.

10. Admissions Policy for 2027 Intake

    Bourne Grammar School. Accessed 23 October 2026. September 2027 entry.

11. CGS Admissions Policy 2027-2028

    Carre's Grammar School. Accessed 23 October 2026. September 2027 entry.

12. Entry to Year 7 in September 2027

    The King's School, Grantham. Accessed 24 October 2026. September 2027 entry.

13. 11+ Key Dates 2026

    Lincolnshire Consortium of Grammar Schools. Accessed 24 October 2026. September 2027 entry.

14. Testing Arrangements 11+

    Lincolnshire Consortium of Grammar Schools. Accessed 24 October 2026. September 2027 entry.

15. Admissions Policy Years 7-11 September 2027

    Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Horncastle. Accessed 23 October 2026. September 2027 entry.

16. Admissions Policy 2027 entry

    Spalding Grammar School. Accessed 23 October 2026. September 2027 entry.