KEVKing Edward VI School 11+ admissions

• West Midlands Grammar Schools Entrance Test

  Shared test group · GL Assessment · Two paper-based multiple-choice papers, each approximately 50 to 60 minutes including instructions and examples, with individually timed sections and separate answer sheets

  The partnership test page publishes age-standardised weights of 50 per cent for English and verbal reasoning, 25 per cent for non-verbal reasoning and 25 per cent for mathematics. Warwickshire school policies allow school-selected weightings, so a shared sitting does not establish identical totals for every school. Check the intended school's entry-year method. There is no single route-wide offer threshold: each partner school applies its own qualifying scores and oversubscription rules. Sitting or passing the shared test does not guarantee an offer.

  Check the official test registration page

Eligibility

Boys born 1 September 2015 to 31 August 2016, or educated in Year 6 in 2026/27, who register for and complete the 11+ entrance test and name the school on the Common Application Form.

Score policy

The Committee of Reference sets the automatic qualifying score and required minimum academic standard for the 2027 entry year from the 11+ results. The policy does not publish a fixed 2027 score.

Registration

GIAS does not publish the current test registration URL.

Published radius: 16.936 miles from the Fountain in Rother Street, Stratford-upon-Avon.

Two priority circles share this fountain reference: inner 13 miles and outer 16.936 miles, described as reaching the county boundary south of Long Compton. Neither is centred on the school. Confirm the exact address with Warwickshire Admissions; a map estimate cannot confirm it. Residence must be evidenced by 11.59pm on 31 December 2026. Home is the application address; equal shared care uses where the child sleeps and spends most Monday-to-Friday time. December proof requests require two documents within 15 working days or the application becomes late. Moves need actual residence by the December deadline and evidence, potentially including disposal of the old home. Later moves are considered after 1 March 2027 as late. Score-tie distance instead runs from the Ordnance Survey home address point to the school centroid.

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

PAN is 87. The Committee of Reference sets the Automatic Qualifying Score (AQS) and Required Minimum Academic Standard (RMAS) each year; previous scores do not guarantee an offer. EHCP-named boys are first, subject to the policy’s above-RMAS condition; confirm individual arrangements with Admissions. The order is: care, including adoption after overseas state care, at AQS or up to 20 below (if the AQS/RMAS gap exceeds 20, care reaching RMAS); outer-circle pupil premium via FSM at AQS or up to 20 below, up to 13 places including later re-offers; inner-circle boys at AQS, up to 70 places; outer-circle boys at AQS; boys outside the outer circle at AQS; then below-AQS boys above RMAS. FSM means registration at any point in the six years before the test-registration deadline, with evidence. The 13/70 are category limits within PAN, not extra places. Every category uses descending score, then nearer straight-line distance from the OS home address point to the school centroid. Equal score and distance use Warwickshire’s computerised random allocation witnessed by independent Legal Services. The fountain defines circles, not distance ties. Outside-circle first-round offers depend on insufficient qualified local applicants. Test registration closes at 11.59pm on 30 June 2026; a separate home-authority CAF is required on time. Both must be on time for first-round consideration. The policy permits late test registration to count on time with an evidenced move into the circles by 31 December. After 1 March, late and on-time applicants share the same waiting-list criteria, held until 31 December 2027. Lower-preference offers trigger automatic listing if academically eligible. Category 6 says above RMAS, but sections 2.4.3.2/2.4.5 include pupils at RMAS: confirm that boundary with Admissions. A twin below AQS gains no concession because the other twin qualifies. Offer acceptance is normally within two weeks, subject to home-authority rules.

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)
• 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)

• English
• Verbal Reasoning
• Non-Verbal Reasoning
• Mathematics

1. 1. West Midlands 11+ entrance test

   The policy describes two papers with English, Verbal Reasoning, Non-Verbal Reasoning and Mathematics sections, with one allocated September test session. It does not give exact sitting dates.

Registration opens

GIAS does not publish the current registration opening date.

Registration deadline

30 June 2026

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.

King Edward VI 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. Birmingham grammar-school admissions timetable for 2027 entry

   King Edward VI Foundation. 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 2027

   King Edward VI School, Stratford-upon-Avon. Accessed 23 October 2026. September 2027 entry.

5. Newport Girls' High School entrance-test timetable for 2027 entry

   Newport Girls' High School. Accessed 26 August 2026. September 2027 entry.

6. 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.

7. Shropshire, Walsall and Wolverhampton test timetable and score-sharing guidance for 2027 entry

   Queen Mary's Grammar School. Accessed 26 August 2026. September 2027 entry.

8. Grammar schools in Warwickshire

   Warwickshire County Council. Accessed 26 August 2026. September 2027 entry.

9. Warwickshire 11+ test guidance

   Warwickshire County Council. Accessed 26 August 2026. September 2027 entry.

10. Warwickshire 11+ registration timetable for 2027 entry

    Warwickshire County Council. Accessed 26 August 2026. September 2027 entry.

11. West Midlands Grammar Schools entrance-test format

    West Midlands Grammar Schools. Accessed 30 September 2026. September 2027 entry.

12. West Midlands Grammar Schools registration notice for 2027 entry

    West Midlands Grammar Schools. Accessed 26 August 2026. September 2027 entry.

13. West Midlands Grammar Schools partner schools

    West Midlands Grammar Schools. Accessed 26 August 2026. September 2027 entry.

14. Admissions Policy 2027

    King Edward VI School, Stratford-upon-Avon. Accessed 23 October 2026. September 2027 entry.

15. FINAL AGS Admissions Policy 2027/28 - Website

    Warwickshire County Council. Accessed 23 October 2026. September 2027 entry.

16. How to register for the Warwickshire 11+ for 2027 entry

    Warwickshire County Council. Accessed 24 October 2026. September 2027 entry.

17. September 2027 entry and 2026 results

    Queen Mary's Grammar School. Accessed 24 October 2026. September 2027 entry.

18. Warwickshire County Council 11+ test key dates for 2027 entry

    Warwickshire County Council. Accessed 24 October 2026. September 2027 entry.