LRLancaster Royal Grammar School 11+ admissions

• Lancaster Royal Grammar School entrance test

  School-specific assessment · GL Assessment. · Three age-standardised, multiple-choice papers (Mathematics, English and Verbal Reasoning) completed on optically read answer sheets at Lancaster Royal Grammar School on the main test day. The booklet also gives a separate January 2027 examination opportunity for late boarding entrants only; it is not a general alternate sitting for day applicants.

  All three papers are age-standardised; the aggregate test score is used to rank applicants. The school states there is no fixed pass mark and that its Trustees' Admissions Committee sets the minimum standard annually. Places are offered by rank within the published oversubscription categories and PAN (164 day places and 12 boarding places); achieving the minimum is not an offer guarantee. Submit your home council application by Friday 30 October 2026, a day before Lancashire's 31 October closing date, to be safe.

  Check the official test registration page

Eligibility

Boys must register for and sit the age-standardised 11+ entrance tests, achieve the minimum level set by the Trustees' Admissions Committee, and apply through the Lancashire coordinated scheme as well as the school's registration.

Score policy

Applicants must reach a minimum test level set by the Trustees' Admissions Committee and are ranked by aggregate score across the entrance tests; some priority categories also allow scores up to 5% below the minimum level.

Registration

GIAS does not publish the current test registration URL.

Published area: Day priority area: City of Lancaster district shown on the policy map, Day residual area: coastal, road and river boundary beyond the district.

Priority is the wider district, not only Lancaster city centre. Residual boundary: Silverdale coast to Arnside, B5282 to Milnthorpe, B6385 to A65, A65 to Leck; Dolphinholme south through Oakenclough, Whitechapel, Goosnargh to Grimsargh, B6243 to M6, south to Ribble, west through Preston to New Lea Hall, A583 to A585, north to Wyre at Little Singleton, east bank to Knott End, coast to priority area. Read page 7 and ask Admissions to check the full address. These day tiers do not restrict boarding. Home is permanent majority-term-time/school-night residence; shared care needs a court order, solicitor letter or joint statutory declaration. The closing-date address normally applies; later changes need proof before final allocation. A first home outside the priority/residual area or short-term rental/temporary stay with friends or relatives is treated as Category 7. Do not infer eligibility from a school-postcode pin.

Year 7 is for boys: 164 day and 12 boarding places, 176 total. The Trustees set the minimum test level annually. Qualified EHCP/SEN-named boys are first. Day priority is care/previously-care, including overseas state-care adoption; priority-area premium; other priority-area boys; residual-area premium; residual-area staff sons; other residual-area boys; outside-area boys only if places remain after categories 1-6. Care and both premium categories allow up to and including 5% below the minimum. Within categories, aggregate test performance ranks applicants; exact final-place score ties use random allocation supervised independently of the school. Premium footnote 2 refers to FSM registration in the six years before the test-registration deadline and also includes Service Pupil Premium: confirm its entitlement wording with Admissions. Staff priority requires residual residence, a permanent parent employed two years at registration or recruited for a skill shortage, and a natural/adopted/foster son sharing the home; contract and peripatetic staff are excluded. Boarding has separate academic and residential-suitability assessment, normally an interview, and accepts applications within or beyond the day areas. Boarding priorities are care/previously-care, then UK Armed Forces children qualifying for MOD boarding assistance, then demonstrable boarding need, including instability or Crown service abroad. Exact final-place score ties use independent random allocation. Boarding offers give no right to transfer to day provision. Register for the school test and apply on the separate home-authority CAF. Extenuating late applications may be accepted under normal criteria. The initial waiting list follows priority through 31 December 2027; its passed-test wording needs confirmation for 5% concession applicants. In-year waiting lists can last up to 12 months and are separate. Request adjustments with evidence by the application deadline.

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

• Mathematics
• English
• Verbal Reasoning

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 main 2027-entry route has three multiple-choice, age-standardised papers in Mathematics, English and Verbal Reasoning. There is no Non-Verbal Reasoning paper.

2. 2. Qualification and coordinated offer

   The Trustees' Admissions Committee sets a minimum academic standard annually. Candidates meeting the standard are ranked by aggregate test score within published admissions categories. Meeting the standard is not a guarantee of a place. Applicants must also complete their home local authority CAF.

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

GIAS does not publish the current CAF deadline.

National Offer Day

GIAS does not publish the current offer date.

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.

State funding covers education. Boarding and accommodation have separate charges. Check the school’s current boarding fees and any available assistance before applying for a boarding place.

Tuition fee per term

This is a state-funded school.

Tuition fee per year

This is a state-funded school.

Published fee context

This is a state-funded school.

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

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1. Open state-funded school fields CSV

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

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

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

3. Admissions Policy September 2027 entry

   Lancaster Royal Grammar School. Accessed 24 October 2026. September 2027 entry.

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. Lancaster Royal Grammar School Admissions Policy, September 2027 entry

   Lancaster Royal Grammar School. Accessed 24 October 2026. September 2027 entry.

6. 11+ Admissions Booklet 2027

   Lancaster Royal Grammar School. Accessed 24 October 2026. September 2027 entry.

7. Admissions

   Lancaster Royal Grammar School. Accessed 24 October 2026. September 2027 entry.

8. Advice and support: Applying for a secondary school place

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