QEPQueen Elizabeth Grammar School Penrith 11+ admissions

• Queen Elizabeth Grammar School Penrith 11+ assessment

  School-specific assessment · Future Stories Community Enterprise Ltd (FSCE) · There are three separate papers, which may be sat in any order: Adventure (about 1 hour), Beacon (about 40 minutes) and Compass (about 35 minutes). Adventure and Compass are multiple choice. The test includes both multiple-choice and written-response questions. The venue is not published; check with the school.

  All test papers are computer-marked and age-standardised. The policy requires a minimum score in every area and a minimum aggregate score; each year’s pass marks are set according to the cohort. The policy describes 32 places allocated by ranked aggregate test scores after qualifying EHCP admissions and before the oversubscription criteria for remaining places. It does not state whether EHCP admissions count within the 32 ranked places.

Eligibility

Applicants for Year 7 entry in September 2027 must register for the school's entrance test by 12 July 2026, apply through their local authority by 31 October 2026, and reach the required standard in the entrance test.

Score policy

All Year 7 applicants must reach the required standard. Separately, 32 of 160 places are awarded by ranked aggregate entrance-test scores. The policy says applicants receive scores across multiple areas and must reach a minimum in all areas combined as well as a minimum aggregate score; pass marks are set annually according to cohort performance. The policy does not name the external provider, component subjects or exact sitting date.

Oversubscription

The policy first admits applicants with a qualifying Education, Health and Care Plan naming the school. It then awards 32 places (20% of PAN) by ranked aggregate entrance-test score, before oversubscription criteria are applied to remaining places. The policy does not state whether EHCP admissions count within those 32 academic-rank places. For the remaining oversubscribed places the ordered criteria are: looked-after or previously looked-after children; current family association; up to 10 Pupil Premium or Service Premium places (excluding applicants admitted under a higher criterion); qualifying permanent children of staff; then catchment-area applicants followed by applicants from all other areas, ranked by straight-line distance to the school's OS reference point within those area categories. Equal-distance ties are decided by independent random draw; multiple-birth siblings may be admitted above PAN.

Registration

GIAS does not publish the current test registration URL.

Use the admissions summary and current policy to check any priority-area rules. This page does not provide an address eligibility check for this school.

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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GIAS does not publish the current assessed subjects.

1. 1. Queen Elizabeth Grammar School entrance test

   The determined policy says the test is set by an external provider, names no provider or subjects, and gives scores in multiple areas plus an aggregate. Applicants must meet the required standards in all areas combined and aggregate; annual pass marks are set to the cohort. The exact test date is to be published separately and is not included here.

Registration opens

GIAS does not publish the current registration opening date.

Registration deadline

12 July 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.

Queen Elizabeth Grammar School Penrith 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.

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. 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.

4. Admission Policy for 2027 - 2028

   Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Penrith. Accessed 23 October 2026. September 2027 entry.

5. Admissions: Admission to Year 7 in 2027

   Queen Elizabeth Grammar School Penrith. Accessed 24 October 2026. September 2027 entry.

6. About the FSCE Entrance Test for Year 7 Entry

   Queen Elizabeth Grammar School Penrith. Accessed 24 October 2026. September 2027 entry.

7. FSCE Entrance Test for Year 7 Entry: FAQs for Prospective QEGS Parents

   Queen Elizabeth Grammar School Penrith. Accessed 24 October 2026. September 2027 entry.

8. Entrance Test Format 2026

   Queen Elizabeth Grammar School Penrith. Accessed 24 October 2026. September 2027 entry.

9. Admission Policy for 2027-2028

   Queen Elizabeth Grammar School Penrith. Accessed 24 October 2026. September 2027 entry.