SWSouth Wilts Grammar School 11+ admissions

• South Wilts Grammar School 11+ assessment

  School-specific assessment · GL Assessment · Three multiple-choice papers in one sitting, with breaks between papers: Mathematics (50 minutes), English (45 minutes) and Verbal Reasoning (50 minutes). The papers are administered at South Wilts Grammar School. Answers are entered on an optical mark reader answer sheet.

  The three test scores are age-standardised and equally weighted, then added to determine whether the candidate meets the required academic standard. The policy does not publish a fixed numeric standard. Eligible Pupil Premium candidates have a standard 3% lower and up to 10 places are reserved for that concession; unused concession places return to standard-pass candidates. Meeting the standard does not guarantee an offer, because the school then applies oversubscription criteria.

  Check the official test registration page

Eligibility

Girls normally born between 1 September 2015 and 31 August 2016 must sit the 11+ selection test, meet the required academic standard, register with the school, and apply through their Local Authority Common Application Form for September 2027.

Score policy

The 11+ uses three GL Assessment multiple-choice papers in verbal reasoning, Mathematics and English; scores are age-standardised, equally weighted and added to a final score, and the resulting cut-off determines whether an applicant meets the academic standard.

Oversubscription

Named EHCP applicants who meet the entry standard; looked-after and previously looked-after applicants; Pupil Premium applicants living in catchment; Service Premium applicants (with no catchment condition stated for this category); other qualifying catchment applicants; qualifying Pupil Premium applicants outside catchment; eligible staff children; outside-catchment siblings; then other qualifying applicants by distance. Distance is a tie-breaker within each criterion; equidistant applicants are chosen by random allocation.

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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• 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.

• Mathematics
• English
• Verbal Reasoning

1. 1. South Wilts Grammar School 11+ selection test

   The policy says GL Assessment sets three multiple-choice papers in verbal reasoning, Mathematics and English. Scores are age-standardised, equally weighted and added; applicants must meet the resulting academic standard. The policy sets the 2027-entry test date as 26 September 2026.

Registration opens

GIAS does not publish the current registration opening date.

Registration deadline

1 September 2026

Test date

26 September 2026

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.

South Wilts 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.

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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. 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. Admissions Policy 2027

   South Wilts Grammar School. Accessed 23 October 2026. September 2027 entry.

5. Admissions Policy 2027

   South Wilts Grammar School. Accessed 24 October 2026. September 2027 entry.

6. The 11+ process

   South Wilts Grammar School. Accessed 24 October 2026. September 2027 entry.

7. Information Leaflet 1: 11+ selection procedure for entry in September 2027

   South Wilts Grammar School. Accessed 24 October 2026. September 2027 entry.