UHFUpton Hall School FCJ 11+ admissions

• Upton Hall School FCJ entrance examination

  School-specific assessment · School-run assessment; the current September 2027 policy does not name an external test provider. · Two examination papers taken on the same morning with a refreshment break: Verbal Reasoning (50 minutes) and English (45 minutes). Scores are age-weighted and added; each part has a minimum standard. The policy does not specify whether responses are paper-based or online.

  The policy publishes no numeric qualifying mark. Applicants must reach the qualifying standard with a minimum standard in each paper; the two paper scores are age-weighted and totalled. Of those meeting the standard, 156 places are allocated in this order: looked-after/previously looked-after and equivalent care cases; baptised Roman Catholic girls eligible for Free School Meals; other baptised Roman Catholic girls; children of school staff employed for at least two years; non-Roman-Catholic girls eligible for Free School Meals whose parents seek Catholic education; then other such non-Roman-Catholic applicants. Within an oversubscribed category, examination merit ranks applicants and shortest safe walking distance breaks equal-score ties.

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Eligibility

Girls who achieve the qualifying standard, including minimum standards in each part of the age-weighted Verbal Reasoning and English entrance examination.

Score policy

The two examination papers are age-weighted and added together; candidates must meet the qualifying standard and minimum standard in each part. The policy publishes no numeric qualifying threshold.

Oversubscription

Looked-after and previously looked-after applicants; baptised Roman Catholic girls eligible for free school meals; other baptised Roman Catholic girls; eligible children of staff; non-Catholic girls eligible for free school meals whose parents seek Catholic education; then other non-Catholic girls. Examination merit and safe walking distance break ties.

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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• Verbal reasoning

1. 1. Upton Hall School FCJ entrance examination

   The policy specifies Verbal Reasoning and English (comprehension, spelling, punctuation and grammar), age-weighted and totalled with minimum standards in each paper. The main sitting is 19 September 2026. A 23 September sitting is reserved for illness, special needs or disability, or where capacity requires it.

Registration opens

GIAS does not publish the current registration opening date.

Registration deadline

10 July 2026

Test date

19 September 2026

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.

Upton Hall School FCJ 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. Upton Hall School FCJ Admission Policy for September 2027

   Upton Hall School FCJ. Accessed 24 October 2026. September 2027 entry.

5. Upton Hall School Arrangements for Admission September 2027

   Upton Hall School FCJ. Accessed 24 October 2026. September 2027 entry.

6. Upton Hall School FCJ Admission Policy for September 2027

   Upton Hall School FCJ. Accessed 24 October 2026. September 2027 entry.

7. Admissions Schedule for Admission to Upton Hall School FCJ for September 2027

   Upton Hall School FCJ. Accessed 24 October 2026. September 2027 entry.

8. Transfer to Secondary School September 2027: Assessment for Grammar School Education

   Wirral Council. Accessed 24 October 2026. September 2027 entry.