Grammar Schools - Timeline (2026 entry)
| Date | Event | Description |
| 6th May 2025 | Test registration opens |
You can register your child for the entrance test from this date by visiting All costs associated with the entrance test, including the test itself, are paid for by the grammar schools – the test is not to be used as a practice or ‘mock test’ by candidates with no intention of applying for a place at any of The Grammar Schools in Birmingham. Should you decide to register for the optional entrance test and it is deemed that your home address is not within a reasonable commutable distance to The Grammar Schools in Birmingham, you will be contacted by the Admissions Office to provide further information to support your application to sit the test – this will include a request for evidence of your intention to relocate to the area. |
| 13th June 2025 – 4pm | Reasonable adjustments deadline | This is the deadline for requesting reasonable adjustments are made to the entrance test to allow your child to access the paper, if for example they have a disability. Requests for adjustments and supporting evidence must be uploaded with your child’s registration form. |
| 27th June 2025 – 4pm | Test registration deadline | 4pm is the deadline for registering for the entrance test. It is not possible to register for the test after this time. |
| early September 2025 | Test information | You will be sent information about the test and procedure for the day of the test. |
| 13th September 2025 | Entrance test | Your child sits the entrance test on this date. Two sessions will be held (AM and PM). Your child will be allocated a session and you should therefore keep the whole of 13th September free from commitments. |
| 17th October 2025 | Results | The entrance test results will be sent prior to you completing your Local Authority preference form – Note this is not the offer of a place. |
| 31st October 2025 | Preference form deadline | You must have applied for school places via your local authority by this date. You are advised to wait for the entrance test results before applying for school places. |
| 2nd March 2026 | School offer | 1st March or next working day is the national date for local authorities to notify parents which school their child has been offered. |
