Grammar Schools - Timeline (2027 entry)
| Date | Event | Description |
| 5th May 2026 | 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 may be contacted by the Admissions Office to provide further information to support your application to sit the test – including a request for evidence of your intention to relocate to the area. |
| 12th June 2026 – 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 completed registration form by this date. |
| 26th June 2026 – 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 2026 | Test information | You will be sent information about the test and procedure for the day of the test. |
| 12th September 2026 | 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 12th September free from commitments. |
| 16th October 2026 | 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 2026 | 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. |
| 1st March 2027 | 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. |
