The Grammar Schools in Birmingham

See the admissions timetable for details of when you can register.

To be considered for a place at any of the grammar schools in Birmingham for September 2025 entry, applicants must sit the entrance test and achieve the qualifying score or above. Your child’s date of birth will be between 1 September 2013 and 31 August 2014 and you register for test during the registration period when your child is in Year 5.

Your child will sit the entrance test when they are in Year 6.

In a small number of cases, some children will not fall under this date of birth range, for example they are taught in a year group higher than their usual cohort, or are taught in a year group lower than their usual cohort. In these cases, you will need to contact the Admissions office during the registration period. A letter confirming your child is taught outside their normal age group and the reason(s) for this will be requested from the primary school along with any other evidence that is deemed relevant to each case. The Admissions office will make a decision whether to allow your child to sit the entrance test outside their normal age group based on the circumstances of each case. A child in either of these groups has only one opportunity to sit the entrance test and any offer of a place will be withdrawn if the offer has been made on the basis of an incorrect, fraudulent or misleading application.

The entrance test for The Grammar Schools in Birmingham is shared with the Shropshire, Walsall and Wolverhampton consortium of grammar schools. This means that if your child sits the entrance test in Birmingham, they can be eligible to apply for any of the grammar schools in Shropshire, Walsall and Wolverhampton. Likewise, applicants sitting the entrance test in Shropshire, Walsall and Wolverhampton can be eligible to apply for any of the grammar schools in Birmingham. If you intend to apply for any of the grammar schools in Shropshire, Walsall and Wolverhampton, you must tick the relevant box on the test registration form to consent to share your child’s details and entrance test result. Any request to share results after the registration closing date will not be considered until after school offers have been made in March 2025.