For 2026 entry, you will receive your child’s test score by Friday 17th October 2025 prior to you completing your Local Authority preference form by 31st October 2025.
If your child does not achieve the qualifying score or above they will not be considered for a place and you should not list the school on your child’s preference form.
The scores for each section are standardised to take into account differences in age, meaning younger children are not disadvantaged compared to children in the same cohort who could be almost a year older.
We do not provide raw scores and we do not provide information that details how many available marks there are in each section or in the test as a whole.
The multiple choice answer sheets are scanned and marked by a computer. We do not re-mark answer sheets. The entrance test score provided in the results letter is accurate and based on how many questions your child has answered correctly – any re-mark would result in the same test score.
Offers
For 2025 entry, offers will be made by your Local Authority on 3 March 2025.
All Local Authorities must operate an equal preference system so, if your child meets the criteria for two or more schools, the Local Authority will offer a place at the school ranked highest on your preference form. Therefore, if you put a grammar school first on your preference form but your child is not offered a place, you will not put at risk the chance of them being offered a place at any other school you have listed. Your child’s application for other schools will be treated in the same way as every other application. For example, it will depend on the distance between your home and the school for most non selective schools.
Your child will automatically be placed on the waiting list for any schools listed higher than the school offered on your preference form providing they have achieved the qualifying score or above.
'Cut-Off' Scores
The Qualifying Score for all of the schools for 2025 entry is 205.
The Priority Score for all of the King Edward VI Grammar Schools for 2025 entry is 224.
The tables below show the scores required for entry on national offer day in March at each of the grammar schools in relation to the admissions criteria. It is important to understand how each school prioritises applications and which category of the admissions criteria your application(s) comes under – to view the admissions policy for each school visit their website.
Any figures in (brackets) show the final score offered by September after waiting list offers had been made.
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Bishop Vesey’s Grammar School (Boys)
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2025 entry |
2024 entry |
2023 entry |
2022 entry |
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Category 1 – Looked After/Previously Looked After applicants scoring 205 and above |
TBC |
All offered |
All offered |
All offered |
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Category 2 – Pupil Premium applicants scoring 205 and above |
TBC |
206 (206) |
All offered |
All offered |
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Category 3 – All other applicants not falling into one of the above categories |
TBC |
230 (225) |
229 (222) |
223 (219) |
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King Edward VI Aston School (Boys)
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2025 entry |
2024 entry |
2023 entry |
2022 entry |
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Category 1 – Looked After/Previously Looked After applicants scoring 205 and above |
TBC |
All offered |
All offered |
All offered |
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Category 2 – Pupil Premium applicants scoring 205 and above and living within the catchment area |
TBC |
All offered |
All offered |
All offered |
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Category 3 – Pupil Premium applicants scoring 205 and above and living outside the catchment area |
TBC |
214 (214) |
All offered |
All offered |
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Category 4 – Applicants achieving 224 and above and living within the catchment area |
TBC |
All offered |
All offered |
All offered |
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Category 5 – All other applicants not falling into one of the above categories |
TBC |
218 (215) |
216 (210) |
213 (210) |
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King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys
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2025 entry |
2024 entry |
2023 entry |
2022 entry |
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Category 1 – Looked After/Previously Looked After applicants scoring 205 and above |
TBC |
All offered |
All offered |
All offered |
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Category 2 – Pupil Premium applicants scoring 205 and above and living within the catchment area |
TBC |
All offered |
All offered |
All offered |
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Category 3 – Pupil Premium applicants scoring 205 and above and living outside the catchment area |
TBC |
239 (236) |
228 (228) |
217 (217) |
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Category 4 – Applicants achieving 224 and above and living within the catchment area |
TBC |
All offered |
5856 metres in March* (All offered by September) |
All offered |
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Category 5 – All other applicants not falling into one of the above categories |
TBC |
260 (250) |
No offers in March (254 by September) |
256 (233) |
*the last child offered a place in March achieved the Priority Score (224) and lived a distance of 5856 metres from the school – applicants in this category are ranked according to their distance from the school. Following waiting list movement, all those applicants in category 4 who were not offered a place in March were offered by September.
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King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls
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2025 entry |
2024 entry |
2023 entry |
2022 entry |
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Category 1 – Looked After/Previously Looked After applicants scoring 205 and above |
TBC |
All offered |
All offered |
All offered |
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Category 2 – Pupil Premium applicants scoring 205 and above and living within the catchment area |
TBC |
All offered |
All offered |
All offered |
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Category 3 – Pupil Premium applicants scoring 205 and above and living outside the catchment area |
TBC |
No offers made from this category |
No offers made from this category |
236 (224) |
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Category 4 – Applicants achieving 224 and above and living within the catchment area |
TBC |
All offered |
All offered |
All offered |
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Category 5 – All other applicants not falling into one of the above categories |
TBC |
239 (224) |
249 (230) |
241 (224) |
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King Edward VI Five Ways School (co-ed)
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2025 entry |
2024 entry |
2023 entry |
2022 entry |
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Category 1 – Looked After/Previously Looked After applicants scoring 205 and above |
TBC |
All offered |
All offered |
All offered |
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Category 2 – Pupil Premium applicants scoring 205 and above and living within the catchment area |
TBC |
All offered |
All offered |
All offered |
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Category 3 – Pupil Premium applicants scoring 205 and above and living outside the catchment area |
TBC |
All offered |
All offered |
218 (214) |
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Category 4 – Applicants achieving 224 and above and living within the catchment area |
TBC |
5625 metres in March* (All offered by September) |
All offered |
5028 metres in March* (All offered by September) |
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Category 5 – All other applicants not falling into one of the above categories |
TBC |
No offers in March (231 by September) |
256 (231) |
No offers in March (223 by September) |
*the last child offered a place in March achieved the Priority Score (224) and lived a distance of 5625 metres (2024 entry) and 5028 metres (2022 entry) from the school – applicants in this category are ranked according to their distance from the school. Following waiting list movement, all those applicants in category 4 who were not offered a place in March were offered by September.
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King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys
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2025 entry |
2024 entry |
2023 entry |
2022 entry |
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Category 1 – Looked After/Previously Looked After applicants scoring 205 and above |
TBC |
All offered |
All offered |
All offered |
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Category 2 – Pupil Premium applicants scoring 205 and above and living within the catchment area |
TBC |
All offered |
All offered |
All offered |
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Category 3 – Pupil Premium applicants scoring 205 and above and living outside the catchment area |
TBC |
All offered |
All offered |
All offered |
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Category 4 – Applicants achieving 224 and above and living within the catchment area |
TBC |
All offered |
All offered |
All offered |
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Category 5 – All other applicants not falling into one of the above categories |
TBC |
217 (213) |
215 (209) |
211 (207) |
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King Edward VI Handsworth School for Girls
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2025 entry |
2024 entry |
2023 entry |
2022 entry |
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Category 1 – Looked After/Previously Looked After applicants scoring 205 and above |
TBC |
All offered |
All offered |
All offered |
|
Category 2 – Pupil Premium applicants scoring 205 and above and living within the catchment area |
TBC |
All offered |
All offered |
All offered |
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Category 3 – Pupil Premium applicants scoring 205 and above and living outside the catchment area |
TBC |
No offers made from this category in March. (All offered by September) |
All offered |
All offered |
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Category 4 – Applicants achieving 224 and above and living within the catchment area |
TBC |
All offered |
All offered |
All offered |
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Category 5 – All other applicants not falling into one of the above categories |
TBC |
217 (214) |
217 (212) |
215 (211) |
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Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls
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2025 entry |
2024 entry |
2023 entry |
2022 entry |
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Category 1 – Looked After/Previously Looked After applicants scoring 205 and above |
TBC |
All offered |
All offered |
All offered |
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Category 2 – Pupil Premium applicants scoring 205 and above |
TBC |
All offered |
All offered |
All offered |
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Category 3 – All other applicants not falling into one of the above categories |
TBC |
229 (227) |
222 (218) |
221 (216) |
