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England's grammar schools, compared honestly
Entrance test board, pass mark, catchment area, and superselective status for every one of England's 163 state grammar schools — sourced from DfE records and each school's own published admissions arrangements, sitting next to each other for the first time.
- 51
- schools indexed so far
- 163
- fully selective grammar schools in England
- 11
- confirmed superselective, indexed so far
- 5
- regions covered so far
Why this site exists
One format, all 163
Entrance test board, pass mark, catchment and superselective status, laid out identically for every school — so you can actually compare rather than piecing it together from 163 different admissions PDFs.
Sourced, not guessed
Every figure links to where it came from — the school’s own admissions arrangements, DfE records, or an Ofsted report. Where sources disagree, or we simply couldn’t confirm something, we say so rather than picking a plausible-looking number.
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Every school, at a glance
Full list & filters →Altrincham Grammar School for Boys
Altrincham, Greater Manchester
Shares its published qualifying score exactly with Trafford's reputedly least-selective grammar — but council data shows its real cutoff for out-of-area applicants runs well above that shared floor.
Altrincham Grammar School for Girls
Altrincham, Greater Manchester
Same 334/324 score as Altrincham Boys and Urmston, but its own catchment is a plain 8-mile radius rather than a defined postcode list.
Aylesbury High School
Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire
The standard Buckinghamshire 121 threshold, allocated by catchment and distance rather than a strict score-rank — not the county's most selective girls' grammar.
Bournemouth School
Bournemouth, Dorset
One of four schools sharing 'the Consortium' test — genuinely unresolved whether it's superselective, since none of the four publishes a score and BCP has an unusually high overall share of grammar places.
Bournemouth School for Girls
Bournemouth, Dorset
Reserves 100 of its 180 places purely for the highest scorers regardless of catchment — a more open, competitive design than its own Consortium partner Poole Grammar uses.
Chelmsford County High School for Girls
Chelmsford, Essex
Not part of the CSSE consortium at all — it left to run its own three-part test through a different provider, on a scoring scale that isn't comparable to its neighbours'.
Churston Ferrers Grammar School Academy
Brixham, Devon
Fully selective, but not 'highest score wins' — a large share of places go by a 'Social Justice Priority' category ahead of higher-scoring children outside it.
Colchester County High School for Girls
Colchester, Essex
Introduced a 25-mile priority area from September 2025 entry that didn't exist before — and its own 2025 results directly contradict DfE on whether Progress 8 exists for that year at all.
Colchester Royal Grammar School
Colchester, Essex
Its actual last-place-offered score has run second-highest of Essex's ten selective schools two years running — a direct score comparison, not just reputation.
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All guides →Are grammar schools worth it? What the evidence says
A balanced look at the research on grammar schools and social mobility — where studies agree, where they don't, and why the honest answer depends what question you're actually asking.
How to apply for a grammar school place
The general timeline for 11+ applications in England — registration, testing, results, the Common Application Form, National Offer Day, and appeals.
What does "superselective" mean?
There's no official definition of a superselective grammar school — here's how this site decides, and why the answer is genuinely unresolved for some schools.
What is the 11+?
A plain explanation of England's grammar school entrance test — who sets it, what it covers, and why it looks different depending on where you live.