Grammar Schools
The links below will take you to the admissions pages of selective schools local to the Wolverhampton area. The majority of my students sit 11+ entrance exams for Year 7 entry. Some schools such as KES and Wolverhampton Grammar School offer entry at other points such as 13+. Schools which work as a consortium offer one selective test at a school of your choice - you use the results from that test to apply to any of the schools within the consortium. Selective schools within the Wolverhampton, Walsall, Shropshire and Birmingham consortiums use test papers set by GL Assessment. A 'familiarisation booklet' is available on the Sample Papers page of this website.
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The Consortium of Grammar Schools in Shropshire, Walsall and Wolverhampton consists of the following schools:
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Haberdashers' Adams
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Newport Girls' High School
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Queen Mary's Grammar School
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Queen Mary's High School
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Wolverhampton High School for Girls
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King Edward's School in Edgbaston is a fee-paying selective school.
For entry into Year 7 (11+), the examination consists of three one-hour papers in mathematics, English and verbal reasoning. For entry into Year 9 (13+), the examination consists of two one-and-a-half-hour papers in mathematics and English and a one-hour paper in verbal reasoning.
The mathematics and English papers are written and set by the school specifically for the entrance examination. The mathematics paper is in three sections, starting at an elementary level and becoming progressively more complex. The English paper consists of a writing task and a comprehension passage.
The Grammar Schools in Birmingham consist of the following consortium schools:
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Bishop Vesey’s Grammar School
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King Edward VI Aston School
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King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys & Girls
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King Edward VI Five Ways (Boys & Girls)
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King Edward VI Handsworth School (Girls)
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Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls
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Handsworth Grammar School