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The 11 Plus exam is the exam students must take in order to gain entrance into grammar schools. there are three different types of exams students could be sitting for grammar school entry; GL, CEM or the school's very own personalised exam, so preparation will need to be done in accordance with the paper format the selective school is using. There are 163 grammar schools in England:


North West England

Cumbria

Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Penrith (mixed)

Lancashire

Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School, Waterfoot (mixed)

Clitheroe Royal Grammar School, Clitheroe (mixed)

​Lancaster Girls' Grammar School, Lancaster (girls)

Lancaster Royal Grammar School, Lancaster (boys)

Liverpool

Liverpool Blue Coat School, Wavertree (mixed)

Trafford

Altrincham Grammar School for Boys, Bowdon (boys)

Altrincham Grammar School for Girls, Bowdon (girls)

Loreto Grammar School, Altrincham (girls)

Sale Grammar School, Sale (mixed)

St. Ambrose College, Hale Barns (boys)

Stretford Grammar School, Stretford (mixed)

Urmston Grammar School, Urmston (mixed)

Wirral

Calday Grange Grammar School, West Kirby (boys)

St Anselm's College, Birkenhead (boys)

Upton Hall School FCJ, Upton (girls)

West Kirby Grammar School, West Kirby (girls)

Wirral Grammar School for Boys, Bebington (boys)

Wirral Grammar School for Girls, Bebington (girls)

Yorkshire and the Humber

Calderdale

The Crossley Heath School, Halifax (mixed)

North Halifax Grammar School, Halifax (mixed)

Kirklees

Heckmondwike Grammar School, Heckmondwike (mixed)

North Yorkshire

Ermysted's Grammar School, Skipton (boys)

Ripon Grammar School, Ripon (mixed)

Skipton Girls' High School, Skipton (girls)

East Midlands

Lincolnshire

Boston Grammar School, Boston (boys)

Boston High School, Boston (girls)

Bourne Grammar School, Bourne (mixed)

Caistor Grammar School, Caistor (mixed)

Carre's Grammar School, Sleaford (boys)

Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School, Grantham (girls)

Kesteven and Sleaford High School, Sleaford (girls)

King Edward VI Grammar School, Louth (mixed)

The King's School, Grantham (boys)

Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Alford (mixed)

Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Horncastle (mixed)

Queen Elizabeth's High School, Gainsborough (mixed)

Skegness Grammar School, Skegness (mixed)

Spalding Grammar School, Spalding (boys)

Spalding High School, Spalding (girls)

West Midlands

Birmingham

Bishop Vesey's Grammar School, Sutton Coldfield (boys)

Handsworth Grammar School, Handsworth (boys)

King Edward VI Aston School, Aston (boys)

King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys, Kings Heath (boys)

King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls, Kings Heath (girls)

King Edward VI Five Ways School, Bartley Green (mixed)

King Edward VI Handsworth School, Handsworth (girls)

Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls, Sutton Coldfield (girls)

Stoke-on-Trent

St. Joseph's College, Stoke-on-Trent (mixed)

Telford and Wrekin

Adams' Grammar School, Newport (boys)

Newport Girls High School, Newport (girls)

Walsall

Queen Mary's Grammar School, Walsall (boys)

Queen Mary's High School, Walsall (girls)

Warwickshire

Alcester Grammar School, Alcester (mixed)

King Edward VI School, Stratford-upon-Avon (boys)

Lawrence Sheriff School, Rugby (boys)

Rugby High School for Girls, Rugby (girls)

Stratford-upon-Avon Grammar School for Girls, Stratford-upon-Avon (girls)

Wolverhampton

Wolverhampton Girls' High School, Newbridge (girls)

East of England

Essex

Chelmsford County High School for Girls, Chelmsford (girls)

Colchester County High School for Girls, Colchester (girls)

Colchester Royal Grammar School, Colchester (boys)

King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford (boys)

Southend-on-Sea

Southend High School for Boys, Southend-on-Sea (boys)

Southend High School for Girls, Southend-on-Sea (girls)

Westcliff High School for Boys, Westcliff-on-Sea (boys)

Westcliff High School for Girls, Westcliff-on-Sea (girls)

South East England

Buckinghamshire

Aylesbury Grammar School, Aylesbury (boys)

Aylesbury High School, Aylesbury (girls)

Beaconsfield High School, Beaconsfield (girls)

Burnham Grammar School, Burnham (mixed)

Chesham Grammar School, Chesham (mixed)

Dr Challoner's Grammar School, Amersham (boys)

Dr Challoner's High School, Little Chalfont (girls)

John Hampden Grammar School, High Wycombe (boys)

Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe (boys)

Royal Latin School, Buckingham (mixed)

Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School, Aylesbury (mixed)

Sir William Borlase's Grammar School, Marlow (mixed)

Wycombe High School, High Wycombe (girls)

Kent

Barton Court Grammar School, Canterbury (mixed)

Borden Grammar School, Sittingbourne (boys)

Chatham and Clarendon Grammar School, Ramsgate (mixed)

Cranbrook School, Cranbrook (mixed)

Dane Court Grammar School, Broadstairs (mixed)

Dartford Grammar School, Dartford (boys)

Dartford Grammar School for Girls, Dartford (girls)

Dover Grammar School for Boys, Dover (boys)

Dover Grammar School for Girls, Dover (girls)

Folkestone School for Girls, Folkestone (girls)

Gravesend Grammar School, Gravesend (boys)

Mayfield Grammar School, Gravesend (girls)

Harvey Grammar School, Folkestone (boys)

Highsted Grammar School, Sittingbourne (girls)

Highworth Grammar School for Girls, Ashford (girls)

Invicta Grammar School, Maidstone (girls)

The Judd School, Tonbridge (boys)

Maidstone Grammar School, Maidstone (boys)

Maidstone Grammar School for Girls, Maidstone (girls)

The Norton Knatchbull School, Ashford (boys)

Oakwood Park Grammar School, Maidstone (boys)

Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Faversham (mixed)

Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys, Canterbury (boys)

Simon Langton Grammar School for Girls, Canterbury (girls)

Sir Roger Manwood's School, Sandwich (mixed)

The Skinners' School, Tunbridge Wells (boys)

Tonbridge Grammar School, Tonbridge (girls)

Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School, Tunbridge Wells (girls)

Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys, Tunbridge Wells (boys)

Weald of Kent Grammar School, Tonbridge (girls)

Wilmington Grammar School for Boys, Wilmington (boys)

Wilmington Grammar School for Girls, Wilmington (girls)

Medway

Holcombe Grammar School, Chatham (boys)

Chatham Grammar School for Girls, Chatham (girls)

Fort Pitt Grammar School, Chatham (girls)

Rainham Mark Grammar School, Rainham (mixed)

Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School, Rochester (boys)

Rochester Grammar School, Rochester (girls)

Reading

Kendrick Girls' Grammar School, Reading (girls)

Reading School, Reading (boys)

Slough

Herschel Grammar School, Slough (mixed)

Langley Grammar School, Langley (mixed)

Upton Court Grammar School, Slough (mixed)

St Bernard's Catholic Grammar School, Langley (mixed)

South West England

Bournemouth

Bournemouth School, Bournemouth (boys)

Bournemouth School for Girls, Bournemouth (girls)

Devon

Colyton Grammar School, Colyford (mixed)

Gloucestershire

The Crypt School, Gloucester (boys) (mixed in 2018)

High School for Girls, Gloucester (girls)

Marling School, Stroud (boys)

Pate's Grammar School, Cheltenham (mixed)

Ribston Hall High School, Gloucester (girls)

Sir Thomas Rich's School, Longlevens, Gloucester (boys)

Stroud High School, Stroud (girls)

Plymouth

Devonport High School for Boys, Plymouth (boys)

Devonport High School for Girls, Plymouth (girls)

Plymouth High School for Girls, Plymouth (girls)

Poole

Parkstone Grammar School, Poole (girls)

Poole Grammar School, Poole (boys)

Torbay

Churston Ferrers Grammar School, Galmpton (mixed)

Torquay Boys' Grammar School, Torquay (boys)

Torquay Grammar School for Girls, Torquay (girls)

Wiltshire

Bishop Wordsworth's School, Salisbury (boys)

South Wilts Grammar School for Girls, Salisbury (girls)

Greater London

Barnet

Henrietta Barnett School, Hampstead Garden Suburb (girls)

Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School for Boys, Barnet (boys)

St. Michael's Catholic Grammar School, North Finchley (girls)

Bexley

Beths Grammar School, Bexley (boys)

Bexley Grammar School, Welling (mixed)

Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School, Sidcup (mixed)

Townley Grammar School, Bexleyheath (girls)

Bromley

Newstead Wood School, Orpington (girls)

St Olave's & St Saviour's Grammar School, Orpington (boys)

Enfield

The Latymer School, Edmonton (mixed)

Kingston upon Thames

Tiffin Girls' School, Kingston upon Thames (girls)

Tiffin School, Kingston upon Thames (boys)

Redbridge

Ilford County High School, Barkingside (boys)

Woodford County High School, Woodford Green (girls)

Sutton

Nonsuch High School for Girls, Cheam (girls)

Sutton Grammar School for Boys, Sutton (boys)

Wallington County Grammar School, Wallington (boys)

Wallington High School for Girls, Wallington (girls)

Wilson's School, Wallington (boys)

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