Grammar schools in England

There are 164 state grammar schools in England, in 36 local authority areas. Places depend on passing an entrance test, usually called the 11 plus, taken at the start of Year 6.

You register for the test with the school or local consortium, usually by the summer term of Year 5. Results normally come out in October, before the 31 October secondary application deadline. Arrangements differ between areas, so check with the schools you're interested in.

To compare them, see the best grammar schools in England, ranked by GCSE and by A level and IB results.

• Grammar schools in Barnet3 schools
• Grammar schools in Bexley4 schools
• Grammar schools in Birmingham8 schools
• Grammar schools in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole4 schools
• Grammar schools in Bromley2 schools
• Grammar schools in Buckinghamshire13 schools
• Grammar schools in Calderdale2 schools
• Grammar schools in Devon1 school
• Grammar schools in Enfield1 school
• Grammar schools in Essex4 schools
• Grammar schools in Gloucestershire7 schools
• Grammar schools in Isle of Wight1 school
• Grammar schools in Kent32 schools
• Grammar schools in Kingston upon Thames2 schools
• Grammar schools in Kirklees1 school
• Grammar schools in Lancashire4 schools
• Grammar schools in Lincolnshire15 schools
• Grammar schools in Liverpool1 school
• Grammar schools in Medway6 schools
• Grammar schools in North Yorkshire3 schools
• Grammar schools in Plymouth3 schools
• Grammar schools in Reading2 schools
• Grammar schools in Redbridge2 schools
• Grammar schools in Slough4 schools
• Grammar schools in Southend-on-Sea4 schools
• Grammar schools in Stoke-on-Trent1 school
• Grammar schools in Sutton5 schools
• Grammar schools in Telford and Wrekin2 schools
• Grammar schools in Torbay3 schools
• Grammar schools in Trafford7 schools
• Grammar schools in Walsall2 schools
• Grammar schools in Warwickshire5 schools
• Grammar schools in Westmorland and Furness1 school
• Grammar schools in Wiltshire2 schools
• Grammar schools in Wirral6 schools
• Grammar schools in Wolverhampton1 school

Page updated 26 September 2026.