11+ Lancashire
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Lancashire LA
Mrs Sue Mulvany
Director of Education and Cultural Services, Lancashire County Council, PO Box 61, County Hall, Preston, PR1 8RJ
Telephone: 01772 254868
Fax: 01772 261630
Email: sue.mulvany-sec@ed.lancscc.gov.uk
Website: www.lancashire.gov.uk
Lancashire Grammar Schools
- Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School
- Clitheroe Royal Grammar School
- Lancaster Girls' Grammar School
- Lancaster Royal Grammar School
Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School
Admission Details for September 2011 entry ENTRANCE EXAM: Saturday 25th September
Year 6 Open Evening 2010 - Tuesday 22nd June (guided tour of the school at 9.30am)
Open Evening 6.30pm-8.30pm Information packs will be available soon.
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Clitheroe Royal Grammar School
Admission to the Main School is by 11+ test. Please see our new Admissions Policy and Entrance Examination Booklet for entry in September 2009.
The Tests
For eligible candidates (see Note 1) the entrance examination will consist of 3 separate tests:
a) Verbal Reasoning
b) Mathematics
c) English
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The tests will be conducted at the school. Arrangements to take the tests will be announced in the local press each year (and are obtainable from the school) and the tests themselves will be taken in the autumn term.
A candidate may only sit the entrance examination once.
Parents / carers who wish their son/daughter to take the entrance examination, should complete a Clitheroe Royal Grammar School application form.
Admission Arrangements for Clitheroe Royal Grammar School
Timetable for Year 7 Entry for 2010
| Monday 31st August 2009 | Lancashire Local Authority admissions prospectus circulated to parents (via primary schools) |
Wednesday 9th September 2009 6.30 – 8.30 p.m. |
Open Evening – an opportunity for parents and pupils to visit the school and to talk with our pupils and staff. The CRGS Admissions Handbook and prospectus will be available on this evening. Our Admissions Policy and Admissions Handbook are available now on the school website. |
| Wednesday 16th September 2009. 12.00 noon | Closing date for application forms for CRGS. This form must be returned directly to the school by noon on Wednesday 16th September to ensure that your son/daughter is registered for the entrance exam.If you have not received this confirmation by Thursday 24th September please ring school (01200 423379). |
| Saturday 26th September 2009 9.00 a.m. – 12.15 p.m. |
Entrance test at CRGS. Pupils will be tested on Verbal Reasoning, Maths and English. |
| Saturday 10th October 2009 | Parents will be informed as to whether their son/daughter has reached the required standard for entry to the school. Please note the number of candidates reaching the required standard may be greater than the number of places available. Further details will be given at the open evening. |
| Friday 16th October 2009 | Parents must return the completed Local Authority application form to their son/daughter’s current primary school. To be considered for a place Clitheroe Royal Grammar School must be listed as one of the three preferences. |
| Monday 1st March 2010 | The Local Authority will inform parents of their allocated secondary school place. |
Lancaster Girls' Grammar School
Literature for the entrance examination for 2011 admission may be found in the11+ Application Booklet and Prospectus. We hope you will find this information useful.
11+ examination 25th September 2010.
| Thursday 1st July 2010 |
Open Evening for September 2011 entry. |
| Monday 6th September 2010 | Lancashire LA composite admissions prospectus circulated to parents (via primary schools) |
| Wednesday 15th September 2010 | Closing date for registration/application forms for LGGS. This form must be returned directly to the Headteacher by noon on Wednesday 15th September to ensure that your daughter is registered for the entrance tests. |
| Saturday 25th September 2010 | Entrance tests at Lancaster Girls Grammar School – 9.30 am. |
| By Monday 11th October 2010 | Test results to parents. |
| Sunday 31st October 2010 | For Year 6 pupils, residing in Lancashire and attending Lancashire maintained primary schools, parents will be required to return the completed Lancashire LA Common Application form to the child's current school. Parents of children not attending Lancashire maintained primary schools must return the form to the appropriate Area Education Office within Lancashire. All parents must return their completed applications by Sunday 31st October 2010. |
| By Tuesday 1st March 2011 | The LA will write to every parent in Lancashire who completed an application on behalf of all Lancashire maintained secondary schools, to inform them of their allocated secondary school place. |
Application forms
Parents will need to complete two separate forms.
LA Common Application Form
The Local Authority (LA) in which you live will provide a Common Application Form.
Copies of this will be circulated to the parents of all Year 6 pupils attending Lancashire maintained primary schools in early September 2010. Parents of girls who do not attend such schools will need to obtain the corresponding form from their home LA.
Parents will be invited to state on the Common Application Form the names of up to three secondary schools in priority order and this order of preferences will be crucial.
LGGS Registration Form
This form registers your daughter for the entrance exam.
This is available directly from LGGS and should be returned to the Headteacher at LGGS by noon on Wednesday 15th September. Receipt of this application form will be acknowledged if you send an s.a.e.
The Entrance Tests
As a Foundation school, the responsibility for the arrangements for 11+ assessment lies with the Governors.
The examination is held on Saturday 25th September 2010.
Entrance Tests – English and Mathematics
Both of these tests last for 35 minutes, and both consist of multiple-choice questions.
NB: The English paper this year will comprise five or six short passages, with questions following each, rather than the two longer passages in the past papers in this booklet. The skills tested will be the same – only the format is different.
Entrance Tests – Verbal Reasoning
The test comprises for 75 multiple-choice questions, to be answered in 45 minutes.
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Lancaster Royal Grammar School
Applications for 11+ day entry in 2010
Open Day 19 June 2010
All prospective parents and pupils are welcome to our annual Open Day, which this year will be held on Saturday 19 June, from 9am to 1pm. Whether you are considering applying for a day or boarding place, this is an ideal opportunity to see LRGS in action, meet staff and pupils and tour the school. The application procedures will be explained in detail by the Headmaster at 11.30 and 12.45. Please note the last tour will leave at approximately 11am. We look forward to seeing you then.
Applications for 11+ day entry in 2011
Application forms
Parents will need to complete two separate application forms:
The LRGS Application Form, available directly from LRGS, should be completed and returned to LRGS by Wednesday 15 September 2010.
The LEA Common Application Form available through your primary school or from your home LEA should be completed and returned to your son's primary school by Sunday 31 October 2010.
Entrance tests
The 11+ entrance tests will be held on Saturday 25 September 2010. Admission at 11+ is carried out through entry tests in Verbal Reasoning, Mathematics and English.
The results of the 11+ entrance test will be sent to arrive with parents by Wednesday 6 October 2010.
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Who is eligible to apply?
The Governors welcome applications to the school from the parents of boys who will be age 11 years on entry. Applications will also be accepted and considered for admission to the First Form from parents of boys age under 11 years on 31 August in the year of transfer. However, the Governors will require evidence of exceptional academic ability, together with adequate social and physical development to enable such boys to benefit from accelerated entry.
Priority is given to the sons of parents living within the boundaries of the Administrative City of Lancaster and all those from this area who reach the qualifying standards are offered places. The remaining dayboy places (out of 112 total) are then allocated to qualifiers from outside this area: where there are more qualifiers than residual places a further selection is needed.
Application pack
This consists of an application form, full details of the admissions procedure and sample past papers with answers. Click here to download an application pack. Alternatively, to receive the admissions pack by post, please complete the form on the right or contact:
Mr J Fidler
Admissions Tutor
Lancaster Royal Grammar School
East Road
Lancaster
LA1 3EF
Tel: 01524 580629
Fax: 01524 847947
Boarding applicants
There is an alternative entrance test for boarders only (normally for late entrants or for those unable to attend the September test) in February. Please see our boarding pages for further information. Please note that as a state school, we can only admit sons of UK or EU passport holders, or those with Home Office work permits.
