11+ West Midlands

There are three grammar school consortiums in the West Midlands that all use the same 11 plus entrance test under the banner of the West Midlands Grammar Schools partnership. This one selective entrance test means that with parental consent, results can be shared with all schools across the partnership. This means children no longer have to sit a different test for each school they wish to apply to, reducing stress and anxiety. The entrance test is provided by GL Assessment and consists of two papers each covering English comprehension, verbal reasoning, maths and non-verbal/spatial reasoning. All questions are multiple choice format and answers are recorded on an Optical Mark Reading (OMR) answer sheet. The raw scores (the number of correct answers in each section) are converted to an age-standardised score to make allowance for the child's age at the time of the test to ensure that younger children are not disadvantaged.

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Shropshire/Wolverhampton/Walsall Consortium

Haberdashers' Adams Grammar School (mixed)
Newport Girls' High School
Queen Mary's Grammar School (boys)
Queen Mary's High School (girls)
Wolverhampton Girls' High School

The Grammar Schools in Birmingham

Bishop Vesey's Grammar School (boys)
King Edward VI Aston School (boys)
King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys
King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls
King Edward VI Five Ways School (mixed)
King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys
King Edward VI Handsworth School for Girls
Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls

Warwickshire Consortium

Alcester Grammar School (mixed)
Ashlawn School (mixed)
King Edward VI School, Stratford-Upon-Avon (boys)
Lawrence Sheriff School (boys)
Rugby High School (girls)
Stratford Girls' Grammar School