Every deadline that matters — from Year 5 registration to National Offers Day. The complete UK calendar for September 2027 grammar school entry, with detailed dates for all 33 regions.
Grammar school admission runs on a fixed calendar. Miss a deadline and your child cannot sit the test, or your CAF will be processed as a late application.
Lincolnshire opens registration on Friday 9 January 2026, the earliest of any English consortium. Bexley registration opens Sunday 1 March. The Latymer (Enfield) opens 17 March. Most other regions follow in April–May.
Bexley closes registration earlier than every other English region. If you miss the Bexley deadline there is no appeals process — set a calendar reminder for early 2027 if applying for 2028 entry.
Kent (June 1), Buckinghamshire, Slough, Sutton SET, Trafford, West Midlands, Wirral, Bromley (Newstead Wood, St Olave's), Barnet (QE), Tiffin Schools — all open registration windows around this time.
Hard deadline 4pm for West Midlands Grammar Schools Partnership (Birmingham, Walsall, Wolverhampton, Shropshire, Warwickshire). Gloucestershire also closes this date. Missing this means your child cannot sit the test.
Kent operates the latest major registration window — closes 1 July. Out-of-county candidates must register through Kent's portal. Access arrangement requests must be made by this date.
London Borough of Sutton SET (Nonsuch, Wilson's, Wallington, Sutton Grammar) — final registration deadline of the cycle.
Bexley Grammar Schools test pupils across their Bexley primary schools and at the grammar schools themselves.
Essex CCHS entrance test; The Latymer School begins its 3-day assessment window.
SW Herts Schools Consortium (Watford, Parmiter's, Rickmansworth, St Clement Danes, Queens') hold their academic ability test.
Kent pupils sit the Kent Test at their own state primary school. Bucks Test (TBGS) held same day at primary schools across Buckinghamshire.
Henrietta Barnett School (Barnet) first-round exam. St Michael's Catholic Grammar School Finchley entrance test.
The single biggest test day of the cycle. West Midlands Test for 19 schools. Out-of-county Kent Test sittings. Gloucestershire 11+. Colyton (East Devon). Plymouth Quest English.
Trafford Grammar Schools Consortium 11+. Heckmondwike Grammar (West Yorkshire).
London Borough of Sutton SET (Stage 1) for Nonsuch, Wilson's, Wallingtons, Sutton Grammar. Wirral Admissions Test on the same day.
QE Barnet 2-day entrance exam — one of the most competitive in England (Times #1 ranked).
Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Penrith test day.
Redbridge 11+ (Ilford County + Woodford County). St Olave's Grammar Stage 1 SET. Liverpool independents and St Ambrose/Loreto in Greater Manchester.
Major Saturday: Slough Consortium 11+. CSSE Essex test day. Torbay Grammar Schools. Crossley Heath/North Halifax Grammar admissions test. Plymouth Quest Maths.
Newstead Wood (Bromley) 11+ exam. Reading School out-of-catchment day test.
Heaviest Saturday: Dorset Consortium. All 4 Lancashire grammars sit together. Wiltshire (both Bishop Wordsworth's and South Wilts). North Yorkshire (Ermysted's and Skipton Girls').
Two-day stage 1 test window for Tiffin Girls' School (Kingston).
Tiffin School stage 1 test.
Queen Elizabeth's School Barnet — provisional exam results released to parents.
Bucks Grammar Schools Partnership (TBGS) release results.
Ermysted's Grammar (North Yorkshire) and Torbay Grammar Schools release results.
Major results day: Kent Test, Plymouth Quest, SW Herts Schools Consortium.
West Midlands Grammar Schools Partnership, Gloucestershire, Crossley Heath/North Halifax results.
Heckmondwike Grammar (West Yorkshire) release results.
Remaining English consortium results released through mid-late October.
Final round of results for some Merseyside and Herts schools.
Critical statutory deadline. Submit your home Local Authority's CAF listing all secondary school preferences (selective and non-selective). Late applications dramatically reduce chances.
St Olave's Grammar School (Bromley) — Stage 2 test for shortlisted candidates AFTER the CAF deadline. Apply with St Olave's as a preference on your CAF even if Stage 2 hasn't happened yet.
Both Tiffin School and Tiffin Girls' School run Stage 2 tests for shortlisted candidates in November.
Registration opens at seagni.co.uk. Non-refundable £20 administration fee. Pupils on Free School Meals Entitlement (FSME) are exempt — upload evidence from Education Authority.
Hard registration deadline. A brief late registration window may open in late September with a higher £50 fee — do not rely on this.
First SEAG paper for P7 pupils across Northern Ireland. 56 questions, 60 minutes. Mix of multiple-choice and free-form answers.
Second SEAG paper, one week after the first. Same format. Final standardised score is computed from both papers.
Standardised scores released to families across NI. Scores typically range 50-130; top quartile ~115+.
Apply to NI grammar schools via the official Education Authority portal at eani.org.uk. Different system from English CAF.
Critical NI application deadline. List preferences for grammar and non-grammar schools.
Offers released by NI Education Authority — earlier than English National Offers Day.
All English Local Authorities email/post Year 7 secondary school offers on this single nationwide day. Confirmation comes via the LA admissions portal. Time to celebrate, accept, or appeal.
You must respond to the offer (accept or decline) by your LA's deadline — usually 2-3 weeks after offers day. Declining doesn't guarantee a re-offer.
If your child achieved the qualifying mark but didn't get a place (oversubscription), you can appeal. Deadline varies by LA — usually within 20 school days of offer.
Independent appeal panels hear cases. Success rates vary by school (typically 10-25%). Results within 5-10 working days of the hearing.
Final waiting list movements as accepted pupils confirm or decline places. Schools allocate remaining spaces.
Successful candidates begin grammar school! Most schools hold induction days in late August.
The headline calendar above covers the cycle as a whole. Below: specific registration windows, test days and results dates for all 34 regions and consortia — sourced from official local authority and consortium publications.
Schools: Reading School, Kendrick School, Reading Girls' School
Independent school testsSchools: Langley, Herschel, St Bernard's Catholic, Upton Court
GL AssessmentSchools: 13 grammar schools (Aylesbury, Beaconsfield, Bucks Grammar Schools Partnership)
GL AssessmentSchools: Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Penrith
School-setSchools: Colyton Grammar School
School-setSchools: Devonport High Boys & Girls, Plymouth High for Girls
Quest AssessmentSchools: Churston Ferrers, Torquay Boys', Torquay Girls'
GL AssessmentSchools: Bournemouth, Bournemouth Girls, Parkstone, Poole Grammar
School-set (CEM-style)Schools: Colchester Royal, KEGS, Westcliff (boys & girls), Southend (boys & girls), Colchester County High, St Bernard's, St Thomas More, Shoeburyness
CSSE (Essex)Schools: Chelmsford County High School for Girls (separate from CSSE)
CCHS own testSchools: Denmark Road, Marling, Pate's, Ribston Hall, Sir Thomas Rich's, Stroud High, The Crypt
GL AssessmentSchools: Altrincham Boys, Altrincham Girls, Sale, Stretford, Urmston
Trafford GLSchools: Loreto Grammar, Saint Ambrose College
School-setSchools: Parmiter's, Queens', Rickmansworth, St Clement Danes, Watford Boys, Watford Girls, Croxley Danes
Partially-selective; consortium testSchools: Dame Alice Owen's School (partially-selective)
School-setSchools: All Kent grammar schools (Dartford, Maidstone, Tonbridge, Tunbridge Wells, Folkestone, Canterbury area, etc.)
GL Assessment (Kent Test)Schools: Lancaster Royal, Lancaster Girls', Clitheroe Royal, Bacup & Rawtenstall
School-setSchools: 15 Lincolnshire grammar schools (Boston, Bourne, Carre's, Spalding, Grantham, Skegness, etc.)
GL AssessmentSchools: Caistor Grammar School (separate from LCGS)
School-setSchools: Queen Elizabeth's Barnet, St Michael's Catholic, Henrietta Barnett
School-set (each different)Schools: Beths, Bexley Grammar, Chislehurst & Sidcup, Townley
Bexley Selection TestSchools: Newstead Wood, St Olave's Grammar
School-setSchools: The Latymer School
School-setSchools: Tiffin School, The Tiffin Girls' School
School-set (two-stage)Schools: Ilford County High, Woodford County High
School-setSchools: Nonsuch, Sutton Grammar, Wallington County, Wallington High, Wilson's, Greenshaw (partial)
Sutton SET (two-stage)Schools: Chatham, Fort Pitt, Holcombe, Rainham Mark, Rochester Grammar, Sir Joseph Williamson's Math
Medway Test (GL-based)Schools: Calday Grange, West Kirby, Wirral Boys, Wirral Girls
Wirral Admissions TestSchools: St Anselm's, Upton Hall, Liverpool Blue Coat
School-setSchools: Ermysted's Grammar, Ripon Grammar, Skipton Girls' High
School-setSchools: 19 schools across Birmingham, Walsall, Wolverhampton, Shropshire, Warwickshire (King Edward VI, Bishop Vesey's, Adams, Camp Hill, etc.)
West Midlands Test (GL)Schools: Crossley Heath (CHS), North Halifax Grammar (NHGS), Heckmondwike Grammar
School-setSchools: Bishop Wordsworth's, South Wilts Grammar (both Salisbury)
School-setSchools: All 63 NI grammar schools that use academic selection
SEAG (GL-produced)