About Grey Coat Hospital
The Grey Coat Hospital is a Church of England girls' school in Westminster, London, with selective and non-selective places. It offers a limited number of 'Grammar Aptitude' places (approximately 36) allocated by academic aptitude, alongside faith-based places. The school is highly oversubscribed for both selective and faith places. Entry for faith places requires a supplementary information form and church attendance evidence.
Grey Coat Hospital provides an excellent education with high academic standards and a broad curriculum. GCSE 9–7: 54.1%. A-Level A*–B: 73.9%.
About Admissions to The Grey Coat Hospital
The Grey Coat Hospital is a Church of England state secondary school for girls (with a co-educational Sixth Form) in Westminster, London. Admission to Year 7 is through the local authority’s coordinated process, applying via your home Local Authority’s Common Application Form — there is no academic 11+ selection.
Places are allocated on the school’s published oversubscription criteria, which give priority on the basis of faith commitment and distance from the school, alongside looked-after children and siblings. A supplementary information form (SIF) is usually required to be considered under the faith criteria.
Apply through your Local Authority by the Common Application Form deadline (31 October); National Offers Day is in early March. Always confirm the current arrangements and any required supplementary forms on the school’s own admissions pages.
Year 7 Admissions Guide for Grey Coat Hospital
Grey Coat Hospital Admissions Criteria
The Grey Coat Hospital is a Church of England girls' school in Westminster, London, with selective and non-selective places. It offers a limited number of 'Grammar Aptitude' places (approximately 36) allocated by academic aptitude, alongside faith-based places. The school is highly oversubscribed for both selective and faith places. Entry for faith places requires a supplementary information form and church attendance evidence.
- ✓Register for the school's academic aptitude test (Grammar places, ~36 available) — check the school website for registration dates (typically May/June Year 5).
- ✓Sit the academic aptitude assessment in September/October (Year 6) to be considered for Grammar places.
- ✓Faith places (Church of England, baptised): Complete the Supplementary Information Form (SIF) with evidence of church attendance (checked against admissions criteria in the school's policy).
- ✓Looked-after and previously looked-after children who meet faith criteria (highest priority).
- ✓Baptised Church of England girls with regular worship attendance, ranked by frequency of attendance.
- ✓Other Christian denominations, then all other faiths, ranked by faith criteria.
- ✓Grammar aptitude places: highest-scoring qualifying girls.
- ✓Apply via Westminster LA CAF by 31st October 2026.
Grey Coat Hospital Oversubscription Criteria
If applications exceed the 150 Year 7 admission number, the Board of Governors / Trust applies the following criteria in priority order. Final ranking uses the standardised score achieved in the GL Assessment 11+ entrance test.
- Looked-after / previously looked-after children (highest priority by law)
- Children who achieve the qualifying mark in the entrance test (above the qualifying standard set by Grey Coat Hospital)
- Children eligible for Pupil Premium / Free School Meals Entitlement (FSME)
- Children with an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) naming the school
- Children with sibling(s) currently attending the school
- Children of staff (where staff member has worked at the school for 2+ years)
- Children ranked by total standardised score (highest first) up to the published admission number
- Tiebreak: distance from home to school (straight-line measurement) for children with equal scores
Key Dates & Deadlines — Grey Coat Hospital 2026 Entry
| 📌 Registration opens | May 2025 via individual school portals |
| 📌 Registration closes | Mid-July 2025 (varies by consortium) |
| 📌 GL Assessment 11+ Entrance Test | Mid-September 2025 (varies — Sutton, Kingston, Wallington consortiums have different dates) |
| 📌 Test results released | Mid-October 2025 |
| 📌 CAF deadline (apply via Local Authority) | Friday 31 October 2025 |
| 📌 National Offers Day | Monday 2 March 2026 |
How to Apply to Grey Coat Hospital via the Common Application Form
Step 1 — Register your child for the GL Assessment 11+ Test
Register through your regional 11+ portal (e.g. London) when registration opens. Closes Mid-July 2025 (varies by consortium). There is no fee to sit the GL Assessment test.
Step 2 — Attend an Open Day at Grey Coat Hospital
Visit during Year 5 or early Year 6 to meet staff and pupils and decide whether to list this school on your CAF.
Step 3 — Sit the GL Assessment Entrance Test
Your child sits the GL Assessment in Mid-September 2025. The test typically covers English, Mathematics, Verbal Reasoning and Non-Verbal Reasoning, with standardised scores age-adjusted.
Step 4 — Receive your standardised test results
Test results are released to parents on Mid-October 2025, BEFORE the Common Application Form deadline. You will receive a standardised score and an indication of whether your child has passed the qualifying mark.
Step 5 — Complete your Common Application Form (CAF)
List Grey Coat Hospital as one of your preferences on the CAF submitted via your home Local Authority (not the school's LA, unless they are the same). You can usually list 3-6 preferences depending on your LA.
Step 6 — Submit the CAF by the deadline
Submit your CAF by Friday 31 October 2025. Late applications are processed only after all on-time applications have been allocated, dramatically reducing your chance of a place.
Step 7 — Receive your school offer on National Offers Day
Offers are issued via your Local Authority on Monday 2 March 2026. If unsuccessful, you can appeal or join Grey Coat Hospital's waiting list — managed by the school itself.
GL Assessment Subjects Tested at Grey Coat Hospital
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