Birmingham and West Midlands grammar schools test
- Test provider
- The Foundation arranges the test for the eight Birmingham grammar schools and GL Assessment provides it.
- Schools using it
- Eight grammar schools in Birmingham; the same test is shared with all grammar schools in the West Midlands, which the page puts at 19 schools in the region. Children sit it once.
- Format
- Two papers of about 60 minutes each, including instructions and examples, with individually timed sections in English comprehension, verbal reasoning, mathematics and non-verbal and spatial reasoning. All questions are multiple choice on a separate answer sheet, and there is no writing section.
At a glance
Published by King Edward VI Foundation, with GL Assessment as test provider. Checked 18 October 2026.
- Test provider
The Foundation arranges the test for the eight Birmingham grammar schools and GL Assessment provides it.
- Schools using it
Eight grammar schools in Birmingham; the same test is shared with all grammar schools in the West Midlands, which the page puts at 19 schools in the region. Children sit it once.
- Format
Two papers of about 60 minutes each, including instructions and examples, with individually timed sections in English comprehension, verbal reasoning, mathematics and non-verbal and spatial reasoning. All questions are multiple choice on a separate answer sheet, and there is no writing section.
- Weighting
50 percent English and verbal reasoning, 25 percent non-verbal reasoning and 25 percent mathematics, with section scores standardised for age.
- Dates for 2027 entry
Registration closed at 4pm on Friday 26 June 2026. Test on Saturday 12 September 2026, in morning and afternoon sessions.
- Dates for 2028 entry
Not published as at 18 October 2026 on the page read.
What the publisher says about preparing
The Foundation says intensive coaching or tuition is not in a child's long-term best interests, and that the Birmingham grammar schools do not endorse any tuition or revision service. In the publisher’s words: “Intensive coaching or tuition is not in the long term best interests of your child.”
How Mockplan treats it
Candidate for the first county-style practice pack (D59). Grouped with the regional and county tests (D77). Nothing is on sale and no school has confirmed any link to us.
Schools we have researched that use it
- King Edward VI Five Ways SchoolUses it as its test
King Edward VI Five Ways takes the shared Birmingham grammar schools test, which GL Assessment provides.
The publisher’s own pages
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