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Grammar School Information

Detailed  below are the procedure for applications for assessment in September 2022 (for entry into secondary in 2023) The forms should be completed online via the appropriate links outlined below. all the details are contained within the specific websites but please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions. Please remember that application should not be sent to school.

Wirral (Calday, WKGS, Wirral Boys, Wirral Girls)

  • Online registration for Year 6 assessment to attend a non-Catholic grammar school in Wirral in 2023 opened on 1 May 2022. Register a child for an assessment
  • Please remember that parents should register their own child directly, this is not something that is done by school.
  • No arrangements will be made to assess children if request forms are received after 31 May 2022, unless they have moved to Wirral from outside of the borough.
  • All children will take the assessment at a test centre. They will require proof of ID for your child before they can be assessed.
  • The assessment comprises two papers taken on the same day. The assessment date will be 19 September 2022. The assessments will be provided by GL Assessment and will include questions on verbal reasoning, non-verbal reasoning, and mathematics.

Upton Hall FCJ

  • All details are contained on the Upton Hall website here https://www.uptonhallschool.co.uk/page/?title=Admissions+Arrangements+%2D+September+2023&pid=1709 Please remember that parents should register their own child directly, this is not something that is done by school.
  • The Entrance Examination will take place on Saturday 17 September 2022.
  • A second date, Wednesday 21 September 2022, is available. This is for those who missed the previous date through illness and pupils with special needs or disability.
  • The Examination consists of two closed NFER tests in Verbal Reasoning.  Each paper is timed to last for 50 minutes. There is a refreshment break between the papers, both of which are taken on the same morning.  The papers are sent offsite for marking and an age-weighted allowance is made.  The test scores are then added together and those girls who achieve 236 or more are deemed to have reached the required standard.
  • The results of the test will be sent to parents no later than Friday 14 October 2022.

DATE

ACTIVITY

23 June 2022

Summer Open Evening, 5.30 pm to 8.00 pm*

11 July 2022

Deadline for submission of Upton Hall School FCJ Application Forms to the school.

End of August 2022

Letter sent to parents of applicants with Entrance Examination arrangements.

15 September 2022

Autumn Open Evening, 5.30 pm to 8.00 pm

17 September 2022

Year 6 pupils sit Upton Hall School FCJ Entrance Examination, Examination sittings will take place throughout the day.

21 September 2022

 

Year 6 pupils sit Upton Hall School FCJ Entrance Examination. This date is for pupils who have missed the examination on Saturday through illness and will be subject to the provision of medical evidence.  It will also cater for pupils with special educational needs or disability. Written details from your GP or hospital will need to be received by the Admissions Office no later than Friday 29 July 2022. After this date only proven newly diagnosed conditions will be considered for this examination date.

By 14 October 2022

Results of Upton Hall School FCJ Entrance Examination posted to parents of applicants.

31  October 2022

Deadline for submitting Preference Form to the LA.

1 March 2023

Allocation Day

St Anselm’s College

  • Entrance Examination will take place on Friday 23rd September 2022 (for entrance into Year 7 in September 2023).
  • Registration details are available here: https://virtual.st-anselms.com/entrance-examination-registration/
  • Please remember that parents should register their own child directly, this is not something that is done by school.