Admissions

The Governing Body of Ermysted’s Grammar School (the ‘School’) is the Admissions Authority.

The School has a Published Admission Number (‘PAN’) of 128 places in Year 7.

To be eligible to sit the Entrance Test and be considered for a place at the School in September 2025, an applicant must have been born between 1 September 2013 and 31 August 2014. For admissions outside of a child’s normal age group, parents should refer to the relevant section of the Admissions Policy. Please note, as a single sex boys’ school, eligibility will be based on the child’s gender being male. An applicant may only sit the Entrance Test once.

Yes.

Everyone, including those residing in the catchment area, needs to register.

Parents can submit the Entrance Test Registrations Form from 8 April 2024. Forms must be submitted via this website www.ermysteds.uk/admissions/entrance-test-registration-form-for-year-7-entry-september-2025/ or submitted in hardcopy to the School Office. The deadline for registrations for the main testing session is 12:00 pm (noon) on 2 September 2024. All registrations received after this deadline will be considered as late and will not be considered in the first round of offers.

For candidates who have a disability and/or require special resources to complete the Entrance Test, parents may request special arrangements be made by completing the relevant section of the Entrance Test Registration Form. Parents making such an application will be informed in writing by 18 September 2024 whether their request has been agreed. The deadline for registrations for the main testing session is 12:00 pm (noon) on 2 September 2024. All registrations received after this deadline will be considered as late and will not be considered in the first round of offers.

The Entrance Test consists of two multiple-choice papers, each of approximately 50 minutes in length. The papers are provided by GL Assessment. The papers assess a candidate’s aptitude in English and mathematics and their ability in verbal and non-verbal reasoning. One paper contains a mixture of questions on mathematics and non-verbal reasoning; the other, a mixture of questions on verbal reasoning and English. Both papers contain timed sections.

Familiarisation materials are available free-of-charge on the GL Assessment website. See 11+ Familiarisation Materials (gl-assessment.co.uk). These materials include exemplar questions on English, mathematics, verbal and non-verbal reasoning. They will allow candidates to become familiar with the type of questions likely to be asked in the Entrance Test, the layout of the test booklets and answer sheet, and provide information about how to write their answers on the answer sheet. For those candidates without access to the internet, paper copies will be supplied on request from the School Office.

Additional familiarisation support is available for applicants in receipt of the Pupil Premium – please contact the School for details.

The published date for the main testing session is Saturday, 28 September 2024.

The required standard is defined as the score achieved by the 150th candidate when the scores of all candidates in the main Entrance Test cohort are placed in descending rank order.

To allow time in which to complete the Common Application Form (‘CAF’), parents will be informed whether their child has met the required standard in the week commencing 14 October 2024.

Please note that achieving the required standard does not equate to the offer of a place at the School.

Scores will be released on request to parents of candidates who have not reached the required standard. The School will not release the scores achieved by candidates who have achieved the required standard to ensure all potential pupils start at the School on an equal footing.

No.

Attaining the required standard does not guarantee admission to the School. If the School is oversubscribed by applicants who have reached the required standard, it will apply its oversubscription criteria until the PAN of 128 has been achieved.

Children with an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) naming the School will be admitted. Should this occur it will reduce the number of places available. For other applicants achieving the required standard, there is no guarantee of a place at the School being available. If more applicants reach the required standard than there are places available, the following oversubscription criteria will apply:

First to children who have achieved the required standard and who are Looked-After or are Previously Looked-After, second to children who have achieved the required standard and whose home address lies within the catchment area at the time of application, third to children who have achieved the required standard and whose home address lies outside the catchment area at the time of application.

Preference to children in the second and third priority will be applied in the following order. First to children who are registered as in receipt of the Pupil Premium at the time of application, then to children who have a brother at the School in September of the year of entry, then to children who live closest to the School.

If two or more applicants fulfil the relevant criteria and live equidistant to the School, but there are not enough spaces remaining to accommodate them all, the available place(s) will be allocated at random. The process will be conducted in the presence of a witness who is independent of the School and its admissions process.

In order to be able to apply the oversubscription criteria, the School must be informed of applicants who qualify for priority. This is achieved by the parents concerned submitting a Supplementary Information Form (‘SIF’) and including the necessary information and supporting evidence. The SIF needs only to be completed by parents who believe their child qualifies for priority under one of the oversubscription criteria.