Ribston Hall High School
Admission for September 2026
Online Registration for the Entrance Test - September 2026 Admission is now CLOSED
Please read full details here regarding missed test registrations and the next stages when you have missed the 27 June test registration deadline.
If you missed registering your daughter over the 6-week registration period, she will not be able to sit the Entrance Test in September 2025.
If you have any queries which are related to the registration process only, please email the G7 Administrator who oversees this process for all the Grammar Schools:
g7.admissions@crypt.gloucs.sch.uk.
If you have any general admission questions please contact Mrs Murphy, Admissions Manager at Ribston Hall High School via email: admissions@ribstonhall.gloucs.sch.uk
or phone on 01452 382249, option 5.
The Entrance Test
This will take place on Saturday 13th September 2025. The test day arrangements will be posted to all parents/carers on Wednesday 3rd September. The school will communicate any changes to this information with all registered parents. If you have not received your test day arrangement information by Monday 8th September please contact the school immediately.
Test results and Local Authority Application
You will receive the results of the Entrance Test mid-October. Please complete your Common Application Form from your local County Council by the deadline of 31st October 2025.
National Allocation Day and Appeals Process
You will be informed by your own Local County Council of the school allocated to you for your child on Monday 2nd March 2026.
If you wish to appeal for a place at Ribston Hall, please contact Mrs Murphy via admissions@ribstonhall.gloucs.sch.uk or telephone 01452 382249. An Appeals Hearing Registration Form and an Appeal booklet will be posted to you.
The deadline to return the Appeals Hearing Registration Form is 3pm on Wednesday 22nd April 2026. The deadline for any further supporting evidence is 3pm on Friday 8th May 2026.
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Dates for Entry Sept 2026 |
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From noon 19th May to noon 27th June 2025 |
Online registration period for Grammar Entrance Test. |
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13th September 2025 |
Grammar School Entrance Test Day. |
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Prior to 31 October 2025 |
Grammar School Test results are sent out - all results will be sent to parents/carers by the individual schools. |
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Midnight, 31 October 2025 |
Closing date for Common Application Form (CAF) |
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2nd March 2026 |
Allocation Day & Parents/Carers will receive the results of the late grammar school entrance test from the grammar schools directly. |
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May to July 2026 |
Appeals are normally held in these two months. |
Further Information
For September 2026 Entry the entrance test will be sat in September 2025. The seven Gloucestershire Grammar Schools will be using GL Assessment for this test. Please read the letter attached below ‘Gloucestershire Grammar Schools’ Admissions Information' which has all the relevant information.
The test assesses students’ verbal and non-verbal abilities, English skills and mathematics, and is provided by GL Assessment. All questions are multiple choice style questions.
In one paper, students will be tested on their verbal skills (including comprehension, vocabulary and verbal reasoning). The other test paper assesses non-verbal reasoning and mathematical knowledge, skills and understanding. Each test session will take around an hour.
At the beginning of each session there is time built in for the sharing of instructions and, for the non-verbal reasoning element, some worked examples. Students are allocated a total of 45 minutes to complete the tests themselves.
GL Assessment is the largest independent provider of educational assessments in the UK, also providing assessment materials to schools in over 100 countries worldwide. They have been developing selection assessments for over 40 years and provide tests to the majority of grammar schools in the country. GL Assessment works hard to develop its material such that all children are able to demonstrate their levels of attainment and academic potential without excessive preparation. Please visit their website to view the Familiarisation Material.
Since 11+ tests vary from one area to another, it's important to note that the free familiarisation materials are generic and may differ from your own test's exact specifications. These differences may include the length of papers, the types of questions covered, and/or the level of difficulty.
Testing Arrangements
The entrance test will take place on the morning of Saturday, 13th September 2025. Details of the testing arrangements will be sent out from the school where your child is sitting the test on or before Monday 8th September. If you do not receive any information, please contact the test school. For specific testing arrangements you should contact your Test School.
Results
Parents/carers will be informed of their child’s result by email in mid-October. Results will be sent home before parents/carers have to make a decision on which schools to put on their Local Authority Common Application (Preference) Form. If parents/ carers have elected (on the Grammar School Registration Form) to share their child’s results with more than one school, a separate result email or letter will be sent from each school.
Common Application Form
The Common Application Form (CAF) is managed by the Local Authority. The form must be completed to enable the Gloucestershire County Admissions Team to offer you a secondary school place for your child. This form can be completed online or by completion of a paper copy. The closing date for applications is midnight on 31st October 2025.