Ribston HallHigh School
Online Registration for the Entrance Test - September 2024 Admission
Registration is open from noon Monday 22nd May 2023 until noon on Friday 30th June 2023.
Please register your current Year 5 daughter here: https://g7.applicaa.com/year72024
If you miss registering your daughter over the 6-week registration period, she will not be able to sit the Entrance Test in September 2023.
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 Iles, Deputy Admissions Officer or Mrs Murphy, Admissions Manager at Ribston Hall High School via email: admissions@ribstonhall.gloucs.sch.uk or phone on 01452 382249.
The Entrance Test
This will take place on Saturday 16th September 2023. The test day arrangements will be communicated via post to all registered parents during 6th, 7th, 8th September 2023. The school will communicate any changes to this information with all registered parents. If you have not received your test day arrangement information by the 11th 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 2023.
National Allocation Day
On 1st March 2024, Gloucestershire County Council (GCC) will offer 150 places on behalf of Ribston Hall High School to the highest-ranking applicants. There are often more students who pass the test than can be offered a place.
Entry to Ribston Hall in September 2024
Ribston Hall High School is a selective girls’ grammar school for ages 11-16 and offers a mixed Sixth Form. All students must sit the Grammar School Entrance Test in September 2023 and gain a pass to be eligible for a place.
Our school has specialised in educating girls in Gloucester for over 100 years. We foster a supportive environment which allows our students to grow academically and socially, equipping them with the skills and values to make worthy contributions to society. We are often complimented on the ‘family feel’ of Ribston Hall.
Ribston Hall High School is an Academy and as such, the Governing Body of the school is the admission's authority responsible for all admissions. The Governing Body operates in line with Gloucestershire County Council’s coordinated scheme for school admissions and School Admissions Code.Free and Paid-For Familiarisation Materials
GL Assessment have a range of free and paid-for familiarisation materials and support guides to aid you through the testing process. To give all children the opportunity to experience sample questions across a range of question types in advance of the test, they have 10 hours of free familiarisation materials. These are particularly useful for verbal reasoning and non-verbal reasoning tests as children may not have encountered these types of questions before. Please follow the link below to the GL Assessment Website: