Thank you for your interest in Bishop Vesey’s Grammar School.
JOIN OUR SCHOOL IN 2026
Places for September 2026 have now been offered.
JOIN OUR SCHOOL IN 2027
To apply for a Year 7 start, please note that your child must currently be in Year 5. It is also key to note that the admissions process is solely administrated by West Midlands Grammar Schools. Therefore, should a query arise before or during the process, please contact them directly.
Our qualifying score is 205.
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Below are the key dates for September 2027 entry:
You can register your child for the entrance test from this date by visiting
https://westmidlandsgrammarschools.co.uk/. You will receive an email acknowledgement immediately after submitting your registration to confirm it has been successful. Following registration, you will be sent a further email in due course advising you of the venue of the test.
All costs associated with the entrance test, including the test itself, are paid for by the grammar schools – the test is not to be used as a practice or ‘mock test’ by candidates with no intention of applying for a place at any of The Grammar Schools in Birmingham.
Should you decide to register for the optional entrance test and it is deemed that your home address is not within a reasonable commutable distance to The Grammar Schools in Birmingham, you will be contacted by the Admissions Office to provide further information to support your application to sit the test – this will include a request for evidence of your intention to relocate to the area.
Our Open Evening is a ticketed event. You can reserve your tickets here:
https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/bvgs
This is the deadline for requesting reasonable adjustments are made to the entrance test to allow your child to access the paper, if for example they have a disability. Requests for adjustments and supporting evidence must be uploaded with your child’s registration form.
4pm is the deadline for registering for the entrance test. It is not possible to register for the test after this time.
You will be sent information about the test and procedure for the day of the test. This will be posted to your home address. If you have not received this by Wednesday 8th September, contact the Admissions office. Please do not contact the office before 8th September.
Your child sits the entrance test on this date. Two sessions will be held (AM and PM). Your child will be allocated a session and you should therefore keep the whole of Saturday 12th September free from commitments.
The entrance test results will be sent prior to you completing your Local Authority preference form. Please note that this is not the offer of a school place.
You must have applied for school places via your local authority by this date. You are advised to wait for the entrance test results before applying for school places.
1st March or next working day is the national date for local authorities to notify parents which school their child has been offered.
