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What is a Grammar School?
Grammar schools are selective state- funded secondary schools that have a strong focus on academic achievement. These schools select their pupils into Year 7 by means of an academic examination called the 11+ or “11 plus”. Some grammar schools also have an intake into Year 8 or Year 9 and test pupils with an equivalent 12+ or 13+ exam. Grammar schools do not charge fees, and competition for places is generally very high. Grammar schools offer an impressive, academically-focused, and socially inclusive education, without the fees demanded by independent schools.
How many Grammar schools are there in the UK?
There are 163 grammar schools across 36 in England. There are a further 69 grammar schools in Northern Ireland, but none in Scotland or Wales.
List of grammar schools in England
Adams Grammar School Wolverhampton & Wrekin
Alcester Grammar School Warwickshire
Altrincham Grammar School for Boys Trafford
Altrincham Grammar School for Girls Trafford
Archbishop’s School Kent
Ashlawn School Warwickshire
Aylesbury Grammar School Buckinghamshire
Aylesbury High School Buckinghamshire
Bacup & Rawtenstall Grammar School Lancashire
Barton Court Grammar School Kent
Beaconsfield High School Buckinghamshire
Beths Grammar School Bexley
Bexley Grammar School Bexley
Bishop Vesey’s Grammar School Birmingham
Bishop Wordsworth School for Boys Devon
Bishops Stortford High School Hertfordshire
Boston Grammar School Lincolnshire
Boston High School Lincolnshire
Bourne Grammar School Lincolnshire
Bournemouth School Dorset
Bournemouth School for Girls Dorset
Burnham Grammar School Buckinghamshire
Bushey Meads School Hertfordshire
Caistor Grammar School Lincolnshire
Calday Grange Grammar School Wirral
Carre’s Grammar School Lincolnshire
Chancellors School Hertfordshire
Chatham & Clarendon Grammar School Kent
Chatham Grammar School for Girls Medway
Chelmsford County High School Essex
Chesham Grammar School Buckinghamshire
Chislehurst & Sidcup Grammar School Bexley
Churston Ferrers Grammar Devon
Clitheroe Royal Grammar School Lancashire
Colchester County High School Essex
Colyton Grammar School Devon
Cranbrook School Kent
Dame Alice Owen’s School Hertfordshire
Dane Court Grammar School Kent
Dartford Grammar School for Girls Kent
Devonport High School for BoysDevon
Devonport High School for Girls Devon
Dover Grammar School for Boys Kent
Dover Grammar School for Girls Kent
Dr. Challoners Grammar School Buckinghamshire
Dr. Challoners High School Buckinghamshire
Ermysted’s Grammar School Yorkshire
Fort Pitt Grammar School Medway
Greenshaw High School Surrey
Handsworth Grammar School for Boys Birmingham
Heckmondwike Grammar School Yorkshire
Henrietta Barnett Barnet
Hershel Grammar Berkshire
Hertfordshire & Essex High School Hertfordshire
High School for Girls Gloucestershire
Highsted School Kent
Holcombe Grammar School Medway
Homewood School Kent
Ilford County High School for Boys Essex (Redbridge)
John Hampden Grammar School Buckinghamshire
Kendrick School Berkshire
Kesteven & Grantham Girls’ School Lincolnshire
Kesteven & Sleaford High School Selective Academy Lincolnshire
King David High School Liverpool
King Edward VI Academy Lincolnshire
King Edward VI Aston School Birmingham
King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys Birmingham
King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls Birmingham
King Edward VI Chelmsford Essex
King Edward VI Five Ways School Birmingham
King Edward VI Grammar School Lincolnshire
King Edward VI Handsworth School Birmingham
King Edward VI School Warwickshire
Lancaster Girls’ Grammar School Lancashire
Lancaster Royal Grammar School Lancashire
Langley Grammar Berkshire
Latymer School Enfield
Lawrence Sheriff School Warwickshire
Liverpool Blue Coat School Liverpool
Loreto Grammar School Trafford
Maidstone Grammar School for Girls Kent
Marling School Gloucestershire
Mill Hill County Barnet
Newport Girls’ High School Wolverhampton & Wrekin
Newstead Wood Bromley
Nonsuch Grammar Surrey
Oakwood Park Grammar School Kent
Parkstone Grammar School Dorset
Parmiter’s School Hertfordshire
Pate’s Grammar School Gloucestershire
Plymouth High School for Girls Devon
Poole Grammar School Dorset
Queen Elizabeth Barnet
Queen Elizabeth Grammar School Cumbria
Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School Kent
Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School Lincolnshire
Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School Lincolnshire
Queen Elizabeth’s High School Lincolnshire
Queen Mary’s Grammar School Wolverhampton & Wrekin
Queen Mary’s High School Wolverhampton & Wrekin
Queens’ School Hertfordshire
Rainham Mark Grammar School Medway
Reading School for Boys Berkshire
Reading School for Girls Berkshire
Ribston Hall High School Gloucestershire
Rickmansworth School Hertfordshire
Ripon Grammar School Yorkshire
Royal Grammar School Buckinghamshire
Royal Grammar School Colchester Essex
Royal Latin Grammar School Buckinghamshire
Rugby High School Warwickshire
Sale Grammar School Trafford
Shoeburyness High School Essex
Simon Langton Girls’ Grammar School Kent
Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys Kent
Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School Buckinghamshire
Sir Joseph Williamson’s Mathematical School Medway
Sir Roger Manwood’s School Kent
Sir Thomas Rich’s School Gloucestershire
Sir William Borlase School Buckinghamshire
Skegness Grammar School Lincolnshire
Skipton Girls’ High School Yorkshire
South Wiltshire Grammar School Wiltshire
Southend High School for Boys Essex
Southend High School for Girls Essex
Spalding Grammar School Lincolnshire
Spalding High School Lincolnshire
St Bernards Catholic Berkshire
St Bernards High School Essex
St Clement Danes School Hertfordshire
St Michael’s Catholic Barnet
St Olaves Bromley
St Thomas More High School Essex
St. Ambrose College Trafford
St. Anselm’s College Wirral
St. Hilda’s C of E High School Liverpool
St. Margaret’s C of E High School Liverpool
Stratford Upon Avon Grammar School for Girls Warwickshire
Stretford Grammar School Trafford
Stroud High School Gloucestershire
Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls Birmingham
Sutton Grammar School Surrey
The Crossley Heath Grammar School Yorkshire
The Crypt School Gloucestershire
The Folkestone School for Girls Kent
The Harvey Grammar School Kent
The Howard School Medway
The Judd School Kent
The King John School Essex
The King’s School Grantham Lincolnshire
The North Halifax Grammar School Yorkshire
The Norton Knatchbull School Kent
The Rochester Grammar School Medway
The Skinners’ School Kent
The Spires College Devon
The Tiffin Girls School Surrey
The Tiffin School Surrey
Torquay Boys Grammar School Devon
Torquay Girls Grammar School Devon
Townley Grammar School Bexley
Tunbridge Wells Girls’ Grammar School Kent
Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys Kent
Upton Court Berkshire
Upton Hall School Wirral
Urmston Grammar School Trafford
Wallington County Grammar School Surrey
Wallington High School for Girls Surrey
Watford Grammar School for Boys Hertfordshire
Watford Grammar School for Girls Hertfordshire
Weald of Kent Grammar School Kent
West Kirby Grammar School Wirral
Westcliff High School for Boys Essex
Westcliff High School for Girls Essex
Westlands School Kent
Wilmington Grammar School for Boys Kent
Wilmington Grammar School for Girls Kent
Wilson’s School Surrey
Wirral Grammar School Wirral
Wirral Grammar School for Girls Wirral
Wolverhampton High School for Girls Wolverhampton & Wrekin
Woodford County High School for Girls Essex (Redbridge)
Wycombe High School Buckinghamshire