What score do you need for a Birmingham grammar school?

205 qualifies for all eight schools. Places then go by each school's priority order, and in March 2026 the last score offered to children with no priority ranged from 216 at KE Handsworth Boys to 255 at KE Camp Hill Girls.

What does the published range show?

It is the range of the March offer lines the King Edward VI Foundation published for 2023 to 2026 entry, for the school and group you pick. These are historical outcomes. Each school applies its own admissions rules for the new entry year.

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Birmingham 11+ cut-off scores

Published offer scores by school and admission group, 2023 to 2026 entry.

School

Your child's admission groupNo priority224 or more, living in the catchmentPupil premium, outside the catchment

Official standardised score, if available

2027 entry: 205 meets the qualifying standard. Your school's admission group, address and available places decide offers.

KE Camp Hill Girls: no priority

239 to 255

Published March offer range, 2023 to 2026 entry.

2023249
2024239
2025243
2026255

School rules and source

Foundation results and offers · 2027 entry, checked 1 October 2026. School policies checked 2026-09-25.

Last score offered, no priority

School	2026	2025	2024	2023	Historical range
KE Aston	217	219	218	216	216 to 219
KE Camp Hill Boys	254	No offers	260	No offers	254 to 260; no offers in 2 years
KE Camp Hill Girls	255	243	239	249	239 to 255
KE Five Ways	No offers	No offers	No offers	256	No offers in 3 of 4 years
KE Handsworth Boys	216	216	217	215	215 to 217
KE Handsworth Girls	219	216	217	217	216 to 219
Bishop Vesey's	229	234	230	229	229 to 234
Sutton Coldfield Girls	227	229	229	222	222 to 229

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