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Clitheroe Royal Grammar School – 11 Plus Entrance Exam Information
11 Plus Exam Dates
11 Plus Exam Format
11 Plus Exam Board
11 Plus Exam Pass Mark and Target Score
Clitheroe Royal Grammar School – 11 Plus Admissions Process
How to Apply for 11 Plus (11+) Entry to Clitheroe Royal Grammar School?
Is Clitheroe Royal Grammar School Part of a Consortium?
Does Clitheroe Royal Grammar School Have a Catchment Area?
How Does Place Allocation Work?
Admissions Policy Information
Clitheroe Royal Grammar School – How to Prepare for the 11 Plus Exams?
Free 11 Plus (11+) Practice Exam Papers
11 Plus Courses and Classes
Clitheroe Royal Grammar School – 11 Plus Exam Information
11 Plus Exam Dates
September of Year 6
11 Plus Exam Format
Mathematics ➗
Verbal Reasoning 🧠
English 📝
11 Plus Exam Board
GL Assessment
11 Plus Exam Pass Mark and Target Score
The pass mark for each year is decided after the tests have been marked.
Other Exam information
Students will sit three 50-minute exams.
All tests are multiple-choice with a separate answer sheet.
Clitheroe Royal Grammar School – 11 Plus Admissions
How to Apply for 11 Plus (11+) Entry to Clitheroe Royal Grammar School?
Applications to sit the entrance exam must be made on the school website over the summer before your child begins Year 6. You can register here.
You must also formally apply for a place at the school before midnight on the 31st of October (when your child is in Year 6) to be considered. You can find out more about applying for secondary schools in your local area here.
Is Clitheroe Royal Grammar School part of a Consortium?
Clitheroe Royal Grammar School shares their 11 Plus exam with the other grammar schools in Lancashire: Bacup & Rawtenstall Grammar School, Clitheroe Royal Grammar School, Lancaster Girls’ Grammar School and Lancaster Royal Grammar School.
Does Clitheroe Royal Grammar School have a catchment area?
Clitheroe Royal Grammar School does have a catchment area, which is based on distance from the school. The catchment area consists of the following Civil Parishes of the Borough of Ribble Valley:
Aighton, Bailey & Chaigley, Balderstone, Bashall Eaves, Billington and Langho, Bolton by Bowland, Bowland Forest High, Bowland Forest Low, Bowland with Leagram, Chatburn, Clayton-le-Dale, Clitheroe, Dinckley, Downham, Easington, Gisburn, Gisburn Forest, Great Mitton, Grindleton, Horton, Little Mitton, Mearley, Mellor, Middop, Newsholme, Newton, Osbaldeston, Paythorne, Pendleton, Ramsgreave, Read, Rimington, Sabden, Salesbury, Sawley, Simonstone, Slaidburn, Twiston, Waddington, West Bradford, Whalley, Wilpshire, Wiswell (including Barrow) and Worston.
However, entry to the school is based firstly on the scores achieved in the 11+ tests.
How Does Place Allocation Work?
Where qualifying applications exceed the number of places available, places will be allocated in the following order of priority:
Looked after children and previously looked after children.
Candidates who live in the catchment area and who qualify for Pupil Premium funding.
Candidates who live in the catchment area.
Candidates who live outside the catchment area and who qualify for Pupil Premium funding.
Candidates who live outside the catchment area.
Admissions Policy Information
Clitheroe Royal Grammar School – How to Prepare for the 11 Plus Exams?
Free 11 Plus (11+) Practice Exam Papers
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