Admissions 2027

Gloucestershire Grammar Schools Admissions Test Timeline for September 2027 Entry 

Monday 18th May 2026 (noon) to Friday 26th June 2026 (noon) 
 

You can register for The Gloucestershire Grammar Schools' Entrance test from noon on Monday 18th May until noon on Friday 26th June 2026.  A link to the Central Registration Bureau will be available on our website. If a registration is not completed by the closing date, the entrance test cannot be sat.  If you have any questions regarding registration, please email our Admissions team admissions@denmarkroad.org.

Early September 2026

Your child’s Test Centre School will contact you with times, what to bring, what not to bring, etc. in early September.

Saturday 12th September 2026

The same test will be held at all seven Gloucestershire Grammar Schools on this day.

Mid-October 2026

Results for Denmark Road Grammar School will be emailed to parents.

By 31st October 2026

Parents/Carers must submit their secondary school Common Application Form to their Local Authority by 31st October 2026. 

Monday, 1st March 2027 (to be confirmed)

Your Local Authority will inform you which school your child has been allocated on this day.

Please note : GCC strongly encourage you to accept the school place you have been offered, even if you go on another school’s waiting list, to ensure your child has a school place in September 2027.

Children who have not met the qualifying standard (i.e. have not passed the test) are unable to join the waiting list.