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11+ in Lancashire: grammar schools, tests and places

Lancashire has four state grammar schools on the Department for Education’s register: Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School, Clitheroe Royal Grammar School, Lancaster Girls’ Grammar School and Lancaster Royal Grammar School. They sit the FSCE Entrance Test for Year 7, and some set a test of their own.

The tests

The test Lancashire’s schools share, and its dates.

FSCE Entrance Test for Year 7

Set by Future Stories Community Enterprise; sat by Clitheroe Royal Grammar School and Lancaster Girls’ Grammar School.
- Checked on 22 September 2026; the next dates are not yet published.
- Last sat: Saturday 26 September 2026. source 1 source 2 source 3 source 4 source 5
- Results of that sitting: Monday 12 October 2026. source

A to Z

Lancashire: four schools and their places.

Lancashire’s state grammar schools
School	Intake	Year 7 places	Test
Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School Rossendale	Mixed	180 source	Its own test
Clitheroe Royal Grammar School Clitheroe	Mixed	180 source	FSCE Entrance Test for Year 7
Lancaster Girls’ Grammar School Lancaster	Girls	145 source	FSCE Entrance Test for Year 7
Lancaster Royal Grammar School Lancaster	Mixed	176 source	Its own test

Year 7 places in Lancashire: 681 in all, adding up each school’s published number.

Sources

Checked against the sources on 22 September 2026. By Misheli Ltd. How we research

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