Kirkham Grammar School 11+ entrance exam 2027: dates
Co-educational independent school in Preston.
Kirkham Grammar School · Co-educational independent school · PrestonKirkham Grammar School: Admissions (the school’s website)
Sources checked 22 September 2026; the school’s admissions page is the final word.
11+ For Year 7
The 11+ entrance test
Kirkham Grammar School’s 11+ entrance test is taken online; who sets it is not named on the pages read. Which parts it tests is not published.
Who sits it. Children in Year 6, for a place in Year 7 in September 2027: sat on Saturday 6 February 2027 (inferred).
Places: not published on the pages read.
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When it is sat
Saturday 6 February 2027 Inferred
For Year 7 in September 2027, sat in Year 6. Inferred: the page does not give this date in so many words. Kirkham Grammar School 1 Kirkham Grammar School 2
‘Usually held on the first Saturday in February’ = 6 February 2027. The 2026 exam was Saturday 7 February 2026 with final registration Monday 19 January 2026 (scholarship/bursary candidates by 12 December 2025); 2027 deadlines not yet published.Saturday 5 February 2028 Inferred
For Year 7 in September 2028, sat in Year 6. Inferred: the page does not give this date in so many words. Kirkham Grammar School 1
What the school says
- Who sets it
- Not found on the pages read. Kirkham Grammar School 1 Kirkham Grammar School 3 Kirkham Grammar School 2
- How it is taken
- Online. Kirkham Grammar School 1
- What it tests
- Not found on the pages read. Kirkham Grammar School 1
- The papers
- Not found on the pages read: how long it is, how many papers and what kind of questions. Kirkham Grammar School 1
Papers not published. - How places are decided
- Candidates must ‘satisfy the school’s entrance criteria’; all sitters are automatically considered for academic scholarships. Internal J4 pupils who joined by J3 do not sit it. Kirkham Grammar School 1
- Practice and familiarisation
- Nothing found on the pages read. Kirkham Grammar School 1
- Interview
- Not found on the pages read. Kirkham Grammar School 1 Kirkham Grammar School 2
Sources
Where every line comes from.
- Scholarships and Bursaries Guide (4.2.26), Kirkham Grammar School checked 22 September 2026
The page’s words
“All external candidates are required to sit the KGS 11+ entrance examination which is usually held on the first Saturday in February. This will take the form of an on-line assessment.”
- https://www.kirkhamgrammar.co.uk/files/open_day_2024/key_dates_2.10.25.pdf checked 22 September 2026
- Admissions | Kirkham Grammar School checked 22 September 2026
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