Join our School in 2025
Thank you for your interest in Bishop Vesey’s Grammar School.
To apply for a Year 7 start, please note that your child must currently be in Year 5. It is also key to note that the admissions process is solely administrated by The Grammar Schools in Birmingham. Therefore, should a query arise before or during the process, please contact them directly here: https://www.birminghamgrammarschools.org/contact.
Our qualifying score is 205 and there is no longer a residence requirement meaning that pupils are admitted solely on the basis of their performance test. Below clearly sets out the dates of when each stage of the application process should be carried out.
The timeline for the admissions process can be found further down this page.
The Admissions Policy for Bishop Vesey’s Grammar School can be found here – https://bvgs.co.uk/admission-policy/
Support for Pupil Premium pupils
Bishop Vesey’s is proud to be open to pupils from all backgrounds. As described in our Admissions Policy, those students who are eligible for Pupil Premium through having been eligible for Free School Meals during the last six years are given priority selection if they have achieved a minimum qualifying score.
To encourage even greater representation of children at Bishop Vesey’s, we work in partnership with Atom Learning, a leading online Key Stage 2 learning and 11+ preparation platform, to provide students who are eligible for pupil premium with a free programme of online learning and exam preparation materials. This programme is designed to help children master national curriculum objectives, familiarise them with the type of questions they may see on their entrance test, and build exam technique and confidence.
If your child is in Year 4 or 5 and has been eligible for free school meals at any point in the last six years, please fill in the form by clicking the button below. They will be given free access to Atom Home when their pupil premium status has been verified by their primary school.
Important Admissions Information for 2024
You can register your child for the entrance test from this date.
You will receive an email acknowledgement immediately after submitting your registration to confirm it has been successful. Following registration, you will be sent a further email in due course advising you of the venue of the test.
All costs associated with the entrance test, including the test itself, are paid for by the Grammar Schools – the test is not to be used as a practice or ‘mock test’ by candidates with no intention of applying for a place at any of The Grammar Schools in Birmingham.
Should you decide to register for the optional entrance test and it is deemed that your home address is not within a reasonable commutable distance to The Grammar Schools in Birmingham, you will be contacted by the Admissions Office to provide further information to support your application to sit the test – this will include a request for evidence of your intention to relocate, such as a recent offer of employment in the area.
Our Open Evening is a ticketed event. You can reserve your tickets here:
https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/bvgs
Due to high demand, we are holding an additional Open Morning on Monday 24th June for those who are interested in sending their child to Bishop Vesey’s Grammar School but were unable to get a place on one of the Open Evening slots. You can book your tickets here: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/bvgs
This is the deadline for requesting reasonable adjustments are made to the entrance test to allow your child to access the paper, if for example they have a disability. Requests for adjustments must be submitted by this date along with all relevant evidence. Contact the Admissions office to request the relevant form.
4pm is the deadline for registering for the entrance test. It is not possible to register for the test after this time.
You will be sent information about the test and procedure for the day of the test. This will be posted to your home address. If you have not received this by 9 September, contact the Admissions office. Do not contact the office before 9 September.
Your child sits the entrance test on this date. It is likely that two sessions will be held (AM and PM). Your child will be allocated a session and you should therefore keep the whole of 14 September free from commitments.
The entrance test results will be sent prior to you completing your Local Authority preference form – Note this is not the offer of a place.
You must have applied for school places via your local authority by this date. You are advised to wait for the entrance test results before applying for school places.
1 March, or next working day, is the national date for local authorities to notify parents which school their child has been offered.
