Schools / Ashlawn School
Ashlawn School is a co-educational partially selective school in Rugby, Warwickshire, educating around 1,600 pupils aged 11 to 18. Grammar-stream places are allocated by the West Midlands Grammar Schools partnership test, produced by GL Assessment, with a standardised score of 205 or above as the qualifying standard.
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Set by GL Assessment
West Midlands Grammar Schools partnership test, produced by GL Assessment (shared test for the Birmingham, Warwickshire and Shropshire/Walsall/Wolverhampton consortia). Partially selective school: about 31 grammar-stream places in Year 7 are allocated by this test.
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Set by GL Assessment
West Midlands Grammar Schools partnership test, produced by GL Assessment (shared test for the Birmingham, Warwickshire and Shropshire/Walsall/Wolverhampton consortia). Partially selective school: about 31 grammar-stream places in Year 7 are allocated by this test.
10713 published practice questions tagged for this exam
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Test: Mid-September of Year 6, on a Saturday (September 2027)
Results: Mid-October 2027 — results are published to parents
Offers: National Offer Day — Wednesday 1 March 2028
When to start preparing: Start preparing in the spring term of Year 5 (the standing rule: about 18 months before the test).
General guidance: this follows the rule of thumb of starting about 18 months before the test. It is not the school's own published advice.
Source: official admissions information · checked 2026-10-28
Test: Mid-September of Year 6, on a Saturday (September 2026)
Results: Mid-October 2026 — results are published to parents
Offers: National Offer Day — Monday 1 March 2027
When to start preparing: Start preparing in the spring term of Year 5 (the standing rule: about 18 months before the test).
General guidance: this follows the rule of thumb of starting about 18 months before the test. It is not the school's own published advice.
Source: official admissions information · checked 2026-10-28
No catchment — open competition
Places are ranked by partnership test score after the statutory priorities, under each school’s published criteria (some partnership schools operate priority circles — see the individual policy); distance is the usual tiebreak.
| Entry year | Qualifying score | Notes & source |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Qualifying score 205; priority score 224 (West Midlands Grammar Schools partnership test) | One shared partnership test (GL Assessment) for the Birmingham, Sutton Coldfield, Walsall, Wolverhampton, Warwickshire and Shropshire grammar schools in the partnership; 205 makes a child eligible, 224 is the priority score used in catchment categories. Source: official source · checked 2026-10-28 |
GCSE: Attainment 8 score 50.4; 58% of pupils achieved grade 9-5 or above in English and maths GCSEs
DfE performance tables
A level: Average point score per A level entry 30.25 (average grade C); 15.2% of A level students achieved AAB or higher
DfE performance tables
Source: official source · checked 2026-10-28
GCSE: Attainment 8 score 49.2; 50.6% of pupils achieved grade 9-5 or above in English and maths GCSEs
DfE performance tables
A level: Average point score per A level entry 33.70 (average grade C+)
DfE performance tables
Source: official source · checked 2026-10-28
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