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Ripon Grammar School

Ripon Grammar School is a co-educational selective grammar school in Ripon, North Yorkshire, educating around 960 pupils aged 11 to 18. Entry to Year 7 is through the North Yorkshire Council selection test, with papers provided and marked by GL Assessment. Boarding places are available alongside day places.

RegionYorkshire and the Humber
AdmissionsSchool admissions page
DfE URN121694

The exam

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Key dates & preparation

2028 entry

Test: Autumn term of Year 6 (September–October) — see the route description for the sitting pattern

Results: Autumn term — outcomes are published to registered 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

2027 entry

Test: Autumn term of Year 6 (September–October) — see the route description for the sitting pattern

Results: Autumn term — outcomes are published to registered 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

Admissions rules

Places are allocated under the school’s published oversubscription criteria after its entrance assessment — the statutory priorities (EHCP and looked-after children) first. See the school’s admissions policy for its exact criteria.

Read the school's admissions policy

Results & destinations

2025 results

GCSE: Attainment 8 score 70.9; 93.7% 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 44.51 (average grade B+); 35.5% of A level students achieved AAB or higher

DfE performance tables

Source: official source · checked 2026-10-28

2024 results

GCSE: Attainment 8 score 69.1; 91.5% 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 40.76 (average grade B)

DfE performance tables

Source: official source · checked 2026-10-28

Scholarships & bursaries

Schemes recorded from the school's own published information. A scholarship is a merit award; a bursary is means-tested. Values are shown exactly as the school states them — where a scheme is honorary, its stated value says so.

16+ entry

  • Ripon Cathedral Organ Scholarship

    ScholarshipMusic

    What is assessed: Ripon Cathedral Organ Scholarship (the school's first boarding scholarship, run jointly with Ripon Cathedral) — for 'a gifted young musician with a passion for the organ'; audition/selection details are not stated on the school's announcement page.

    When: Applications open with a deadline of 6 February (year not stated on the page); for sixth-form entry.

    What it's worth: Worth more than £4,300 per year: organ tuition valued at £1,800 per year plus £2,500 towards boarding fees.

    How to apply: Via www.ripongrammar.co.uk or by emailing Pip Drummond at DrummondP@ripongrammar.com.

    Official scholarship information

    Checked 2026-10-28

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