Schools / The Manchester Grammar School
The Manchester Grammar School is an independent school for boys in Manchester, educating around 1,600 pupils aged 7 to 18. Entrance is by the school's own 11+ examinations, usually in English and mathematics, together with an interview.
Athena holds admission-route records for The Manchester Grammar School. They are shown by entry cycle below; where the provider changes between cycles, each cycle keeps its own recorded exam.
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School-set papers - two English papers, two Arithmetic papers and creative writing.
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Set by Individual schools / small consortia (no board)
School-set papers - two English papers, two Arithmetic papers and creative writing.
1038 published practice questions tagged for this exam
Route record: verified · Athena schools expansion research 2026-10-27
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Test: January of Year 6 — the school’s own examination day (a few schools test in November or December of Year 6)
Results: Outcomes follow the school’s published timetable, typically in the spring term of Year 6
Offers: February of Year 6 — the school publishes its offers to its own timetable (London day schools cluster around a mid-February offer point)
When to start preparing: Start preparing in the autumn 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: January of Year 6 — the school’s own examination day (a few schools test in November or December of Year 6)
Results: Outcomes follow the school’s published timetable, typically in the spring term of Year 6
Offers: February of Year 6 — the school publishes its offers to its own timetable (London day schools cluster around a mid-February offer point)
When to start preparing: Start preparing in the autumn 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
There is no catchment area. Admission is by the school’s own assessment process (examinations and, usually, an interview); the school sets its own oversubscription criteria in its admissions policy — commonly the assessment result first, with sibling or other connections considered at some schools.
GCSE: 49% of all grades were at the very highest grade 9 level and 73% of all grades achieved were 9 or 8 (the equivalent of an A*)
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A level: Average point score per A level entry 49.98 (average grade A); 69.0% of A level students achieved AAB or higher
DfE performance tables
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A level: Average point score per A level entry 48.41 (average grade A)
DfE performance tables
Source: official source · checked 2026-10-28
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.
BursaryOther
What is assessed: Means-tested bursaries, awarded in order of academic merit; applicants indicate on the application form that they wish to apply for financial assistance and are sent financial assessment form FB1; the School does not offer scholarships of any kind
When: Financial assessment form FB1 sent closer to the time of the child's assessment
What it's worth: Value not stated on the school's published pages
How to apply: Indicate on the application form; financial assessment form FB1 follows
Official scholarship information
Checked 2026-10-28
BursaryOther
What is assessed: Means-tested bursaries, awarded in order of academic merit; applicants indicate on the application form that they wish to apply for financial assistance and are sent financial assessment form FB1; the School does not offer scholarships of any kind
When: Financial assessment form FB1 sent closer to the time of the child's assessment
What it's worth: Value not stated on the school's published pages
How to apply: Indicate on the application form; financial assessment form FB1 follows
Official scholarship information
Checked 2026-10-28
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