Year 7 Admissions

Sir Thomas Rich’s has a five-form intake, admitting 155 boys into Year 7 every year. We are an academically selective school, which means that in order to be offered a place, prospective pupils must sit the Gloucestershire Grammer School Admission Test.

Sitting the Test and achieving the qualifying standard is not a guarantee of a place, however, as an offer will depend on a number of factors, including how many prospective pupils qualify, rankings, and how many place Rich's first on the Local Authority Common Application Form.

Full admissions information for Sir Thomas Rich’s School – including answers to frequently asked questions regarding the test, special educational needs, disabilities, Pupil Premium, test rankings and formal appeals – is available in the latest edition of our Lower School Prospectus.

Please see our Widening Access section for Opportunities for Pupil Premium Pupils.

See below for further information on preparing for the Test.

  • Mid-October 2026 – results emailed to parents
  • 31 October 2026 – deadline to complete the LA Common Application Form
  • 1 March 2027 – national allocation day / appeals process opens

GL Assessment provide free familiarisation materials which can be found here: Free Familiarisation Materials from GL Assessment. Beyond this, the best preparation for the test is to read a wide range of books and practise mathematics on a regular basis.

Rich's is part of the G7 group, seven grammar schools in the county who work together to administrate the Gloucestershire Grammar Schools Admission Test for entry to Year 7. Each of the seven grammar schools publishes a link to the portal on its website when registration opens. Please see Missed Test Registration 2027 Entry for details of the next test in January.

You only need to register once, regardless of whether you are interested in your son attending one or several of the Gloucestershire grammar schools. When you register, you can choose which of the schools you would like to share the test result with, and where you would like your son to sit the Admissions Test. If you do not choose to share your results with a school, they will not be able to provide your child with a rank and you will not be able to apply to that school.

  • 8 February 2027 – test registration opens at noon (online, via homepage)
  • 19 March 2027 – test registration closes at noon
  • 3 July 2027 – test day at STRS
  • October 2027 – results emailed to parents
  • 31 October 2027 – deadline to complete the LA Common Application Form
  • 1 March 2028 – national allocation day / appeals process opens

The Gloucestershire Grammar Schools Entrance Test for entry into Year 7 in September 2028 will take place on Saturday 3 July 2027. If your child is currently in Year 5 and wishes to apply for a place at a Gloucestershire Grammar School, they must take this test. Registration will open on Monday 8 February 2027 (12 noon) and close on Friday 19 March 2027 (12 noon).

Following the Gloucestershire Grammar Schools announcement earlier this year, the test provider will be Future Stories Community Enterprise (FSCE). The admissions test will consist of three FSCE papers:

  • Adventure Paper: English and Maths, with Multiple Choice Answer options;
  • Beacon Paper: English and Maths, where you respond with Short Written Answers;
  • Compass Paper: any of the following subjects you learn at school: Art & Design, Computing, Design & Technology, English, Geography, History, Languages, Maths, Music, Physical Education, Science, with Multiple Choice Answer options.

Familiarisation material and further information about the test can be found here:

The Grammar Schools of Gloucestershire are committed to widening access through an extensive programme of outreach and support.

For the 11+ test, there are several providers offering familiarisation materials; accessing resources of this kind is a good way to familiarise children with the style of questions they may be asked in the 11+ and help build confidence ahead of their test.

We work with Atom Learning, an online 11+ preparation and Key Stage 2 learning platform, to provide children who are eligible for Pupil Premium with free familiarisation materials, including learning resources and practice questions covering English, Maths, verbal reasoning and non-verbal reasoning, along with mock tests.

If your child has been eligible for free school meals at any point in the last six years, please fill in the request form by clicking the button below; you will be given free access to Atom Home when your child’s Pupil Premium status has been verified by their primary school.

On results day, we will let you know if your son has achieved the qualifying standard for Sir Thomas Rich’s. If your son has achieved the qualifying standard, you will be able to put Sir Thomas Rich’s as a preference on the LA Common Application Form.

Pupils who rank in the top 155 for Sir Thomas Rich’s (the number of pupils we admit into Year 7) are guaranteed to be offered a place if we are listed as first preference on the Common Application Form. Pupils who qualify and rank at 156 or lower may still be offered a place, dependent on factors such as the number of students sitting the test who choose to share their results with us, academic ability and how many eligible pupils put Rich’s as their highest preference on the LA Common Application Form.

In previous years, offers of a place at Sir Thomas Rich’s have been made on 1 March, down to a rank of:

  • September 2026 only - Rank 332
  • September 2025 entry - Rank 346
  • September 2024 entry - Rank 327
  • September 2023 entry - Rank 363
  • September 2022 entry - Rank 397
  • September 2021 entry - Rank 371

Secondary school places are offered to all Year 6 pupils by Local Authorities on the same day across the country, usually on 1 March or the next working day if this falls over a weekend.

If you are offered a place at Sir Thomas Rich’s, the LA will let you know how to accept it.

If you are not offered a place at Sir Thomas Rich’s you may be able to go onto our waiting list and / or appeal. Full details are available here: Lower School Prospectus

You are welcome to contact us at any time about the admissions process: admissions@strs.org.uk

The G7 group of schools also jointly issues the following information about the test: Gloucestershire Grammar Schools Admissions Information

Information about transfer to secondary school in Gloucestershire is available from Gloucestershire County Council online at: GCC Transfer to Secondary School