Joining Our School
Thank you for considering Colyton Grammar School for your child.
Our main entry point is in the Autumn term for Year 7, although entry is possible to other year-groups or at other times of the school year, dependent on the availability of spaces. Colyton Grammar School is a Selective Co-educational Academy in the state sector, responsible for its testing arrangements and admission criteria.
If you are interested in your child joining Colyton Grammar School, please see the relevant section below:
The Process for Entry at Year 7
Year 7 September 2026 Entry
The deadline and test for Year 7 entry and second-round testing for September 2026 has now passed.
Year 7 September 2027 Entry
The registration portal for Year 7 entry in September 2027 is now open.
Please follow the link below to register your child:
CLICK HERE - Applicaa Admissions Portal - Year 7 2027/2028 Entry
Test date: Saturday 12th September 2026
Open days:
Wednesday 1st April at 1.45pm - FULLY BOOKED
Wednesday 22nd April at 10.30am & 1.45pm - FULLY BOOKED
Tuesday 23rd June at 1.45pm - FULLY BOOKED
Monday 6th July at 10.30am & 1.45pm - SPACES STILL AVAILABLE
Tuesday 7th July at 10.30am & 1.45pm - SPACES STILL AVAILABLE
To book onto our open days please follow this link. Please note we are not hosting any more open events for Year 7 entry other than the ones detailed above and we ask you kindly to not book onto multiple events as each one is the same and this takes spaces from other families.
For more information please see our FAQs or contact our Admissions team at admissions@colytongrammar.com.
For more guidance on the process and guidance on the 11 + eligibility tests can be found in our policies below.
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Year 7 Admissions Policies
Year 7 Admissions Policy 2025-26
Familiarisation Materials for Entry at Year 7
Atom Home 11+ Familiarisation Materials
To encourage greater representation of children from lower income families to the school we provide a free programme of online resources designed to help children become familiar with the topics on the entrance test and importantly to help boost progress at KS2. This programme is provided by Atom Home and is open to all children (Year 3-Year 6) who are eligible for the Pupil Premium (FSM), whether or not they choose to apply to Colyton. If your child has been eligible for free school meals at any point in the last 6 years, they will be eligible for this support.
Click here to register for early support
Familiarisation Guide
Please note, our 11+ entrance test will include English, Maths and Creative writing. It will NOT include verbal and non-verbal reasoning.
The familiarisation guide and the accompanying guides are designed to inform parents and candidates about the entrance test in order to:
- Give a feel for the appearance of the actual assessment.
- Introduce some of the symbols and phrases used in the assessment.
- Inform parents and candidates of the invigilation procedure.
- Indicate the range of disciplines that will be tested.
- Highlight the range of answer formats used in the assessment.
The familiarisation booklet and the accompanying guides are NOT definitive and the inclusion of any question types does not guarantee that they will be found in the final assessment.
Please note: there are no commercially available practice test papers for these assessments.
In-Year Admissions
Enquiries regarding in-year admission should be made to the school via the Admissions email; we are happy to provide advice regarding the process.
For students to be admitted they first need to undergo the In-Year test and gain an eligible score, the test is CEM Select Evaluate and is only available for year 7 and 8 children as at Colyton Grammar School we do not have a Year 9 (after the first half term), 10 or 11 intakes, this is due to having a three-year Key Stage 4 curriculum and the implication being that a student joining in-year that later on would be put under too much pressure to catch-up.
The testing is held three times a year towards the end of each term, if you would like your child to take the exam then you will need to have applied in that term.
The dates for the 2025/26 in-year tests are below:
In-Year Summer Term: 10th July 2026
Deadline to sign up: Midday 3rd July 2026
If you would like to sign up for our In-Year tests please follow the below link:
https://colytongrammar.applicaa.com/inyear2025
CEM Select Evaluate Familiarisation Guide
For more information please see our FAQs or contact our Admissions team.
In Year Admissions Policy 2025-26
Sixth Form Admissions
Click here to go to our dedicated Sixth Form Admissions page
Sixth Form Admissions Policy 2025-26
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