Early Entry and Mid-Year Admissions

Early Entry Admissions

Please see the below attachment regarding the Early Entry procedure.

Mid-Year Admissions

Pupils may also be admitted to Spalding Grammar School after the age of 11. In Years 7, 8, 9 and 10 they will need to reach the required standard in a CAT4 test.

For students transferring from another school, especially into Years 10 and 11, it may not be possible to match all the subjects a pupil has been studying.

If the year in which a pupil seeks entry is already full and he meets the academic entry requirements outlined above, he will be placed on a reserve list and offered a place if and when a current pupil leaves. Waiting lists are kept open until the end of the academic year and an entrance test can only be taken once in any year.  

For further information and to arrange for a test to be taken, please complete the Admission Enquiry form below and contact Mrs Haslam, the Headmaster’s PA .

Please note, an Admission Enquiry form must be completed before your son can be booked in for one of our testing dates. This form must be completed and returned to the School by the Thursday before the date of the test. Please email to  dhaslam@spaldinggrammar.lincs.sch.uk

If entry is refused either because the pupil did not reach the required standard in the test or because the particular year group is full, parents have the right to appeal (please see the Admissions and Appeals section).

Mid-Year Admission Testing and Admission Dates from September 2026

Term 1 Test date – Monday 5 October 2026 

Admission date – Monday 2 November 2026

Term 2 Test date – Monday 30 November 2026

Admission date – Tuesday 5 January 2027

Term 3 Test date – Monday 1 February 2027

Admission date – Monday 22 February 2027

Term 4 Test date – Monday 15 March 2027

Admission date – Tuesday 13 April 2027

Term 5 Test date – Monday 17 May 2027

Admission date – Monday 7 June 2027

Term 6 Test date – Monday 5 July 2027

Admission date – 1 September 2027