Lancaster Royal Grammar School
| Postal address | East Road Lancaster LA1 3EF |
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| Telephone | 01524 580600 |
| Headteacher | Dr C J Pyle |
| Number on roll January 2025 | 1290 |
| Admission number 2026/27 | 164 (+12 boarders) |
Information relating to autumn term 2025 year 7 admissions
Total parental preferences (considered equally)
| 1st | 180 |
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| 2nd | 39 |
| 3rd | 66 |
| Total preferences received | 312 |
Summary of policy
This is an Academy Please contact the academy for full admission details
The following oversubscription criteria will be applied if there are more applicants than places available.
Category 1 Looked after or previously looked after children including (This includes children who appear to have been in state care outside of England and have ceased to be in state care due to being adopted) who achieve the minimum level or above in the entrance test or who score up to and including 5% below the minimum level.
Category 2 Pupils who live within the school’s priority catchment area, who are eligible for the Pupil Premium via Free School Meals, and who achieve the minimum level or above in the entrance test or who score up to and including 5% below the minimum level.
Category 3 Pupils who live within the school’s priority catchment area and who achieve the minimum level or above in the entrance test.
Category 4 Pupils who live within the school’s residual catchment area, who are eligible for the Pupil Premium via Free School Meals, and who achieve the minimum level or above in the entrance test or who score up to and including 5% below the minimum level.
Category 5 Pupils who live within the school’s residual catchment area, are the sons of permanent members of LRGS staff and achieve the minimum level or above in the entrance test: A child's whose parent/carer is a current permanent member of staff employed for two or more years at the time of registration or who has been recruited to fill a demonstrable skill shortage. In this context a son means a natural child including an adopted child and/ or foster child who lives at the same address as the member of staff.
The definition does not include contract staff. If a service has been "in house" and is subsequently "contracted out", children of staff will no longer be eligible for priority admission under this criterion. The definition does not include peripatetic staff.
Category 6 Pupils who live within the school's residual catchment area and who achieve the minimum level or above the entrance test.
Applicants for day places who live outside the residual catchment area of the school and who achieve the minimum level or above in the entrance test will be considered as category 7. They can be admitted only if places remain unfilled from applicants in categories 1 to 6.
If the ranked test scores do not produce a clear outcome (i.e. two or more applicants in the same category achieve precisely the same score to tie 164th place) the offer of a place will be determined by random allocation supervised by a person independent of the school.
Boarding places at 11+ The Trustees will also make available boarding places, up to the Published Admissions Number for boarding for boys who, in the considered opinion of the Trustees, can benefit from residential education and whose suitability on grounds of academic ability is established. Interviews will normally be arranged to assess the applicant’s suitability for boarding. Trustees may also use supplementary information provided by the applicant's parents and information provided by the previous school, to help to assess suitability for boarding. Assessment of suitability may take place either before or after the applicant has sat the entrance tests.
- Parents applying to Lancaster Royal Grammar School will need to complete a separate LRGS Application Form to enter for the 11+ Entrance Examination in addition to the Lancashire County Council "Common Application" Form. Parents must apply on both forms, either on-line or on the paper forms.
- The LRGS On-line Application Form is available on the school web-site. The form should be completed and sent to the School to arrive by Monday 8th September 2025.
- The Entrance Examination for LRGS takes place on Saturday 27th September 2025.
- The results of the Entrance Examination will be sent electronically to parents on Wednesday 8th October 2025.
- Parents who wish to apply to LRGS once the examination results have been published must list LRGS as one of their preferences on the County Form. Parents need to consider the order of preferences carefully, and to note that it will be impossible for LRGS to guarantee a place for a boy who qualifies based on the 11+ examination unless LRGS is entered as the first priority on the County Form.
- The County Form should be completed online at the website lancashire.gov.uk Alternatively, the paper copy form can be returned to your son’s primary school (or directly to the County if your son is not in a maintained school).
Transport
Please see the main school admissions section.
Parents in any doubt over the distance between home and school for the provision of transport are asked to check with their local area education office. This may be particularly relevant if you live close to a county border.