King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls 11 Plus (11+) Exam Guide

About King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls

King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls is a state grammar school for girls aged 11 to 18 on Vicarage Road in Kings Heath, Birmingham, part of the King Edward VI Foundation. It is one of the most oversubscribed grammar schools in Birmingham, with 150 places available each year in Year 7.

Entry to Year 7 is through the shared West Midlands Grammar Schools entrance test, set by GL Assessment and run for the King Edward VI Foundation. Camp Hill Girls does not set its own separate exam; instead, your daughter sits the same test used by every West Midlands grammar school, and the result is used for any of those schools you name on your application.

Camp Hill Girls sits alongside its partner school, King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys, on an adjacent site; an older sibling at Camp Hill Boys also counts as a valid sibling claim, although the two schools have entirely separate admissions. Because Camp Hill Girls is so heavily oversubscribed, where you live matters a great deal alongside your daughter’s score: the school has a defined catchment of 18 Birmingham electoral wards, and places are offered first within that catchment before any general applicant is considered.

Key information for 2027: King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls at 11 Plus (11+)

• School type: State grammar school (girls)
• Consortium: West Midlands Grammar Schools entrance test (King Edward VI Foundation)
• Registration deadline: 4pm, June 2026
• Exam date: September 2026
• CAF deadline: end of October 2026
• National school offer day: March 2027
• Contact details: King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls, Vicarage Road, Kings Heath, Birmingham B14 7QJ, www.kechg.org.uk; West Midlands Grammar Schools registration portal, westmidlandsgrammarschools.co.uk

Admissions information for 2027 entry: King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls at 11 Plus (11+)

Registration for Year 7 entry into King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls is made through the West Midlands Grammar Schools registration portal, which closes at 4pm in June 2026. The test itself is held in September, with results sent to families in October, and this result can be used for any West Midlands grammar school you name on your application.

You must also submit your Common Application Form (CAF) to your home local authority by the end of October 2026, listing ‘King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls’ among your preferences; the order you list schools in is treated as your order of preference.

National school offer day is held in March 2027. The published admission number (PAN) is 150 places, and the qualifying score to be considered at all is 205; a considerably higher score is generally needed for a realistic chance, particularly from outside the school’s catchment area.

How can I register my child for the 11 Plus (11+) exam at King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls?

To register your daughter for the entrance exam, you as her parent or legal guardian must complete the online registration through the West Midlands Grammar Schools registration portal, before the June 2026 deadline. Registering does not commit your daughter to Camp Hill Girls; you still choose which schools to name, and in what order, on the secondary application form in the autumn.

When registering, it is worth checking your home address against Birmingham’s ward lookup tool, since Camp Hill Girls offers places first to girls living within its defined catchment area before considering general applicants.

What is the 11 Plus (11+) entrance exam format for King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls?

The West Midlands entrance test used by King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls is sat as two multiple-choice papers, each about an hour including instructions and practice questions, on a single day. There is no writing task, and children mark their answers on a separate answer sheet, which is worth practising in its own right.

• English comprehension: a reading passage with questions, plus vocabulary and wider literacy.
• Verbal reasoning: word and logic puzzles, not usually taught in primary school.
• Maths: the Year 5 curriculum at pace, rewarding speed and accuracy.
• Non-verbal (spatial) reasoning: pattern and shape puzzles.

Each section produces a standardised age score, which adjusts for your daughter’s age so younger children are not disadvantaged. English and verbal reasoning together carry half the marks, with maths and non-verbal reasoning a quarter each.

How to prepare your child for the 11 Plus (11+) King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls exam

From registration to the test is around four months, which is plenty of time if you use it well. Little and often works best early on: short daily sessions on verbal and non-verbal reasoning are especially valuable, since these question types are the least familiar from school, while keeping your daughter reading widely helps with the comprehension paper.

Because Camp Hill Girls’ realistic cut-off sits well above its qualifying score, full timed practice matters more here than at most schools. Closer to test day, move to full practice tests under exam conditions, marked together, with time in between spent on whatever the marking shows up, including transferring answers to a separate answer sheet against the clock.

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