Grammar schools in Plymouth
3 grammar schools · qualifying scores, test dates and admission criteria · see all Plymouth schools
Plymouth has 3 grammar schools. Between them they teach around 2,979 pupils. 3 have enough published data for a score, averaging 7.7 out of 10, and 1 score 8 or above.
3 have a sixth form. How the score works.
Compare two of them head to head
Side by side on results, 11+ test board, who gets priority and how oversubscribed each one is.
- Devonport High School for Boys vs Devonport High School for Girls
- Devonport High School for Boys vs Plymouth High School for Girls
- Devonport High School for Girls vs Plymouth High School for Girls
Undersubscribed schools rated Good or Outstanding
These schools didn't fill on first preference in the latest admissions year, despite an Ofsted rating of Good or Outstanding — worth a look if you're chasing the same handful of famous names everyone else applies to.
Plymouth entrance test format
All three Plymouth grammar schools use papers from Quest Assessments, sat over two September Saturdays: Day 1 — English comprehension (about 40 minutes, ~60 questions: reading comprehension, spelling, punctuation, grammar). Day 2 — Mathematics in two sections: a 10-minute fluency paper and a 30-minute mathematical-reasoning paper (~60 questions total). Devonport High School for Boys additionally sets its own internal English WRITING paper on top of the shared Quest papers. One registration round covers the shared papers for all three schools; results arrive in October before the 31 October application deadline.
Key dates
| Entry year | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Sept 2028 | Application deadline | 2027-10-31 |
| Sept 2028 | Primary application deadline | 2028-01-15 |
| Sept 2028 | Offer day | 2028-03-01 |
| Sept 2028 | Primary offer day | 2028-04-17 |
| Sept 2027 | Registration opens | 2026-04-27 (passed) |
| Sept 2027 | Registration closes | 2026-08-31 (passed) |
| Sept 2027 | Test date | 2026-09-12 |
| Sept 2027 | Test date maths | 2026-09-19 |
| Sept 2027 | Results released | 2026-10-15 |
| Sept 2027 | Application deadline | 2026-10-31 |
| Sept 2027 | Primary application deadline | 2027-01-15 |
| Sept 2027 | Offer day | 2027-03-01 |
| Sept 2027 | Primary offer day | 2027-04-16 |
| Sept 2026 | Application deadline | 2025-10-31 (passed) |
| Sept 2026 | Primary application deadline | 2026-01-15 (passed) |
| Sept 2026 | Offer day | 2026-03-02 (passed) |
| Sept 2026 | Primary offer day | 2026-04-16 (passed) |
Out-of-area applications
Plymouth's three grammar schools (Devonport High School for Boys, Devonport High School for Girls, Plymouth High School for Girls) use a coordinated testing arrangement with shared test dates — the English paper on one September Saturday and the maths papers the following Saturday — so one round of sittings covers all three schools. Registration is with the schools (historically opening in the spring/summer term of Year 5 and closing at the end of August), and is open to children living outside Plymouth — the schools draw from across Devon and east Cornwall. Apply via your home LA's Common Application Form by 31 October. Check each school's oversubscription criteria for distance effects; Devonport High School for Boys also sets an additional internal English writing paper.
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