SchoolsGPT
Home › Areas › Staffordshire

Grammar schools in Staffordshire

There are no grammar schools in Staffordshire.

Grammar schools are state secondaries that select by ability, usually through an 11+ test. Only 46 of the 226 local authorities in the UK still have any — Staffordshire is one of the majority that does not, so local state secondaries admit without a selective test.

The nearest is St Joseph's College, about 14.4 miles away in Stoke-on-Trent. Most grammar schools accept out-of-area applicants, though distance is often a tie-breaker when a school is oversubscribed.

Nearest grammar schools to Staffordshire

Straight-line distance from the centre of Staffordshire — not a travel time.

SchoolAreaDistanceIntakeOfsted
St Joseph's College Stoke-on-Trent 14.4 miles Mixed Not judged
Queen Mary's High School Walsall 16.1 miles Girls —
Haberdashers' Adams Newport 16.8 miles Mixed Good
Newport Girls' High School Academy Newport 16.9 miles Girls Outstanding
Queen Mary's Grammar School Walsall 16.9 miles Boys Outstanding
Wolverhampton Girls' High School Wolverhampton 17.4 miles Girls Outstanding

Published admissions priorities

These are extracts from school-specific arrangements for the entry years shown, in priority order. They are not the full policy or a prediction of an offer. Check the linked arrangement for test eligibility, deadlines and all remaining priorities.

St Joseph's College — 2026 entry

  1. Category 1: Baptised Catholic children who are Looked After/Previously Looked After (published source)
  2. Category 2: Baptised Catholic children with a sibling at the school (published source)
  3. Category 3: Baptised Catholic children of school staff (published source)

Queen Mary's High School — 2026 entry

  1. Looked After/Previously Looked After girls achieving the minimum qualifying score, by rank order (published source)
  2. Up to 30% of places (45 of PAN 150): Pupil Premium girls achieving the qualifying score — (B1) Walsall state-primary pupils first, then (B2) others, both by rank order (published source)
  3. Other girls achieving the qualifying score, by rank order, until PAN is reached (published source)

Haberdashers' Adams — 2026 entry

  1. Looked After/Previously Looked After Children (published source)
  2. Pupil Premium/Service Premium children, qualifying score no more than 5% below the general qualifying score (published source)
  3. Children on roll at one of 35 named designated primary schools (Newport/TF10 area and wider Telford & Wrekin), by rank order if oversubscribed (published source)

Newport Girls' High School Academy — 2026 entry

  1. Stage 1: Looked After/Previously Looked After Children scoring ≥95% of the qualifying score (published source)
  2. Stage 2: Up to 15 places for Pupil Premium girls at a listed Telford & Wrekin primary school, scoring ≥95% of the qualifying score, ranked by score (published source)
  3. Stage 3: Girls within the publicised Newport boundary area achieving the qualifying score, ranked by score (published source)

Queen Mary's Grammar School — 2026 entry

  1. Looked After/Previously Looked After boys achieving the qualifying score, by rank order (published source)
  2. Up to 30% of places (54 of PAN 180): Pupil Premium boys achieving the qualifying score — (B1) Walsall state-primary pupils first, then (B2) others, both by rank order (published source)
  3. Other boys achieving the qualifying score, by rank order, until PAN is reached (published source)

Wolverhampton Girls' High School — 2026 entry

  1. Looked After/Previously Looked After Children achieving the qualifying score (published source)
  2. Up to 25 places: highest-scoring Pupil Premium girls achieving the qualifying score (published source)
  3. Other girls, in rank order of test score (published source)

Schools in Staffordshire

Staffordshire has 420 open schools. Browse all Staffordshire schools with Ofsted ratings, catchment areas and admission criteria, or see them on the map.

Have a specific question about admissions, scores or dates?

Ask SchoolsGPT