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Grammar schools in Ashbourne

There are no grammar schools in Ashbourne.

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, and Derbyshire and Staffordshire is not among them, so every state secondary in Ashbourne admits without a selective test.

The nearest is St Joseph's College, about 20.5 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 Ashbourne

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

SchoolAreaDistanceIntakeOfsted
St Joseph's College Stoke-on-Trent 20.5 miles Mixed Not judged
Bishop Vesey's Grammar School Sutton Coldfield 29.0 miles Boys Outstanding
Queen Mary's High School Walsall 29.4 miles Girls —
Queen Mary's Grammar School Walsall 30.0 miles Boys Outstanding
Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls Sutton Coldfield 30.0 miles Girls Good
Haberdashers' Adams Newport 31.8 miles Mixed Good

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)

Bishop Vesey's Grammar School — 2026 entry

  1. Looked after, previously looked after and internationally adopted children who reach the qualifying score — ranked by score (published source)
  2. Up to 38 places: Pupil Premium children who reach the qualifying score — ranked by score (published source)
  3. All other children who reach the qualifying score — ranked by score; distance only breaks a tie (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)

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)

Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls — 2026 entry

  1. Looked after and previously looked after children who reach the qualifying score — ranked by score (published source)
  2. Up to 36 places: Pupil Premium children who reach the qualifying score — ranked by score (published source)
  3. All other children who reach the qualifying score — ranked by score; distance only breaks a tie (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)

Schools in Ashbourne

Ashbourne has 22 open schools. Browse all Ashbourne schools with Ofsted ratings, catchment areas and admission criteria, or see them on the map.

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