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Urmston Grammar School
Urmston Grammar School is a co-educational grammar school in Trafford, Greater Manchester. It uses the GL exam board for its 11+ entry and does not include an interview stage. The school has a catchment area, with priority based on location and distance from the school.
If you want a friendly, co-educational grammar where staff will know your child well, Urmston Grammar is a settled, mid-sized school of around 1,100 pupils on the south-western side of Greater Manchester, taking boys and girls together from eleven to eighteen. It has a long memory. Its roots reach back to the Urmston Science and Arts School of 1882, the Urmston Grammar name was first used in 1923, and the school marked its centenary in 2023. It moved to its present home on Newton Road in 1929.
The school's strong local following has deep roots. For a stretch of the twentieth century it was split into separate boys' and girls' schools, a decision so unpopular that pupils held a silent protest, walking through the streets of Urmston in the hope of keeping their school together. The two halves were fully reunited as one co-educational school in 1991. It became one of the country's first converter academies in 2010 and earlier held specialist Science and Language College status, which still shapes its strengths today. Pupils sit an entrance test for a place in year 7, and the school stays popular and oversubscribed, with a sixth form that keeps a good number of pupils on through to eighteen.
The head is Thomas Kennedy-Fowler. Urmston Grammar suits a capable, motivated child who would thrive in a school small enough to feel known and proud enough of its own story to give them a real sense of belonging, within easy reach of Manchester for families who want a place close to home.
Key facts
Admissions
Admissions contact
office@urmstongrammar.org.uk
Admissions phone
0161 748 2875
Registration form
https://traffordgl.applicaa.com/EntExam2027entry
Sibling policy
What this school tests
Trafford Consortium Entrance Test
English
- Reading Comprehension - Inference and Deduction
- Reading Comprehension - Information Retrieval
- Reading Comprehension - Language Techniques and Imagery
- Reading Comprehension - Sentence-level Comprehension
- Reading Comprehension - Sequencing
- Reading Comprehension - Structure, Form, Voice and Tone
- Reading Comprehension - Summarising
- Reading Comprehension - Types of Words and Phrases
- Reading Comprehension - Word Meaning / Choice
Maths
- Algebra
- Angles and Degrees
- BIDMAS
- Coordinate Grids
- Estimation and Rounding
- Factors and Multiples
- Fractions, Decimals and Percentages
- Magic squares
- Measurement
- Money
- Number and Place Value
- Number Walls
- Operations
- Perimeter, Area and Volume
- Position and Direction
- Properties of Shapes
- Ratio and Proportion
- Reflection, Rotation and Symmetry
- Sequences
- Special Numbers
- Speed, Distance and Time
- Statistics
- Time
Non-verbal Reasoning
- Extended Figure Series
- Figure Analogies
- Figure Matrices
- Figure Operations
- Figure Series
- Grid Matrices
- Horizontal Codes
- Most Like Three Figures
- Most Like Two Figures
- Odd Figure Out
- Star Matrices
- Triangle Matrices
- Triangle Series
- Vertical Codes
Spatial Reasoning
- 2D Rotations
- Block Counting
- Combining Shapes
- Fold and Punch
- Folding Cubes
- Hidden Shapes
- Missing Face of Cube
- Shape Completion
Verbal Reasoning
- Anagrams
- Compound Words
- Embedded Words
- Form a Word
- Insert a Letter
- Letter Analogies
- Letter Calculations
- Letter Codes
- Letter Grids
- Letter Sequences
- Move 1 / 2 Letters
- Number Analogies
- Number Calculations
- Number Sequences
- Related Words
- Rhyming Synonyms
- Shuffled Sentences
- Synonyms
- Word / Logic Puzzles
- Word Analogies
- Word Completion
- Word Match
- Word Opposites
- Word Pairs
- Word Relationships
- Words and Codes
Catchment area
Does Urmston Grammar School have a catchment area?
Yes, Urmston Grammar School has a catchment area with priority based on location and distance from the school.
Selection review and safety net
Previous exam results
GCSE results
In 2025 students achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 71.7 across their GCSEs. 94.7% gained a grade 5 or better in both English and Maths. 84.2% achieved the English Baccalaureate at grade 5 or above.
Reference: https://www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk/
A-level results
In 2025 students achieved a B average grade per A-Level entry. 30.2% gained AAB or better including two facilitating subjects.
Reference: https://www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk/
Frequently asked questions
What exam board does Urmston Grammar School use for the 11+?
Urmston Grammar School uses the GL exam board for its 11+ entrance exam.
Does Urmston Grammar School interview as part of the 11+?
No, Urmston Grammar School does not have an interview stage as part of its 11+ admissions process.
Is Urmston Grammar School co-educational or single-sex?
Urmston Grammar School is a co-educational school, admitting both boys and girls for Year 7 entry.
Does Urmston Grammar School have a catchment area?
Yes, Urmston Grammar School has a catchment area. Priority for admission is based on location and distance from the school.
What is Urmston Grammar School's website?
The official website for Urmston Grammar School is https://www.urmstongrammar.org.uk/.
Location
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