Terms of use Updated 17 May 2026

Use the site as research support, not as a final admissions decision

The terms for using Grammar School Hub as a research tool for grammar school admissions, rankings, and school comparisons.

Research support

Use the site to narrow options, compare schools, and understand local routes more quickly.

Verify official detail

Admissions wording, deadlines, and eligibility should always be checked on the official source.

No guarantees

Nothing on the site guarantees admission, catchment success, or a final shortlist outcome.

Quick answer

Grammar School Hub is designed to help families research grammar schools more efficiently. It is not official admissions advice, it does not guarantee a school place, and it should not replace the current school or local authority source when a real decision is being made.

  • Use the site to compare schools, routes, dates, and admissions rules.
  • Verify dates, testing arrangements, oversubscription rules, and eligibility wording on the official source before acting.
  • Treat rankings and summaries as starting points rather than final verdicts.

What the site is for

Grammar School Hub is intended to support parents and families who are researching grammar schools, 11+ routes, and application choices.

The site works best when it is used as a research shortcut rather than as a final authority.

  • Understand an area or exam route first

    Begin with the area or consortium when the exact route is still unclear.

  • Compare schools with the same constraint

    Use the comparison and profile pages when the schools share a route, journey, admissions rule, or preference-form choice.

  • Use rankings and guides to decide what to verify next

    The point is to reduce noise and help you identify which official school or admissions source you need to open next.

  • Use paid route reports as source-led checks

    Route reports collect registration, school-rule, CAF, and official-source checks, but they do not replace the official school, local authority, or admissions body source.

Paid route reports cover one test route at a time: registration, test stages, school-specific rules, CAF order, and official links to check before acting. They are not official admissions advice, they do not guarantee a school place, and they should be checked against the current official sources before you act.

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What you should always verify yourself

Before you rely on a detail for a real application decision, check the current official source.

Admissions wording

Why it matters
Schools and councils can change priority rules, wording, or route detail between cycles.
Where to confirm it
The official school admissions page or the relevant local authority source.
Examples
Oversubscription criteria, eligibility wording, catchment notes, sixth form admissions.

Testing arrangements

Why it matters
Selective routes, consortium details, and stage wording can change from year to year.
Where to confirm it
The school's published 11+ or admissions information page.
Examples
Registration windows, test dates, shared exams, supplementary forms.

School fit

Why it matters
A school that looks strong on paper may still fail on travel time, route, or family fit.
Where to confirm it
Your own research, school visits, route planning, and the official admissions material.
Examples
Journey time, single-sex versus mixed preference, admissions rule, and preference order.
Before you act
Why it matters
Where to confirm it
Examples
Admissions wording
Schools and councils can change priority rules, wording, or route detail between cycles.
The official school admissions page or the relevant local authority source.
Oversubscription criteria, eligibility wording, catchment notes, sixth form admissions.
Testing arrangements
Selective routes, consortium details, and stage wording can change from year to year.
The school's published 11+ or admissions information page.
Registration windows, test dates, shared exams, supplementary forms.
School fit
A school that looks strong on paper may still fail on travel time, route, or family fit.
Your own research, school visits, route planning, and the official admissions material.
Journey time, single-sex versus mixed preference, admissions rule, and preference order.

What we cannot guarantee

  • No school place guarantee

    Using the site does not guarantee admission to any grammar school.

  • No catchment or eligibility guarantee

    A route, summary, or school page cannot confirm whether your family will meet the final admissions rules.

  • No admissions-outcome prediction

    Scores, rankings, and comparison signals should not be treated as a promise about competitiveness or success.

  • No complete picture in one summary

    A ranking or overview cannot capture every factor that matters for your family, your route, or your commute.

  • No promise that a school's wording will stay unchanged

    Schools and local authorities can change dates, wording, policies, and testing arrangements after a page has been read.

Acceptable use

You are welcome to use the site for personal research, school comparison, and route planning. When using it, please:

  • Do not present the site as an official authority

    Grammar School Hub is a research product, not a school, a local authority, or an official admissions service.

  • Do not treat summaries as outcome guarantees

    Rankings, comparison cards, and editorial summaries are there to support judgement, not replace it.

  • Do not copy the site's original structure or editorial work at scale

    The site's design and original written content should not be reproduced without permission.

  • Respect source-specific terms

    Official datasets and school-published material referenced on the site may carry their own usage terms and ownership.

Intellectual property and source material

Ownership on the site falls into two broad groups.

  • Grammar School Hub material

    The site's design, original writing, and summaries remain the property of Grammar School Hub.

  • Cited source material

    Official datasets, school-published information, and other cited material remain subject to their own ownership and source terms.

See the editorial policy for sourcing standards and the privacy policy for data handling.

If something looks wrong

The most useful correction reports are specific and easy to trace.

  1. Copy the page route

    That makes it clear which page, card, or journey needs checking.

  2. Open the official source

    If the issue is factual, include the current school or admissions page that shows the newer detail.

  3. Send the route and the issue together

    That gives the site maintainer enough context to verify the change and update the right record or page.