However, in 2000 Bristol Local Education Authority, following consultation, implemented changes removing selection by 11+ exam from the entry requirements for two of the schools on this original list.
Under the Tripartite System of secondary education in England between the 1940s and 1960s, approximately a quarter of children were selected by the eleven plus exam for entry to grammar schools, either LEA-maintained grammar schools fully funded by the local education authority, or direct grant grammar schools funded by the Ministry of Education.
There are also a number of isolated grammar schools, which admit the candidates who score highest on their entry tests.
[7][8] The remaining 163 English state grammar schools are listed here grouped by region (from north to south) and Local Education Authority.
Several single-sex schools have sixth forms that also admit a small number of students of the opposite sex.