I am the Minister responsible for school admissions policy in relation to state funded schools. However, responsibility for the oversight of admissions testing for grammar schools sits with the school's admissions authority. Grammar schools, like all state schools are accountable through the Schools Admission Code 2012 for ensuring that testing arrangements are fair, objective and transparent.

The School Admissions Code can be found online, paragraphs 1.31 and 1.32 provide the requirements for test selection:

http://www.education.gov.uk/schools/adminandfinance/schooladmissions/a00195/codes-regs

The information is given in the following table.

The classification of each educational establishment can change from cycle to cycle, which can affect year-on-year comparisons. A large number of grammar schools have converted to academies since 2010. While these schools have retained their selective admissions arrangements they are no longer classified as grammar schools in this data. Therefore, while the figures show the number of applicants from grammar schools has fallen over the past two years, this is largely as a result of the classification change.