RemeliaChanges to the entrance tests
Tests change provider, format and date from time to time, and preparation should follow the test as it is now. These are the 42 tests whose own pages announce a change, newest checked first, each with the schools that use it and the page it comes from.
Checked against the sources on 29 September 2026. A school’s own admissions page is always the final word. Follow these changes in a feed reader: the Atom feed.
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Dorset Consortium of Grammar Schools 11+ (Bournemouth and Poole)
Checked . Schools: Bournemouth School, Bournemouth School for Girls, Parkstone Grammar School, Poole Grammar School.
The consortium moves from GL Assessment to Quest Assessments from the September 2027 sitting (2028 entry). Quest keeps maths, English and verbal reasoning as three papers of 40 minutes each (down from 45–50), with no content beyond the Year 5 National Curriculum.
Sources: Joining Year 7 in September, Bournemouth School; Dorset Consortium 11+ Assessment, Quest Assessments; Admissions, Parkstone Grammar School.
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Gloucestershire Grammar Schools Entrance Test (11+)
Checked . Schools: Denmark Road High School, Marling School, Pate's Grammar School, Ribston Hall High School, Sir Thomas Rich's School, Stroud High School, The Crypt School.
Announced 15 April 2026: from September 2028 entry the G7 test moves from GL Assessment to FSCE (Future Stories Community Enterprise), mainly maths and English aligned to the KS2 curriculum plus a foundation-subjects element, and the test moves from September of Year 6 to the latter part of the summer term of Year 5 (first sitting summer 2027). The 2027-entry test (12 September 2026) stays with GL.
Sources: Year 7 September 2028 Entry, Pate's Grammar School; Update to Admission Test Arrangements for 2027, Ribston Hall High School; Year 7 September 2027 Entry, Pate's Grammar School.
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Medway Test (11+)
Checked . Schools: Chatham Grammar, Fort Pitt Grammar School, Holcombe Grammar School, Rainham Mark Grammar School, Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School, The Rochester Grammar School.
From 2025 admissions (test sat September 2024) the Medway Test replaced the writing test with an English test (now English, maths and reasoning papers), removed the academic review process, and raised the share assessed grammar from 23% to 25% of the Medway cohort (26% by the current rules). Provider remains GL Assessment.
Sources: Children get their Medway Test results (16 Oct 2024), Medway Council; About the Medway Test, Medway Council; How the test is marked, Medway Council.
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Ripon Grammar School 11+ entrance test
Checked . School: Ripon Grammar School.
From the September 2026 sitting (2027 entry) the GL papers changed: a Verbal Skills paper (KS2 reading comprehension, spelling/grammar + verbal reasoning) replaces the pure verbal reasoning paper, and an NVR-with-maths paper replaces the pure NVR paper. GL remains the provider.
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Slough Consortium of Grammar Schools 11+
Checked . Schools: Herschel Grammar School, Langley Grammar School, St Bernard's Catholic Grammar School, Upton Court Grammar School.
Provider changed to GL Assessment from the September 2023 sitting (‘similar to those used under the previous provider’), and the consortium has appointed Quest Assessments for the September 2027 sitting (2028 entry) onward; format stays two papers covering VR, NVR, English and maths, eligibility score stays 111.
Sources: Year 7 Admissions 2025, Herschel Grammar School; Year 7 Admissions 2028, Herschel Grammar School.
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St Michael’s Catholic Grammar School entrance tests
Checked . School: St Michael's Catholic Grammar School.
From September 2027 entry, applicants under the practising-Catholic criteria must provide a Certificate of Baptism and a Certificate of Catholic Practice (dated within 3 months) after a consultation on the arrangements; the test itself is unchanged as far as published.
Source: Admissions 2027-28, St Michael's Catholic Grammar School.
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The Latymer School Year 7 assessment tests
Checked . School: The Latymer School.
From the September 2027 test (2028 entry) Latymer moves from GL Assessment maths/VR plus its own English paper to Quest Assessments, in three sections: Mathematics, English Comprehension and English Writing (VR is dropped). Quest describes two paper booklets in one session: Paper One mathematics (multiple choice) and Paper Two English (multiple choice) with writing (fully written); timings not yet published.
Sources: 2028 Admissions, The Latymer School; The Latymer School 11+ Assessment 2027, Quest Assessments.
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Upton Hall School FCJ entrance examination
Checked . School: Upton Hall School FCJ.
From 2025 entry (sat September 2024) the test changed to one verbal reasoning paper and one English paper (no maths paper).
Sources: Useful Entrance Examination sample materials, Upton Hall School FCJ; Upton Hall School Admissions Policy 2027.
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West Midlands Grammar Schools Entrance Test (11+)
Checked . Schools: Alcester Grammar School, Ashlawn School, Bishop Vesey's Grammar School, Haberdashers' Adams, King Edward VI Aston School, King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys, King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls, King Edward VI Five Ways School, King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys, King Edward VI Handsworth School, King Edward VI School, Stratford-upon-Avon, Lawrence Sheriff School, Newport Girls' High School Academy, Queen Mary's Grammar School, Queen Mary's High School, Rugby High School, Stratford Girls' Grammar School, Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls, Wolverhampton Girls' High School.
The shared West Midlands Grammar Schools partnership (one test for Birmingham, Shropshire, Walsall, Warwickshire and Wolverhampton grammars) began in 2023, for September 2024 entry, when scores also moved to an age-standardised scale around a median of 200. GL Assessment remains the provider for 2027 entry.
Sources: Year 7 September 2027 entry, Queen Mary's High School; The 11+ test, Warwickshire County Council.
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Abingdon School 11+ entrance assessment (First Year (Year 7))
Checked . School: Abingdon School.
Abingdon is moving to co-education: girls may apply for First Year places from 2026 and Third Year places from 2028.
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Abingdon School 13+ entrance assessment (Third Year (Year 9))
Checked . School: Abingdon School.
Abingdon is moving to co-education: girls may apply for First Year places from 2026 and Third Year places from 2028.
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Birkenhead School: Year 7 Taster & Assessment Day
Checked . School: Birkenhead School.
For 2027 entry the January (Year 6) Assessment Day was cancelled because the June Year 5 days filled the year; the school’s usual pattern is both June of Year 5 and January of Year 6.
Source: Senior Admissions, Birkenhead School.
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Consortium of Selective Schools in Essex (CSSE) 11+ test
Checked . Schools: Colchester County High School for Girls, Colchester Royal Grammar School, King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford, Shoeburyness High School, Southend High School for Boys, Southend High School for Girls, St Bernard's High School, St Thomas More High School, Westcliff High School for Boys Academy, Westcliff High School for Girls.
From the September 2024 test (2025 entry) the English paper no longer contains Applied Reasoning questions.
Source: Home, CSSE (Consortium of Selective Schools in Essex).
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Emanuel School 13+ deferred entry exam (sat in Year 6)
Checked . School: Emanuel School.
Emanuel is re-introducing a formal 13+ entry in autumn 2026, as a deferred entry sat in Year 6 alongside the 11+ exam, for entry from September 2029.
Source: Year 9 (13+) Entry - Emanuel School.
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Eton College 13+ conditional place assessment
Checked . School: Eton College.
Registration deadline moved from 30 June to 31 August of Year 5.
Source: Year 9 (13+) Entry, Eton College.
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Forest School (Walthamstow) 11+ entrance assessment
Checked . School: Forest School, London.
Forest moved from school-set Maths and English papers to a Quest Assessment online test (with a written English task).
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FSCE Entrance Test for Year 7: Lancaster Girls’, Clitheroe, Skipton Girls’ and Ermysted’s (LCSE)
Checked . Schools: Clitheroe Royal Grammar School, Ermysted's Grammar School, Lancaster Girls' Grammar School, Skipton Girls' High School.
Clitheroe Royal Grammar School moved from GL Assessment (2026 entry) to FSCE for 2027 entry. Lancaster Girls’ and Skipton Girls’ already used FSCE for 2026 entry (sat September 2025). Ermysted’s previous provider was not confirmed on the pages read.
Sources: Admissions, Clitheroe Royal Grammar School; Determined 2026 Admission Policy, Lancaster Girls' Grammar School; Admissions Booklet for 2027 Entry, Skipton Girls' High School.
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Haberdashers’ Boys’ School 11+ assessment
Checked . School: Haberdashers' Boys' School.
The 11+ assessment was adapted for 2026 entry: Habs Boys and Habs Girls now use the same Quest first-round assessment.
Source: Admissions process | Habs Boys.
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Haberdashers’ Girls’ School 11+ assessment
Checked . School: Haberdashers' Girls' School.
The 11+ assessment was adapted for 2026 entry: Habs Boys and Habs Girls now use the same Quest first-round assessment.
Source: Admissions process | Habs Boys.
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King Edward’s School, Birmingham 11+ (Year 7 entrance)
Checked . School: King Edward's School, Birmingham.
Verbal reasoning was dropped from the 11+ from the exam for September 2026 entry onwards.
Sources: Entrance Exams, King Edward's School Birmingham; Apply now, King Edward's School Birmingham.
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London 11+ Consortium assessment (girls’ schools)
Checked . Schools: Channing School, Francis Holland School, London (NW1), Francis Holland School, London (SW1W), More House School, Knightsbridge, Northwood College for Girls GDST, Notting Hill & Ealing High School GDST, Queen's College, London, Queen's Gate School, South Hampstead High School GDST, St Augustine's Priory, St Helen's School, St Margaret's School, London, The Godolphin and Latymer School.
The Consortium (formerly the North London Girls’ Schools’ Consortium, which used a CEM-style test) introduced a new bespoke online assessment in 2022 for entry in September 2023 onwards. For 2027 entry the membership is 13 schools; St James Senior Girls’ School is no longer listed.
Source: Home - The London 11+ Consortium.
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Magdalen College School 11+ entrance examination
Checked . School: Magdalen College School, Oxford.
MCS is becoming co-educational: girls join Year 7 from September 2030.
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Mill Hill School 13+ entrance assessment
Checked . School: Mill Hill Schools.
Mill Hill’s tests were by Atom Learning; the school now names Quest Assessments (formerly Atom Learning) as provider for the Year 6 route.
Source: Key Admissions Dates | Mill Hill Senior Private School.
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Reading School entrance test (FSCE, 11+)
Checked . School: Reading School: in catchment or boarding (July, Year 5).
Test moved from September of Year 6 to July of Year 5 for 2027 entry (16 July 2026; SEND 15 July), after consultation; out-of-catchment day applicants still sit in late September. When the school switched to FSCE was not confirmed from its own pages.
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Reading School entrance test (FSCE, 11+)
Checked . School: Reading School: out of catchment (September, Year 6).
Test moved from September of Year 6 to July of Year 5 for 2027 entry (16 July 2026; SEND 15 July), after consultation; out-of-catchment day applicants still sit in late September. When the school switched to FSCE was not confirmed from its own pages.
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Reed’s School 11+ entry
Checked . School: Reed's School.
Reed’s is becoming co-educational: girls join the First Form (Year 7) from 2027 and the Third Form (Year 9) from 2029, by the same process.
Source: Entry Process, Reed's School.
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Reed’s School 13+ entry
Checked . School: Reed's School.
Reed’s is becoming co-educational: girls join the First Form (Year 7) from 2027 and the Third Form (Year 9) from 2029, by the same process.
Source: Entry Process, Reed's School.
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Royal Grammar School Guildford 11+ entrance assessment
Checked . School: Royal Grammar School Guildford.
The school becomes co-educational: girls join Year 12 from September 2027 and Year 7 from September 2028.
Source: Senior (ages 11–18), Royal Grammar School Guildford.
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SEAG Entrance Assessment (Northern Ireland transfer test)
Checked . Schools: Abbey Christian Brothers Grammar School, Antrim Grammar School, Aquinas Diocesan Grammar School, Assumption Grammar School, Ballyclare High School, Ballymena Academy, Banbridge Academy, Bangor Grammar School, Belfast High School, Belfast Royal Academy, Bloomfield Collegiate, Cambridge House Grammar School, Campbell College, Carrickfergus Grammar School, Christian Brothers' Grammar School, Coleraine Grammar, Dalriada School, Dominican College, Belfast, Down High School, Enniskillen Royal Grammar School, Foyle College, Friends' School, Glenlola Collegiate, Grosvenor Grammar School, Hunterhouse College, Lagan College, Larne Grammar School, Lecale Trinity Grammar School, Limavady Grammar School, Loreto Grammar School, Omagh, Lumen Christi College, Methodist College, Mount Lourdes Grammar School, Omagh Academy, Our Lady and St Patrick's College, Our Lady's Grammar School, Rainey Endowed School, Rathmore Grammar School, Regent House School, Newtownards, Sacred Heart Grammar School, Slemish College, St Colman's College, St Columb's College, St Dominic's High School, St Joseph's Grammar School; Donaghmore, St Louis Grammar School, Ballymena, St Louis Grammar School, Kilkeel, St Malachy's College, St Mary's Christian Brothers' Grammar School, St Mary's Grammar School, St Michael's College, St Patrick's Academy, Dungannon, Strabane Academy, Strangford Integrated College, Strathearn School, Belfast, Sullivan Upper School, Holywood, The Royal Belfast Academical Institution, The Royal School Armagh, The Royal School Dungannon, Thornhill College, Victoria College, Wallace High School, Lisburn, Wellington College, Belfast.
SEAG’s single common test replaced the two separate transfer tests (AQE’s CEA test and the PPTC/GL test, sat on four consecutive Saturdays) from the November 2023 sitting, for September 2024 entry, within the last three years. Since then: two Saturday papers in November, outcomes as Band + TSAS.
Sources: What We Do, SEAG; SEAG, The Schools' Entrance Assessment Group.
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St Catherine’s School Bramley 11+ entry
Checked . School: St Catherine's School, Guildford.
Moving to the ISEB Common Pre-Tests for 11+ entry from September 2027 (previously the school’s own assessments).
Source: Senior School Admissions, St Catherine's School, Bramley.
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St George’s Ascot 11+ entrance exams
Checked . School: St George's School, Windsor and Maidenhead.
From September 2027 boys are admitted into Year 7 and Year 9 alongside girls.
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St James Senior School (Kensington Olympia) Year 7 entrance assessment
Checked . School: St James Senior Girls' School.
The school admits boys and girls from September 2027 (‘2027 Co-Ed Entry’; proposed co-education).
Source: Year 7 & Sixth Form Admissions • St James Senior Girls' School.
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St Mary’s School Gerrards Cross Year 7 assessment day
Checked . School: St Mary's School, Gerrards Cross.
Plans to become co-educational from September 2027, phased into the Senior School.
Sources: Joining Us - St Mary's School; St Mary's School Entry Points - St Mary's School.
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St Teresa’s Effingham 11+ entry (ISEB Common Pre-Test)
Checked . School: St Teresa's School.
Moving to the ISEB Common Pre-Tests for 11+ entry in September 2027.
Source: Senior School Entry Process - St Teresa's Effingham.
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St Teresa’s Effingham 13+ entry
Checked . School: St Teresa's School.
13+ Pre-Test entry from September 2029.
Source: Senior School Entry Process - St Teresa's Effingham.
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Stowe School 13+ entry
Checked . School: Stowe School.
Stowe no longer uses the ISEB Pre-Tests for entry; it uses CAT4.
Source: 13+ Admissions, Stowe.
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The Halifax Grammar Schools admissions test (FSCE)
Checked . Schools: The Crossley Heath School, The North Halifax Grammar School.
Format change for 2027 entry: the 2026-entry papers were separate English, Maths and Creative Writing papers; for 2027 entry papers 1 and 2 each mix maths and English, plus creative writing. FSCE was already the provider for 2026 entry (no NVR). The provider before FSCE is not named on the pages read.
Sources: Crossley Heath School Admissions Policy for entry September 2026; Admissions Policy for Entry in 2027, The Crossley Heath School.
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The Leys Year 7 entrance assessment (Quest)
Checked . School: The Leys School.
The Leys and St Faith’s merge from September 2028; September 2027 is the final Year 7 intake on the current site (day places only).
Sources: Year 7 Entrance Assessments - The Leys; Entry at Year 7 (11+) - The Leys.
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Tiffin School Year 7 entrance tests (Stage One and Stage Two)
Checked . School: Tiffin School.
From September 2025 entry Tiffin School added Sporting and Music Aptitude Assessments (up to 5% of places each). No change of test provider found on the pages read.
Source: Year 7 Admissions, Tiffin School.
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Trinity School (Croydon) 11+ entrance assessment
Checked . School: Trinity School, Croydon.
Trinity becomes fully co-educational from September 2027: its first mixed Year 7 is expected to take 70-100 girls alongside around 100 boys.
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Westminster School 13+ entry (ISEB pre-test in Year 6, further tests and interview)
Checked . School: Westminster School.
Westminster is becoming co-educational: the first girls enter Year 9 in 2028.
Source: Westminster School 13+ Admissions | Senior Entry Westminster London.
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Wirral 11+ assessment (non-Catholic grammar schools)
Checked . Schools: Calday Grange Grammar School, West Kirby Grammar School, Wirral Grammar School for Boys, Wirral Grammar School for Girls.
New provider from the September 2026 sitting (2027 entry): the consortium moved to Quest Assessments, keeping the same areas assessed and relative weightings for this first year. The previous provider is not named on the pages read.
Sources: Wirral Non-Faith Grammar Schools 11+ Admissions, FAQs (Calday Grange Grammar School); Assessment for grammar school education starting in September 2027, Wirral Council.
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