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Bishop Wordsworth’s School 11+

Bishop Wordsworth’s Church of England Grammar School’s 11+ entrance test is set by GL Assessment, taken on paper. It tests non-verbal reasoning, maths, English and verbal reasoning.

Who sits it. Children in Year 6, for a place in Year 7 in September 2028: the date is not yet published.

Bishop Wordsworth’s Church of England Grammar School · Boys’ grammar school · SalisburyAdmissions (the school’s website)

Checked against the sources below on 22 September 2026. Dates and arrangements change: the school’s own admissions page is always the final word.

How Remelia helps with this test

What Remelia covers, in full

Covered

  • Maths
  • English
  • Reading
  • Verbal reasoning
  • Non-verbal reasoning
  • The last fortnight

Not covered

  • The test itself
  • English papers in this test’s style

Each exam plan is dated from your child’s year group: Remelia works to the sitting for the September they start Year 7. For a school without a plan, choose “Not sure yet” and Remelia teaches the Key Stage 2 curriculum with no exam date.

Key dates

When it is sat.

The dates the school has published, in order. Where a day is not yet published, the guide says so.

  1. Saturday 26 September 2026

    For Year 7 in September 2027, sat in Year 6. Registration closes 3 July 2026. Source Source
    Saturday 26 September 2026 (morning). School 11+ applications opened 25 March 2026 and close 3 July 2026. Results 16 October 2026 per the timetable (leaflet: by 23 October 2026).

  2. Not yet published

    For Year 7 in September 2028, sat in Year 6. The date is not on the pages read. Source
    2028-entry dates not yet published.

Remelia and this exam

What Remelia covers, and what it does not.

Choose the school when you set your child up, or later in Controls, and this is the plan.

What Remelia covers

Key Stage 2 maths and English to the end of Year 5, and verbal and non-verbal reasoning, counted towards the exam.

  • Maths

    The Key Stage 2 objectives for Years 3 to 5, in the order your child’s school teaches them, counted towards the exam.

  • English

    Grammar, punctuation, spelling and vocabulary questions most days, Years 3 to 5, counted towards the exam.

  • Reading

    From the autumn of Year 5, a weekly reading day: one unseen passage and 9 questions on it, from a bank of 130 passages.

  • Verbal reasoning

    21 of the question types in GL Assessment’s verbal reasoning familiarisation papers (letter and number series, codes, logic puzzles, word puzzles and word meanings), mixed into the sessions and counted towards the exam. The types a test sets can differ from year to year.

  • Non-verbal reasoning

    13 question types from the providers’ own sample material (shape series and grids, pairs, similarities, odd one out, codes, rotation, reflection, hidden shapes, folding and punching, and nets), each a drawing with five options, mixed into the sessions and counted towards the exam. The types a test sets can differ from year to year, and from provider to provider.

  • The last fortnight

    In the last 14 days before the exam date the plan works to, sessions are shorter and nothing new is introduced. The plan works to September of Year 6; until the school publishes the day for your child’s year, that date is an estimate.

Not covered

The test’s own format.

  • The test itself

    Remelia practises the content, not GL Assessment’s own screens, papers or timings: the familiarisation materials, where there are any, show those.

  • English papers in this test’s style

    The printable English practice papers in the parents’ app are in the style of the FSCE test’s multiple-choice paper, not GL Assessment’s own.

The exam

What the school says.

Each line links to the page it comes from. A line marked Inferred is read from the page, which does not say it in so many words; the note under it says how.

Who sets it
GL Assessment. Source
How it is taken Inferred
On paper. Source
Sat at the school on the morning of 26 September under public exam conditions; not stated as online.
What it tests
Non-verbal reasoning, maths, English and verbal reasoning. Source
The papers
Paper 1: non-verbal reasoning and maths; Paper 2: English and verbal reasoning. Source
Paper 1: NVR about 40 questions and maths about 25; Paper 2: English about 26 questions and VR about 32. Total examination time 1 hour 30 minutes across both papers, with a break; split per paper and answer format not stated.
How places are decided
A pass mark. Source Source
Practice and familiarisation
A familiarisation booklet. The practice materials (another website) Source
Leaflet points to GL Assessment’s familiarisation materials; past papers not released.
Interview Inferred
No. Source
Selection procedure describes the examination only.
What has changed Inferred
No change of provider announced on the admissions page read on 29 Sep 2026 (MM-868); the page does not give the provider history, so a change before 2023 cannot be ruled out from it. Source

Sources

Where every line comes from.

Every page our research read for this exam, with the date it was checked; under each, the words it quoted from it.

  1. Bishop Wordsworth’s School Admissions Policy 2027-28 checked 22 September 2026
    The page’s words

    “Published Admission Number (PAN). The PAN for Year 7 commencing 1 September 2027 is 160.”

  2. Year 7 Admissions — Bishop Wordsworth’s School checked 22 September 2026
    The page’s words

    “Saturday 26 September 2026 Bishop Wordsworth’s School 11+ test date”

  3. Bishop Wordsworth’s — 11+ information leaflet, entry September 2027 checked 22 September 2026
    The page’s words

    “Examination papers are prepared by GL Assessments.”

    “Paper 1: Nonverbal reasoning; approximately 40 questions. Maths; approximately 25 questions. Paper 2: English; approximately 26 questions. Verbal reasoning; approximately 32 questions. Total examination time is 1 hour and 30 minutes.”

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