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Gloucestershire Grammar Schools Entrance Test (11+)

The 7 schools share one test: set by GL Assessment, taken on paper. It tests English, reading comprehension, verbal reasoning, non-verbal reasoning and maths.

Who sits it. Children in Year 6, for a place in Year 7 in September 2027: sat on Saturday 12 September 2026.

Checked against the sources below on 29 September 2026. Dates and arrangements change: the schools’ own admissions pages are 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 schools have published, in order. Where a day is not yet published, the guide says so.

  1. Saturday 12 September 2026

    For Year 7 in September 2027, sat in Year 6. Registration closes 26 June 2026. Source Source
    Registration noon 18 May to noon 26 June 2026 via the central registration form on any G7 school’s website.

  2. Saturday 3 July 2027

    For Year 7 in September 2028, sat in Year 5. Registration closes 19 March 2027. Source Source Source
    FSCE, not GL: planned for Saturday 3 July 2027 (summer term of Year 5); registration noon 8 Feb 2027 to noon 19 Mar 2027 (county page, read 29 Sep 2026).

Remelia and this exam

What Remelia covers, and what it does not.

Choose any of these schools 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 schools publish 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 schools

Seven schools, one test.

Each school takes its own applications and decides its own offers. Places are as each school’s page gives them, where it does.

The exam

What the schools say.

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 Source
How it is taken Inferred
On paper. Source Source
Policies describe two test papers of multiple-choice questions sat at the schools; none says in words that it is on paper rather than on screen.
What it tests
English, reading comprehension, verbal reasoning, non-verbal reasoning and maths. Source Source
The papers
Verbal paper, 60 minutes, multiple choice; Non-verbal and maths paper, 60 minutes, multiple choice. Source
Each paper ‘around one hour’ with a break between.
How places are decided
The school’s own rule: see its page. Source Source Source
Practice and familiarisation
A familiarisation booklet and an online practice test. The practice materials (another website) Source Source Source
Interview
No. Source
‘Entry is based entirely on the entrance test.’.
What has changed
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. Source Source 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. Denmark Road High School Determined Admissions Policy 2027-28 (Gloucestershire County Council) checked 22 September 2026
    The page’s words

    “The Published Admissions number (PAN) for Year 7 is 150.”

    “The Qualifying Standard is not a pre-defined pass mark, but is determined each year having regard to the standardised scores achieved in the entrance test that year.”

  2. Grammar schools — Gloucestershire County Council checked 29 September 2026
    The page’s words

    “The Gloucestershire Grammar Schools’ Entrance Test registration window for 2027 intake was open from noon, 18 May 2026 to noon, 26 June 2026. ... The schools are planning for the Entrance Test to take place on Saturday 12 September 2026.”

    “registration window for 2028 intake is set to be open from noon, 8 February 2027 to noon, 19 March 2027. The grammar schools are planning for the Entrance Test to take place on Saturday 3 July 2027.”

    “The grammar schools are planning for the Entrance Test to take place on Saturday 3 July 2027. It was announced earlier this year by the grammar schools that the test provider they use will be Future Stories Community Enterprise (FSCE).”

  3. Marling School Determined Admissions Policy 2027-28 (Gloucestershire County Council) checked 22 September 2026
    The page’s words

    “The Published Admission Number for Marling School is 150.”

    “The qualifying standard is not a pre-defined pass mark, but reflects a candidate’s position in the rank order of standardised scores in the Entrance Test.”

  4. Pate’s Grammar School Admissions Policy 2027 Entry checked 22 September 2026
    The page’s words

    “The number of places available (the Published Admission Number (or ‘PAN’)) for Year 7 entry in 2027, is 150.”

  5. Gloucestershire Grammar School Entrance Test Timeline, September 2027 Entry — Pate’s Grammar School checked 22 September 2026
    The page’s words

    “Monday 18 May (noon) until Friday 26 June 2026 (noon) ... Test Day Saturday 12 September 2026 The same test will be held at all seven Gloucestershire Grammar Schools on this day.”

  6. Ribston Hall High School Determined Admissions Policy 2027-28 (Gloucestershire County Council) checked 22 September 2026
    The page’s words

    “A maximum of 150 places will be available for girls who achieve the qualifying standard for Year 7 entry in September 2027.”

  7. Sir Thomas Rich’s School Determined Admissions Policy 2027-28 (Gloucestershire County Council) checked 22 September 2026
    The page’s words

    “155 places (also referred to as the Published Admissions Number (PAN)) are offered to candidates who have achieved the qualifying standard in the Gloucestershire Grammar School Admission Test”

  8. Stroud High School Determined Admissions Policy 2027 (updated 06.2026, Gloucestershire County Council) checked 22 September 2026
    The page’s words

    “The Published Admissions number (PAN) for Year 7 is 150.”

    “The Test consists of 2 papers, comprising multiple-choice questions on verbal ability, numerical reasoning and non-verbal reasoning. The date of the Main Test, being the test sat each year in September, is the same for all Gloucestershire Grammar Schools”

  9. The Crypt School Determined Admissions Policy 2027-28 (Gloucestershire County Council) checked 22 September 2026
    The page’s words

    “The School’s PAN for Year 7 2027 Entry is 155”

  10. Year 7 September 2027 Entry — Pate’s Grammar School checked 22 September 2026
    The page’s words

    “The test provider for the entrance test for entry into Year 7 in September 2027 will be GL Assessment.”

  11. 2027 Admissions Frequently asked questions — Pate’s Grammar School checked 22 September 2026
    The page’s words

    “The test consists of multiple-choice style questions only. In one paper, children are assessed on their verbal skills (including comprehension, vocabulary and verbal reasoning). The other test paper assesses non-verbal reasoning and mathematical knowledge, skills and understanding. Each test paper will take around one hour”

  12. Update to Admission Test Arrangements for 2027 — Ribston Hall High School checked 22 September 2026
    The page’s words

    “Maths and English form the main part of the assessment ... All grammar schools in Gloucestershire will provide familiarisation materials on their websites from the end of September.”

  13. Year 7 September 2028 Entry — Pate’s Grammar School checked 22 September 2026
    The page’s words

    “The seven Gloucestershire Grammar Schools (G7) have appointed Future Stories Community Enterprise (FSCE) as their new admissions test provider for entry to Year 7 from 2028 onwards ... move the test date from September of Year 6 to the latter part of the summer term of Year 5 ... These arrangements will take effect from summer 2027 for first entry into Year 7 in September 2028.”

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