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The Gregg School Year 7 Entrance Assessment

The Gregg School’s 11+ entrance test is built on the ISEB Common Pre-Test, taken online and on paper. It tests maths, English, reading comprehension, verbal reasoning, non-verbal reasoning and a piece of writing.

Who sits it. Children in Year 6, for a place in Year 7 in September 2027: sat in January 2027.

The Gregg School · Co-educational independent school · SouthamptonAdmissions (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
  • The last fortnight

In part

  • The writing

Not covered

  • Verbal reasoning
  • Non-verbal reasoning
  • The test itself
  • Printable English papers

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. January 2027

    For Year 7 in September 2027, sat in Year 6. Source Source
    Held in January of Year 6 (page still shows Saturday 24 January 2026 for 2026 entry). Results usually within two weeks; places filled on receipt of signed contract.

  2. Not yet published

    For Year 7 in September 2028, sat in Year 6. The date is not on the pages read. Source Source

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 Year 6, counted towards the exam; the writing, in part.

  • Maths

    The Key Stage 2 objectives for Years 3 to 6, 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 6, 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.

  • The writing In part

    Short timed pieces that a grown-up marks at home with ticks: one a fortnight from the spring of Year 4, one a week from the autumn of Year 5. They practise part of what the exam’s writing asks; they are not its paper, and they are not counted towards the exam.

  • 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 January of Year 6; until the school publishes the day for your child’s year, that date is an estimate.

Not covered

Verbal reasoning, non-verbal reasoning and the test’s own format.

  • Verbal reasoning

    Remelia does not teach verbal reasoning.

  • Non-verbal reasoning

    Remelia does not teach non-verbal reasoning.

  • The test itself

    Remelia practises the content, not the ISEB Common Pre-Test’s own screens, papers or timings: the familiarisation materials, where there are any, show those.

  • Printable English papers

    The printable practice papers in the parents’ app are maths only.

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
ISEB Common Pre-Test. Source Source
How it is taken
Online and on paper. Source Source
Online multiple-choice on school laptops plus handwritten writing.
What it tests
Maths, English, reading comprehension, verbal reasoning, non-verbal reasoning and a piece of writing. Source Source
The papers
Not found on the pages read: how long it is, how many papers and what kind of questions. Source Source
How places are decided
Assessment mainly used to identify strengths and set teaching groups; results plus school report and reference considered before an offer. Source Source
Practice and familiarisation
An online practice test. Source Source
A walk-through with examples of the ISEB software is emailed the week before.
Interview
No. Source Source
No interview mentioned.

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. Admissions - Year 7 Entry | The Gregg Prep | An Independent Day School in Southampton checked 22 September 2026
    The page’s words

    “The Entrance Assessment consists of 5 parts. Maths, Reading, Verbal Reasoning and Non-Verbal Reasoning are multiple choice and are taken on school laptops, using the ISEB assessment. The final element is a hand-written piece of creative writing. A walk-through, with examples, is emailed to parents in the week before the Entrance Assessment”

    “All prospective students sit our Entrance Assessment at school in small groups. ... The key purpose of the assessment is to identify students’ strengths and place them in the appropriate teaching groups. ... In addition to the Assessment results, the student’s report and reference from their current/previous school is also taken into consideration prior to a formal offer being made.”

  2. The Gregg School | Admissions checked 22 September 2026
    The page’s words

    “Our Entrance Assessment takes place in the January of Year 6 – next year on Saturday 24th January 2026.”

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