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The Halifax Grammar Schools admissions test (FSCE)

The 2 schools share one test: set by Future Stories Community Enterprise, taken on paper. It tests English, maths and a piece of writing.

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

Checked against the sources below on 22 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
  • The last fortnight

In part

  • The writing

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 19 September 2026

    For Year 7 in September 2027, sat in Year 6. Registration closes 26 June 2026. Source Source
    Saturday 19 September 2026; supplementary test Friday 25 September at Crossley Heath; registration opened 10am 20 March 2026 and closed 11pm 26 June 2026; results 16 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

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

  • 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.

  • 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 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 Future Stories Community Enterprise’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 Future Stories Community Enterprise’s own.

The schools

Two 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
Future Stories Community Enterprise. Source Source
How it is taken Inferred
On paper. Source Source
Papers marked by computer except the creative writing, sat on one day in September.
What it tests
English, maths and a piece of writing. Source Source
The papers
Paper 1: English and maths (multiple choice), multiple choice, no calculator; Paper 2: English and maths (short written answers), written answers, no calculator; Paper 3 — Creative Writing, a written piece, no calculator. Source Source Source
Paper 1 is English and maths with multiple-choice options; Paper 2 English and maths with short written answers; Paper 3 a written creative response on a special answer sheet. Calculators are not allowed. Timings not published. Creative writing is marked only for candidates reaching the English and maths standard.
How places are decided
Places offered in score order. Source Source Source
Practice and familiarisation
A familiarisation booklet. The practice materials (another website) Source
Interview Inferred
No. Source
No interview in the joint admissions policy.
What has changed
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. 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. Admissions — The Crossley Heath School checked 22 September 2026
    The page’s words

    “In order to sit the admissions test for the Halifax Grammar Schools, you must fully complete an application form ... applications will open at 10am on Friday 20th March 2026 and close at 11pm on Friday 26th June 2026. ... we have adopted the Future Stories Community Enterprise Ltd (FSCE) Entrance Test ... English and Maths as well as exploring imaginative flair through Creative Writing.”

    “applications will open at 10am on Friday 20th March 2026 and close at 11pm on Friday 26th June 2026.”

  2. Admissions Policy for Entry in 2027 — The Crossley Heath School checked 22 September 2026
    The page’s words

    “For entry to Year 7, the school operates a joint admissions process with North Halifax Grammar School (NHGS). ... The Published Admission Number (PAN) for Crossley Heath is 180 (the PAN for NHGS is 180). ... a) Paper 1 - a test in Mathematics and English b) Paper 2 - a test in Mathematics and English c) Paper 3 - a test in Creative Writing”

    “After the tests are completed, paper 1 and paper 2 are marked, age weighted and standardised and awarded a score. A qualifying standard will then be agreed by the Halifax Grammar Schools for these papers. Students meeting the qualifying standard for English and Mathematics will then have”

  3. Admissions Test Format — The North Halifax Grammar School checked 22 September 2026
    The page’s words

    “At The Halifax Grammar Schools ... we have adopted the Future Stories Community Enterprise Ltd (FSCE) Entrance Test ... All papers with the exception of Creative Writing are marked by computer and age-standardised. Students with an eligible score from the English and Maths papers will have their Creative Writing task assessed and candidates will be ranked accordingly.”

  4. FSCE Familiarisation Guide for Children — The Halifax Grammar Schools (© 2025 FSCE Ltd) checked 22 September 2026
    The page’s words

    “For the Creative Writing question, you will be given a special answer sheet to write your answer on.”

    “There are 3 different papers that make up the test: Paper 1: English and Maths questions with Multiple Choice Answer options; Paper 2: English and Maths questions where you respond with Short Written Answers; Paper 3: a Creativity question which will require a written Creative Response. ... × Calculators (including calculator watches);”

  5. Crossley Heath’s FAQs for Admissions checked 22 September 2026
    The page’s words

    “There is no pass mark for the admissions test. Places are allocated to the two schools according to the order of merit”

  6. Crossley Heath School Admissions Policy for entry September 2026 checked 22 September 2026
    The page’s words

    “The admissions test will consist of: a) Paper 1 - a test in English b) Paper 2 - a test in Mathematics c) Paper 3 - a test in Creative Writing”

  7. Timeline for Admissions in September 2027 — The Halifax Grammar Schools checked 22 September 2026
    The page’s words

    “Friday 26 June Registration deadline for the admissions tests. ... Saturday 19 September 2026 Admissions tests at The Halifax Grammar Schools. Friday 25 September Supplementary Test at The Crossley Heath School Friday 16 October Parents will have received the results”

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