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Queen Elizabeth Grammar School Penrith entrance test (FSCE)

Queen Elizabeth Grammar School Penrith’s 11+ entrance test is set by Future Stories Community Enterprise, taken on paper. It tests English, maths, science and the other subjects FSCE may ask about, such as history and geography.

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

Queen Elizabeth Grammar School Penrith · Co-educational grammar school · PenrithAdmissions (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
  • Science
  • The last fortnight

Not covered

  • The other subjects FSCE may ask about, such as history and geography
  • 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. Thursday 17 September 2026

    For Year 7 in September 2027, sat in Year 6. Registration closes 12 July 2026. Source Source
    Thursday 17 September 2026; registration opened Friday 1 May 2026, application deadline Sunday 12 July 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 the school when you set your child up, or later in Controls, and this is the plan.

What Remelia covers

Key Stage 2 maths, English and science to the end of Year 5, 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.

  • Science

    The Key Stage 2 science programme of study for Years 3 to 5, asked as reasoning over what the question gives: fair tests, tables and graphs, circuits, keys and food chains, and 41 short scenarios to read and answer from, mixed into the sessions and 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 school publishes the day for your child’s year, that date is an estimate.

Not covered

The other subjects FSCE may ask about, such as history and geography and the test’s own format.

  • The other subjects FSCE may ask about, such as history and geography

    Not practised.

  • 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 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
Future Stories Community Enterprise. Source
How it is taken Inferred
On paper. Source Source
Papers marked by computer with written-response sections; on-screen delivery not mentioned.
What it tests
English, maths, science and the other subjects FSCE may ask about, such as history and geography. Source
The papers
Adventure Paper, 60 minutes, multiple choice; Beacon Paper, 40 minutes, written answers; Compass Paper, 35 minutes, multiple choice. Source Source
Adventure and Compass are multiple choice; Beacon is by elimination the written-response paper (the school says the test has both multiple-choice and written response questions). Subject split per paper not stated.
How places are decided
Places offered in score order. Age-standardised; students with an eligible score are ranked; places by oversubscription criteria up to PAN 160. Eligible score not published. Source Source
Practice and familiarisation
A familiarisation booklet. The practice materials (another website) Source
Interview Inferred
No. Source
No interview in the admission policy.

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 — Queen Elizabeth Grammar School Penrith checked 22 September 2026
    The page’s words

    “Application Deadline: Sunday 12th July 2026 Entrance Test Day: Thursday 17th September 2026”

  2. Admission Policy for 2027 - 2028 — Queen Elizabeth Grammar School Penrith checked 22 September 2026
    The page’s words

    “The Published Admission Number (PAN) is 160 for Year 7 entry in September 2027. ... All applicants for Year 7 admission must have reached the required standard in the Queen Elizabeth Grammar School entrance test.”

  3. FSCE Information on Entrance Test for Year 7 Entry — QEGS Penrith checked 22 September 2026
    The page’s words

    “we have adopted the Future Stories Community Enterprise Ltd (FSCE) Test as our Year 7 Entrance Test. ... Subjects may include any of the following: Art & Design, Languages, Computing, Mathematics, Design & Technology, Music, English, Physical Education, Geography, Science and History. The Test consists of both multiple-choice and written response questions. ... All papers are marked by computer and age-standardised. Students with an eligible score will be ranked accordingly.”

    “Key Dates • Registration Opens: Friday, 1st May 2026 • Application Deadline: Sunday, 12th July 2026 • Testing Date: Thursday, 17th September 2026”

  4. Entrance Test Format 2026 — QEGS Penrith checked 22 September 2026
    The page’s words

    “There are 3 test papers this year: Adventure Paper – approximately 1 hour Beacon Paper – approximately 40 minutes Compass Paper – approximately 35 minutes The adventure and compass paper are multiple choice.”

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