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Reading School entrance test (FSCE, 11+)

Reading School’s 11+ entrance test is set by Future Stories Community Enterprise, taken online and on paper. It tests English, maths, a piece of writing, science and the other subjects FSCE may ask about, such as history and geography.

Who sits it. Children in Year 5, for a place in Year 7 in September 2028: the date is not yet published.

Reading School · Boys’ grammar school · ReadingAdmissions (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

In part

  • The writing

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 16 July 2026

    For Year 7 in September 2027, sat in Year 5. Registration closes 17 May 2026. Source Source
    Thursday 16 July 2026 for in-catchment day and boarding applicants (SEN applicants Wednesday 15 July), sat at the end of Year 5. Out-of-catchment day applicants instead sit on Friday 25 September 2026 (start of Year 6), and that sitting is held online; same content. Registration opened Friday 27 March and closed midnight Sunday 17 May 2026. Sporting aptitude assessment 12 July 2026. Results mid-October.

  2. Not yet published

    For Year 7 in September 2028, sat in Year 5. The date is not on the pages read. Source Source
    2028-entry dates not published; year group 5 assumed from the move to a July test for 2027 entry.

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; 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.

  • 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 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 July of Year 5; 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 Source
How it is taken
Online and on paper. Source Source
The July (Year 5) sitting at Reading School is on paper with a separate answer sheet; the out-of-catchment sitting on 25 September 2026 (Year 6) ‘will be held online’. Same content in all sittings.
What it tests
English, maths, a piece of writing, science and the other subjects FSCE may ask about, such as history and geography. Source Source
The papers
Adventure, multiple choice and written answers; Beacon, multiple choice and written answers; Compass, multiple choice and written answers; Discovery, multiple choice and written answers. Source
Four named papers with multiple-choice, constrained-response and written questions; the policy does not say which subjects or timings go to which paper.
How places are decided
Candidate must be ‘of the standard’ in every element of the computer-marked tests (eligible score varies each year); eligible candidates’ creativity task is then assessed and they are ranked. Places by oversubscription categories: priority places, up to 15 sporting aptitude, 50% for state primaries within 4.6 miles, priority postcodes, catchment. Source Source
Practice and familiarisation
A familiarisation booklet. The practice materials (another website) Source Source
Interview Inferred
No. Source
Admissions policy describes the test and sporting assessment only; no interview.
What has changed
Test moved from September of Year 6 to July of Year 5 for 2027 entry (16 July 2026; SEND 15 July), after consultation; out-of-catchment day applicants still sit in late September. When the school switched to FSCE was not confirmed from its own pages. 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. Reading School Year 7 Day Admissions Policy 2027 entry checked 22 September 2026
    The page’s words

    “The School admits 138 day pupils into Year 7 each year. An additional 12 boarding places are available ... The Published Admissions Number (PAN) is 150.”

    “In July of Year 5 for candidates living within the catchment area at the time of registration and those registered for a boarding place. The proposed date is 16th July. ... In September of Year 6 for candidates living outside the catchment area at the time of registration. The proposed date is 25th September 2026. This test will be held online. All sittings will contain the same test content.”

    “The test consists of four papers: Adventure, Beacon, Compass, and Discovery. These include multiple choice, constrained response and written questions covering: Thinking Like an Author Thinking Like a Problem Solver Key Stage 2 subjects - up to and including the Year 5”

  2. Year 7 Entry — Reading School checked 22 September 2026
    The page’s words

    “Testing date for Day and Boarding applicants: Thursday 16th July Test date for Day applicants outside of catchment: Friday 25th September”

    “The ‘eligible score’ varies from year to year ... To be eligible, a candidate must be ‘of the standard’ in each of the elements of the entrance test.”

    “The Familiarisation Guides for the July 2026 entrance test are available at the following links ... there are no commercially available practice test papers for the FSCE Ltd tests.”

    “Test date for Day applicants outside of catchment: Friday 25th September”

  3. About the FSCE Entrance Test for Year 7 Entry — Reading School 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. ... Additionally, the Test will explore imaginative flair through creativity ... The Test consists of both multiple-choice and written response questions.”

  4. FSCE Familiarisation Guide for Parents — Entrance Test for Entry into Year 7 (RS) checked 22 September 2026
  5. Admissions Consultation — Reading School checked 22 September 2026
    The page’s words

    “We were delighted to see overwhelming support for moving the entrance test to July. We can therefore confirm that it will take place on 16 July 2026 (with SEND candidates invited on 15 July).”

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