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South Wilts Grammar School 11+

South Wilts Grammar School’s 11+ entrance test is set by GL Assessment, taken on paper. It tests maths, English and verbal reasoning.

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

South Wilts Grammar School · Girls’ grammar school · SalisburyAdmissions (the school’s website)

Checked against the sources below on 29 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
  • 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 school has published, in order. Where a day is not yet published, the guide says so.

  1. Saturday 26 September 2026

    For Year 7 in September 2027, sat in Year 6. Registration closes 1 September 2026. Source Source
    Saturday 26 September 2026 (morning); optional unmarked VR familiarisation sitting 19 September 2026; alternative date Wednesday 7 October 2026 for those unable to attend. Registration midday Wednesday 25 March – midnight Tuesday 1 September 2026 (the leaflet prints ‘Wednesday 24 March’, the web page ‘Midday Wednesday 25 March 2026’; 25 March 2026 is the Wednesday).

  2. Not yet published

    For Year 7 in September 2028, sat in Year 6. The date is not on the pages read. Source
    2028-entry dates not yet published.

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 the end of Year 5, and 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.

  • 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 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 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
GL Assessment. Source Source
How it is taken
On paper. Source
Question booklets with separate optical-mark-reader answer sheets, sat at SWGS.
What it tests
Maths, English and verbal reasoning. Source
The papers
Mathematics, 50 minutes, multiple choice; English, 45 minutes, multiple choice; Verbal Reasoning, 50 minutes, multiple choice. Source Source
How places are decided
A pass mark. Source
Practice and familiarisation
Sample papers and a familiarisation booklet. The practice materials (another website) Source Source
Interview Inferred
No. Source
Selection by the three papers only.
What has changed Inferred
No change of provider announced on the admissions page read on 29 Sep 2026 (MM-868); the page does not give the provider history, so a change before 2023 cannot be ruled out from it. 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. South Wilts Grammar School Admissions Policy 2027 checked 22 September 2026
    The page’s words

    “The school’s published admission number for years 7 - 11 is 160, consisting of a 5-form entry.”

    “three multiple choice papers in verbal reasoning, mathematics and English, set by GL Assessment, provide evidence that she has met the necessary required academic standard eligible for entry. The scores are standardised ... The scores are then added together to give a final score.”

  2. The 11+ process — South Wilts Grammar School checked 29 September 2026
    The page’s words

    “SWGS uses GL Assessment as their 11+ test provider. The test consists of three papers taken in one sitting with a break in-between each paper: Mathematics (50minutes) ... English (45minutes) ... Verbal Reasoning (50minutes)”

    “SWGS uses GL Assessment as their 11+ test provider ... Mathematics (50minutes) covering all aspects of the year 5 National Curriculum in mathematics with some questions covering the start of the year 6 curriculum.”

  3. The 11+ Selection Procedure for Entry to SWGS in September 2027 — Information Leaflet checked 22 September 2026
    The page’s words

    “SWGS uses 11+ tests compiled by GL Assessment. The test is in multiple-choice format ... The questions are contained in a booklet and answers are entered on a separate optical mark reader answer sheet.”

    “The familiarisation test will involve a Verbal Reasoning paper only. This familiarisation paper will NOT be marked”

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