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St Michael’s Catholic Grammar School entrance tests

St Michael’s Catholic Grammar School’s 11+ entrance test is set by GL Assessment (inferred from the pages, which do not name it outright), taken on paper. It tests verbal reasoning, non-verbal reasoning, English and maths.

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

St Michael’s Catholic Grammar School · Girls’ grammar school · LondonAdmissions (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
  • Non-verbal reasoning
  • The last fortnight

Not covered

  • A written paper: English
  • 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. Friday 11 September 2026

    For Year 7 in September 2027, sat in Year 6. Registration closes 7 July 2026. Source
    Friday 11 September 2026, in person at the School, by invitation: Catholic applicants meeting the faith criteria are invited first, up to 175 tested. Applications (online SIF) opened 9am Tuesday 14 April 2026 and closed 4pm Tuesday 7 July 2026. Results emailed mid-October.

  2. Not yet published

    For Year 7 in September 2028, sat in Year 6. The date is not on the pages read. Source
    No 2028-entry date 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 and non-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.

  • Non-verbal reasoning

    13 question types from the providers’ own sample material (shape series and grids, pairs, similarities, odd one out, codes, rotation, reflection, hidden shapes, folding and punching, and nets), each a drawing with five options, mixed into the sessions and counted towards the exam. The types a test sets can differ from year to year, and from provider to provider.

  • 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

A written paper: English and the test’s own format.

  • A written paper: English

    Not practised.

  • 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 Inferred
GL Assessment. Source Source
The familiarisation papers ‘designed by the test provider’ are GL Assessment’s, so the VR, NVR and maths papers are inferred to be GL’s; the English paper is a written paper with no familiarisation material (setter not stated).
How it is taken
On paper. Source
What it tests
Verbal reasoning, non-verbal reasoning, English and maths. Source
The papers
Verbal Reasoning, multiple choice; Non-Verbal Reasoning, multiple choice; Mathematics, multiple choice; English, written answers. Source
Timings not published. Ties are broken VR, then NVR, then English, then maths.
How places are decided
Places offered in score order. Source
Practice and familiarisation
A familiarisation booklet. The practice materials (another website) Source
Booklets and answer sheets for VR, NVR and maths; none for English.
Interview Inferred
No. Source
Selection is by faith criteria and test rank; no interview is mentioned.
What has changed
From September 2027 entry, applicants under the practising-Catholic criteria must provide a Certificate of Baptism and a Certificate of Catholic Practice (dated within 3 months) after a consultation on the arrangements; the test itself is unchanged as far as published. 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. St Michael’s Catholic Grammar School Admissions Policy for 2027-28 checked 22 September 2026
    The page’s words

    “The Published Admissions Number (PAN) for Year 7 is 128 at age 11.”

    “applicants invited to take the test will be required to take written tests which will involve Verbal Reasoning, Non-Verbal Reasoning, English and Mathematics.”

    “written tests which will involve Verbal Reasoning, Non-Verbal Reasoning, English and Mathematics.”

    “Following the tests all applicants will be ranked in order starting with the highest score.”

  2. Entrance Exams Familiarisation Papers — St Michael’s Catholic Grammar School checked 29 September 2026
    The page’s words

    “These papers have been designed by the test provider to help parents, carers and pupils familiarise themselves with the format and types of questions found on Verbal Reasoning, Non Verbal Reasoning and Maths Entrance Test papers.”

    “These papers have been designed by the test provider ... The English test is a written paper, not multiple choice”

    “Parents, carers and pupils are welcome to download and print these papers for practice.”

  3. Familiarisation Verbal Reasoning Parent’s Guide (St Michael’s) checked 22 September 2026
    The page’s words

    “Copyright © GL Assessment, 2019. All rights reserved”

  4. Admissions 2027-28 — St Michael’s Catholic Grammar School checked 22 September 2026
    The page’s words

    “Familiarisation papers for the multiple choice entrance tests can be found here ... The English test is a written paper, not multiple choice, and we do not provide a familiarisation paper. We are unable to provide any further information on the style and timings for each paper.”

    “Following consultation our admission arrangements have been updated for September 2027 onwards. ... From September 2027 entry onwards applicants applying as Baptised Catholic girls from a Practising Catholic family must provide a Certificate of Baptism in the Catholic Church and Certificate of Catholic Practice”

    “Applications to sit the entrance tests for September 2027 entry will open at 9am on Tuesday 14 April. ... The deadline for applications to be received is 4pm on TUESDAY 7 JULY 2026. ... Entrance tests for September 2027 entry (by invitation only) will be held on Friday 11 September 2026.”

    “The deadline for applications to be received is 4pm on TUESDAY 7 JULY 2026 . ... Entrance tests for September 2027 entry (by invitation only) will be held on Friday 11 September 2026.”

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