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Upton Hall School FCJ entrance examination

Upton Hall School FCJ’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, English, reading comprehension and spelling, punctuation and grammar.

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

Upton Hall School FCJ · Girls’ grammar school · WirralAdmissions (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

  • 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 19 September 2026

    For Year 7 in September 2027, sat in Year 6. Registration closes 10 July 2026. Source Source
    Saturday 19 September 2026 (sittings throughout the day); Wednesday 23 September 2026 for illness and access-arrangement candidates. School application form deadline 10 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 English to the end of Year 5, and verbal reasoning, 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 Inferred
GL Assessment. Source Source
The school links GL Assessment’s verbal reasoning and English familiarisation materials for its two papers; the policy does not name the provider.
How it is taken Inferred
On paper. Source
Exam conditions as for an external exam; GL paper familiarisation.
What it tests
Verbal reasoning, English, reading comprehension and spelling, punctuation and grammar. Source
The papers
Verbal Reasoning, 50 minutes; English, 45 minutes. Source
How places are decided
A standardised score at or above a threshold. Age-weighted scores added; candidates must reach the Qualifying Standard including a minimum in each part. The figure is not published in the policy. 156 qualifiers then placed by oversubscription criteria. Source
Practice and familiarisation
Sample papers. The practice materials (another website) Source
Interview Inferred
No. Source
No interview in the admissions policy.
What has changed
From 2025 entry (sat September 2024) the test changed to one verbal reasoning paper and one English paper (no maths paper). 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. Upton Hall School Admissions Policy 2027 checked 22 September 2026
    The page’s words

    “For the school year commencing September 2027 the published admission number based on net capacity is 156. ... The Examination consists of two papers, one Verbal Reasoning test and one English test (Comprehension, Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar). The verbal reasoning paper is timed to last for 50 minutes while the English test is 45 minutes. ... candidates must achieve the Qualifying Standard, to include minimum standards in each part of the Test.”

  2. Arrangements for Admission - September 2027 — Upton Hall School FCJ checked 22 September 2026
  3. Useful Entrance Examination sample materials — Upton Hall School FCJ checked 29 September 2026
  4. Admissions schedule for admission to Upton Hall School FCJ for September 2027 checked 22 September 2026
    The page’s words

    “10 July 2026 Deadline for submission of Upton Hall School FCJ Application Forms ... 19 September 2026 Year 6 applicants sit Upton Hall School FCJ Entrance Examination ... 23 September 2026 ... for Applicants who missed the examination on Saturday through illness ... By 23 October 2026 Results”

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