Beacon Lights Schools 11+ entrance exam
Co-educational independent school in Halifax.
Beacon Lights Schools · Co-educational independent school · HalifaxBeacon Lights Schools: Admissions (the school’s website)
Sources checked 22 September 2026; the school’s admissions page is the final word.
11+ For Year 7
The 11+ entrance test
Beacon Lights Schools’ 11+ entrance test is taken online and on paper; who sets it is not named on the pages read. It tests reading comprehension, spelling, punctuation and grammar and other sections.
Who sits it. Children in Year 6, for a place in Year 7 in September 2027: date not yet published.
Places: not published on the pages read.
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When it is sat
Not yet published
For Year 7 in September 2027, sat in Year 6. The date is not on the pages read. Registration closes 1 February 2027. Beacon Lights Schools
Registration forms by 1 February for the September intake; the assessment date is not published.
What the school says
- Who sets it
- Not found on the pages read. Beacon Lights Schools
- How it is taken
- Online and on paper. Beacon Lights Schools
A computer-based ability test and written assessments. - What it tests
- Reading comprehension, spelling, punctuation and grammar and other sections. Beacon Lights Schools
- The papers
- Not found on the pages read: how long it is, how many papers and what kind of questions. Beacon Lights Schools
- How places are decided
- The test and an interview. Those who meet the required standard are interviewed; admission is competitive, on overall performance in the assessment and interview. Beacon Lights Schools
- Practice and familiarisation
- Nothing found on the pages read. Beacon Lights Schools
- Interview
- Yes. Beacon Lights Schools
Formal interview with parents for those who meet the standard.
Sources
Where every line comes from.
- Admissions | Beacon Lights Schools checked 22 September 2026
The page’s words
“The assessment is designed to evaluate a child’s academic ability and aptitude and will consist of a computer-based ability test, together with written assessments to determine reading and spelling age. Calculators are not required.”
“Registration forms must be submitted by 1st February for the September intake and by 1st November for the January intake.”
“Applicants who successfully meet the required standard in the entrance assessment will be invited, together with their parents or guardians, to attend a formal inter”
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