Derby Grammar School 11+ entrance exam
Derby Grammar School is a co-educational independent school in Derby. Its 11+ entrance exam is set by GL Assessment. Its date for Year 7 entry in September 2027 is not yet published (checked 22 September 2026).
Derby Grammar School · Co-educational independent school · DerbyDerby Grammar School: 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 exam: who sets it and what it tests
Derby Grammar School’s 11+ entrance test is set by GL Assessment. It tests verbal reasoning, non-verbal reasoning, maths and spatial reasoning.
Who sits it. Children in Year 6, for a place in Year 7 in September 2027: the date is not yet published.
Places: not published on the pages read.
11+ exam dates for Derby Grammar School
Not yet published
For Year 7 in September 2027, sat in Year 6. The date is not on the pages read. Derby Grammar School
No fixed date: the assessment is arranged after registration; applications accepted year-round.Not yet published
For Year 7 in September 2028, sat in Year 6. The date is not on the pages read. Derby Grammar School
11+ subjects, interview and how places are decided: what Derby Grammar School says
- Who sets it
- GL Assessment. Derby Grammar School
- How it is taken
- Not found on the pages read. Derby Grammar School
- What it tests Inferred
- Verbal reasoning, non-verbal reasoning, maths and spatial reasoning. Derby Grammar School
- The papers
- Not found on the pages read: how long it is, how many papers and what kind of questions. Derby Grammar School
Not published. - How places are decided
- The test and an interview. Pupils must be working at or above expected level; CAT4, taster day and short interview with the Headmaster or Deputy Head Academic. Derby Grammar School
- Practice and familiarisation
- Nothing found on the pages read. Derby Grammar School
- Interview
- Yes. Derby Grammar School
How Remelia helps with the 11+
What Remelia practises for every GL plan, part by part, is on one page; this plan leaves out science and the writing. GL 11+ and 13+: what Remelia practises for 92 exams
Particular to this test
Covered
A reasoning test
Remelia reads the maths this test names as quantitative reasoning, the number part of a reasoning test, which it does not teach. Curriculum maths and English are kept up to the national standard beside the reasoning.
The last fortnight
No month is published, so the plan works to January of Year 6, when most GL Assessment tests are sat: an estimate.
Practice papers
GL-style papers in maths, English, verbal reasoning and non-verbal reasoning; a GL-style spatial reasoning paper; and the maths and English papers that need no exam.
In part
The timed mock In part
Not in this exam’s mock: Quantitative reasoning (Remelia does not teach it); Spatial reasoning question types other than hidden shapes, and folding and punching paper (the real section may set them).
Spatial reasoning In part
Partly taught: hidden shapes, and folding and punching paper. The real section may set other types.
Not covered
Quantitative reasoning
Remelia does not teach quantitative reasoning.
Sources
Where the facts about Derby Grammar School come from.
- How to Apply, Derby Grammar School checked 22 September 2026
The page’s words
“your son or daughter will be invited to complete an entrance assessment (CAT4) and we will arrange a taster day for them in School.”
“All pupils need to be working at or above their expected age and will be required to take the entrance assessment and interview.”
“Your child will also have a short interview with either the Headmaster or Deputy Head Academic.”
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