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Hutchesons’ Grammar: entrance exam
Glasgow.
Hutchesons’ Grammar · GlasgowAdmissions (the school’s website)
Sources checked 22 September 2026; the school’s admissions page is the final word.
For S1
The entrance test for S1
Hutchesons’ Grammar’s entrance test is set by GL Assessment (inferred from the pages, which do not name it outright), taken online. The school is in Scotland. It tests verbal reasoning, non-verbal reasoning, spatial reasoning and maths.
Who sits it. Children applying for S1 in 2027: sat in January 2027.
Places: not published on the pages read.
Remelia and this test
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When it is sat
What the school says
- Who sets it Inferred
- GL Assessment. Source
The school does not name the test; a computer-based assessment of exactly verbal, non-verbal, spatial and quantitative reasoning matches GL Assessment’s CAT4. - How it is taken
- Online. Source
Computer-based. - What it tests
- Verbal reasoning, non-verbal reasoning, spatial reasoning and maths. Source
- The paper
- Computer-based reasoning assessment (CAT4-style), multiple choice. Source
Timings not published. - How places are decided
- The test and an interview. Meeting plus assessment; outcome notified early February. No pass mark published. Source
- Practice and familiarisation
- None published. Source
No preparation expected. - Interview
- Yes. Source
Informal meeting with a senior leader (stage one).
Sources
Where every line comes from.
- Admissions, Hutchesons’ Grammar School checked 22 September 2026
The page’s words
“Assessments take place in January, for most on Entrance Assessment Day.”
“Following interview and assessment, families are notified of the outcome of your application in early February”
- Entrance Assessments, Hutchesons’ Grammar School checked 22 September 2026
The page’s words
“A computer-based assessment covering: Verbal Reasoning Non-verbal Reasoning Spatial Reasoning Quantitative Reasoning”
“S1 – S2 Entry Applicants complete the same two-stage process: Stage One An informal meeting with one of our senior leaders”
“There is no expectation that children prepare extensively for our assessments.”
“August 2027 Entry Entrance Assessment Day will take place in January 2027.”
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Preparing for Hutchesons’ Grammar?
Start with the four steps: a starting check on the first day, then Key Stage 2 maths and English in school order, whichever school it is.