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Loughborough Grammar School: 10+, 11+ and 13+ entrance exams

Boys’ independent school in Loughborough. 10+: Children in Year 5, for a place in Year 7 in September 2028: date not yet published. 11+: Children in Year 6, for a place in Year 7 in September 2027: sat on Thursday 19 November 2026. 13+: Children in Year 8, for a place in Year 9 in September 2027: sat on Tuesday 19 January 2027.

Loughborough Grammar School · Boys’ independent school · LoughboroughAdmissions (the school’s website)

Sources checked 22 September 2026; the school’s admissions page is the final word.

10+ For Year 7

The 10+ entrance test

Loughborough Grammar School’s 10+ entrance test is set by the school itself, taken on paper. It tests reading comprehension, a piece of writing and maths.

Who sits it. Children in Year 5, for a place in Year 7 in September 2028: date not yet published.

Places: not published on the pages read.

Remelia and this test

Remelia has no exam plan for this test yet, and teaches Key Stage 2 in school order. For a school without a plan, choose “Not sure yet” and Remelia teaches the Key Stage 2 curriculum with no exam date.

What Remelia does for any school

When it is sat

  1. Thursday 19 November 2026

    For Year 7 in September 2027, sat in Year 5. Source
    Two sittings: Thursday 19 November 2026 and Saturday 16 January 2027 (first given).

  2. Not yet published

    For Year 7 in September 2028, sat in Year 5. The date is not on the pages read. Source Source
    Not yet published.

What the school says

Who sets it
The school itself. Source Source
How it is taken
On paper. Source Source
What it tests
Reading comprehension, a piece of writing and maths. Source Source
The papers
English comprehension, 40 minutes, written answers; English writing, 30 minutes, a written piece; Mathematics, 60 minutes, written answers. Source Source
How places are decided
The test and an interview. Examination performance carries most weight; school report and interview also count. Source Source
Practice and familiarisation
None published. Source Source
‘We do not supply past or practice papers’.
Interview
Yes. Source Source

11+ For Year 7

The 11+ entrance test

Loughborough Grammar School’s 11+ entrance test is set by the school itself, taken on paper. It tests reading comprehension, a piece of writing and maths.

Who sits it. Children in Year 6, for a place in Year 7 in September 2027: sat on Thursday 19 November 2026.

Places: not published on the pages read.

Remelia and this test

Remelia has no exam plan for this test yet, and teaches Key Stage 2 in school order. For a school without a plan, choose “Not sure yet” and Remelia teaches the Key Stage 2 curriculum with no exam date.

What Remelia does for any school

When it is sat

  1. Thursday 19 November 2026

    For Year 7 in September 2027, sat in Year 6. Source
    Two sittings: Thursday 19 November 2026 and Saturday 16 January 2027 (first given).

  2. Not yet published

    For Year 7 in September 2028, sat in Year 6. The date is not on the pages read. Source Source
    Not yet published.

What the school says

Who sets it
The school itself. Source Source
How it is taken
On paper. Source Source
What it tests
Reading comprehension, a piece of writing and maths. Source Source
The papers
English comprehension, 45 minutes, written answers; English writing, 30 minutes, a written piece; Mathematics, 60 minutes, written answers. Source Source
How places are decided
The test and an interview. Examination performance carries most weight; school report and interview also count. Source Source
Practice and familiarisation
None published. Source Source
‘We do not supply past or practice papers’.
Interview
Yes. Source Source

13+ For Year 9

The 13+ entrance test

Loughborough Grammar School’s 13+ entrance test is set by the school itself, taken on paper. It tests reading comprehension, a piece of writing and maths.

Who sits it. Children in Year 8, for a place in Year 9 in September 2027: sat on Tuesday 19 January 2027.

Places: not published on the pages read.

Remelia and this test

Remelia has no exam plan for this test yet, and teaches Key Stage 2 in school order. For a school without a plan, choose “Not sure yet” and Remelia teaches the Key Stage 2 curriculum with no exam date.

What Remelia does for any school

When it is sat

  1. Tuesday 19 January 2027

    For Year 9 in September 2027, sat in Year 8. Source

  2. Not yet published

    For Year 9 in September 2028, sat in Year 8. The date is not on the pages read. Source Source
    Not yet published.

What the school says

Who sets it
The school itself. Source Source
How it is taken
On paper. Source Source
What it tests
Reading comprehension, a piece of writing and maths. Source Source
The papers
English comprehension, 45 minutes, written answers; English writing, 30 minutes, a written piece; Mathematics, 60 minutes, written answers. Source Source
How places are decided Inferred
Places offered in score order. No pass mark published; places offered on the assessment as a whole. Source Source
Inferred: the school publishes no threshold and selects competitively among applicants.
Practice and familiarisation
Nothing found on the pages read. Source Source
Interview
Yes. Source Source

Sources

Where every line comes from.

  1. Entrance Examinations, Loughborough Grammar School checked 22 September 2026
    The page’s words

    “Entry at Year 9 (13+) can be via the Independent Schools Common Entrance Examination, held in June each year, or via our own entry procedure ... English ... Comprehension (45 minutes). Writing ... (30 minutes). Mathematics The exam, which lasts 60 minutes, will be based on topics in the National Curriculum at Key Stage 3.”

  2. Admissions, Loughborough Grammar School checked 22 September 2026
    The page’s words

    “Years 6 – 7 2027/28 Entrance Examinations will be held on Thursday, 19 November 2026 and Saturday, 16 January 2027. Years 8 – 10 2027/28 Entrance Examinations will be held on Tuesday, 19 January 2027.”

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