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The Manchester Grammar School: 11+ entrance exam
Boys’ independent school in Manchester.
The Manchester Grammar School · Boys’ independent school · ManchesterAdmissions (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
The Manchester Grammar School’s 11+ entrance test is set by the school itself (inferred from the pages, which do not name it outright), taken on paper. It tests English, reading comprehension, maths, a piece of writing and other sections.
Who sits it. Children in Year 6, for a place in Year 7 in September 2027: sat on Wednesday 13 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.
When it is sat
What the school says
- Who sets it Inferred
- The school itself. Source
The school publishes its own past papers (‘Examination papers are copyright of The Manchester Grammar School’); no external provider is named. - How it is taken Inferred
- On paper. Source
Written papers; English comprehension answered in the boy’s own words. - What it tests
- English, reading comprehension, maths, a piece of writing and other sections. Source
- The papers
- English paper 1, written answers; English paper 2; Arithmetic paper 1; Arithmetic paper 2; Creative writing (Assessment Day), a written piece. Source Source
Timings not published. - How places are decided
- Assessment Day plus entrance exam plus possible school reference; ‘the Assessment Day is an essential part of the admissions criteria’. The school says scoring 50% and over on past papers is ‘well on the way’: a guide, not a threshold. Source Source
- Practice and familiarisation
- Past papers. The practice materials (another website) Source
- Interview Inferred
- No. Source
No interview named; the Assessment Day’s observed lessons and group activities play that role.
Sources
Where every line comes from.
- Year 7 Entry, The Manchester Grammar School checked 22 September 2026
The page’s words
“In January, boys are then asked to attend Entrance Examination Day, on which they will sit two English papers and two Arithmetic papers.”
“On the Assessment Day, boys are taught a Maths lesson, a topic-based lesson, and participate in a series of group activities. They also complete a piece of creative writing.”
- Entrance Exam Papers, The Manchester Grammar School checked 22 September 2026
The page’s words
“Below are links to our Year 7 Entrance Examination past papers.”
Remelia is not affiliated with The Manchester Grammar School or the test providers. All schools and exams
Preparing for The Manchester Grammar School?
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.