Merchant Taylors’ Schools 11+ entrance exam 2027: dates and papers
Co-educational independent school in Liverpool.
Merchant Taylors’ Schools · Co-educational independent school · LiverpoolMerchant Taylors’ 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
Merchant Taylors’ Schools’ 11+ entrance test is set by GL Assessment (inferred from the pages, which do not name it outright), taken online. It tests verbal reasoning, non-verbal reasoning and maths.
Who sits it. Children in Year 6, for a place in Year 7 in September 2027: sat in November 2026.
Places: not published on the pages read.
When it is sat
November 2026
For Year 7 in September 2027, sat in Year 6. Merchant Taylors’ Schools
Exact day and registration deadline not published.November 2027 Inferred
For Year 7 in September 2028, sat in Year 6. Inferred: the page does not give this date in so many words. Merchant Taylors’ Schools
Early November each year per the page; exact day not published.
What the school says
- Who sets it Inferred
- GL Assessment. Merchant Taylors’ Schools
‘Cognitive Abilities Test’ (CAT, GL Assessment’s CAT4 by name), though the school does not name GL. Top 25% then sit the school’s own English and maths at an Academic Scholarship Day. - How it is taken
- Online. Merchant Taylors’ Schools
- What it tests
- Verbal reasoning, non-verbal reasoning and maths. Merchant Taylors’ Schools
- The papers
- CAT: verbal reasoning, 40 minutes, multiple choice; CAT: non-verbal reasoning, 40 minutes, multiple choice; CAT: quantitative reasoning, 40 minutes, multiple choice. Merchant Taylors’ Schools
Format (multiple choice) inferred from the CAT. - How places are decided Inferred
- Places offered in score order. Entry on the CAT; the top 25% of candidates are invited to the Academic Scholarship Day (English, maths, interview). Merchant Taylors’ Schools
- Practice and familiarisation
- Sample papers. Merchant Taylors’ Schools
- Interview Inferred
- No. Merchant Taylors’ Schools
Interview only for scholarship candidates (top 25%).
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, the writing and the interview. 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
The plan works to November of Year 6, a month inferred from the pages; until the school publishes the day for your child’s year, that date is an estimate.
Practice papers
GL-style papers in maths, English, verbal reasoning and non-verbal reasoning; 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).
Not covered
Quantitative reasoning
Remelia does not teach quantitative reasoning.
Sources
Where every line comes from.
- Entrance Assessments, Merchant Taylors’ Schools checked 22 September 2026
The page’s words
“Year 7 Entry: Applicants sit a computer-based Cognitive Abilities Test in early November. This includes verbal, non-verbal, and quantitative reasoning sections, each lasting around 40 minutes.”
“Applicants sit a computer-based Cognitive Abilities Test”
“verbal, non-verbal, and quantitative reasoning sections, each lasting around 40 minutes”
“No preparation is needed, though sample questions are available online.”
“Applicants sit a computer-based Cognitive Abilities Test in early November.”
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