School 11+
Royal Grammar School Guildford: 11+ entrance exam
Boys’ independent school in Surrey.
Royal Grammar School Guildford · Boys’ independent school · SurreyAdmissions (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
Royal Grammar School Guildford’s 11+ entrance test is built on the ISEB Common Pre-Test, taken online. It tests English, maths, verbal reasoning, non-verbal reasoning and a piece of writing.
Who sits it. Children in Year 6, for a place in Year 7 in September 2027: sat on Saturday 7 November 2026.
Places: not published on the pages read.
When it is sat
Saturday 7 November 2026
For Year 7 in September 2027, sat in Year 6. Registration closes 15 October 2026. Source
Second interviews 13 January 2027; offers mid-February (Trinity Group date).Not yet published
For Year 7 in September 2028, sat in Year 6. The date is not on the pages read. Source
2028 is the first Year 7 intake to include girls; dates not yet published.
What the school says
- Who sets it
- ISEB Common Pre-Test. Source
- How it is taken
- Online. Source
The Pre-Tests are online; the composition task’s format is not stated. - What it tests
- English, maths, verbal reasoning, non-verbal reasoning and a piece of writing. Source
- The papers
- ISEB Common Pre-Tests, 135 minutes, multiple choice; Composition / creative writing, a written piece. Source
Pre-Tests take ‘approximately two-and-a-quarter hours’. - How places are decided Inferred
- The test and an interview. Source
- Practice and familiarisation
- None published. Source
‘No special preparation is required for the Common Pre-Tests.’. - Interview
- Yes. Source
- What has changed
- The school becomes co-educational: girls join Year 12 from September 2027 and Year 7 from September 2028. Source
How Remelia helps with the 11+
What Remelia practises for every ISEB Pre-Test plan, part by part, is on one page. Remelia for ISEB Pre-Test maths, English and reasoning tests
Particular to this test
The last fortnight
The plan works to November of Year 6; until the school publishes the day for your child’s year, that date is an estimate.
Sources
Where every line comes from.
- Senior (ages 11–18), Royal Grammar School Guildford checked 22 September 2026
The page’s words
“The online ISEB Common Pre-Tests during the first term of Year 6. Age-standardised tests comprise English, Mathematics, Verbal Reasoning and Non-Verbal Reasoning ... An individual interview by current members of staff. A short composition/English creative writing task.”
“Thursday 15 October 11+ Registration deadline ... Saturday 7 November 11+ Entrance assessments held at RGS Guildford test centre ... Wednesday 13 January 11+ Second interviews”
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