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Royal Grammar School: 11+ entrance exam
Co-educational independent school in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Royal Grammar School · Co-educational independent school · Newcastle-upon-TyneAdmissions (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’s 11+ entrance test is set by Quest Assessments, taken online. It tests maths, verbal reasoning, non-verbal reasoning, English, reading comprehension and spelling, punctuation and grammar.
Who sits it. Children in Year 6, for a place in Year 7 in September 2027: sat on Saturday 16 January 2027.
Places: not published on the pages read.
When it is sat
Saturday 16 January 2027
For Year 7 in September 2027, sat in Year 6. Registration closes 5 January 2027. Source Source
Bursary applications close 23 November 2026. Activity Days 3–4 February 2027 for those invited back; offers 1 March 2027.Not yet published
For Year 7 in September 2028, sat in Year 6. The date is not on the pages read. Source
What the school says
- Who sets it
- Quest Assessments. Source
- How it is taken
- Online. Source
- What it tests
- Maths, verbal reasoning, non-verbal reasoning, English, reading comprehension and spelling, punctuation and grammar. Source
- The papers
- English (Quest, fixed difficulty), 30 minutes, multiple choice; Verbal Reasoning (Quest, adaptive), 10 minutes, multiple choice; Maths (Quest, adaptive), 20 minutes, multiple choice; Non-Verbal Reasoning (Quest, adaptive), 10 minutes, multiple choice. Source
- How places are decided
- Online test, then a number are invited to an informal group activity session; confidential school report. No pass mark published. Source
- Practice and familiarisation
- An online practice test. The practice materials (another website) Source
- Interview Inferred
- No. Source
No individual interview; an informal group activity session for those invited back.
How Remelia helps with the 11+
What Remelia practises for every Quest plan, part by part, is on one page; this plan leaves out the writing and science. Remelia for Quest maths, English and reasoning tests
Particular to this test
The last fortnight
The plan works to January 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 School Admissions, Royal Grammar School Newcastle checked 22 September 2026
The page’s words
“Applicants for Year 7 entry will take part in an online aptitude assessment ... This assessment is taken on a desktop PC at RGS.”
“an online aptitude assessment designed to evaluate their skills in: Mathematics Verbal and non-verbal reasoning English comprehension and literacy”
“Application Submission Deadline: Tuesday 5th January 2027 Year 7 Assessment Day: Saturday 16th January 2027”
- Guidance for the RGS Newcastle Quest assessment, Quest Assessments checked 22 September 2026
The page’s words
“The RGS Newcastle Quest assessment is computer-based. 11+ entry 4 subjects over 70 minutes: English (30 minutes) Verbal Reasoning (10 minutes) Maths (20 minutes) Non-Verbal Reasoning (10 minutes)”
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