St. Dominic’s Grammar School 11+ entrance exam 2028: dates and papers
St. Dominic’s Grammar School is a co-educational independent school in Stafford. Its 11+ entrance exam is set by GL Assessment (inferred from the pages, which do not name it outright). It is sat in October 2027 (inferred), for Year 7 entry in September 2028.
St. Dominic’s Grammar School · Co-educational independent school · StaffordSt. Dominic’s Grammar School: 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 exam: who sets it and what it tests
St. Dominic’s Grammar School’s 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, maths and spatial reasoning.
Who sits it. Children in Year 6, for a place in Year 7 in September 2028: sat in October 2027 (inferred).
Places: not published on the pages read.
11+ exam dates for St. Dominic’s Grammar School
Saturday 3 October 2026
For Year 7 in September 2027, sat in Year 6. St. Dominic’s Grammar School
October 2027 Inferred
For Year 7 in September 2028, sat in Year 6. Inferred: the page does not give this date in so many words. St. Dominic’s Grammar School
11+ papers, interview and how places are decided: what St. Dominic’s Grammar School says
- Who sets it Inferred
- GL Assessment. St. Dominic’s Grammar School
CAT4: ‘national cognitive assessments’ online covering verbal, non-verbal, quantitative and spatial reasoning (the four CAT4 batteries); the name is not given. - How it is taken
- Online. St. Dominic’s Grammar School
- What it tests
- Verbal reasoning, non-verbal reasoning, maths and spatial reasoning. St. Dominic’s Grammar School
- The papers
- Verbal reasoning, multiple choice; Non-verbal reasoning, multiple choice; Quantitative reasoning, multiple choice; Spatial reasoning, multiple choice. St. Dominic’s Grammar School
Timings not published. - How places are decided
- Sufficient proficiency in the majority of the tests (threshold not published), plus enthusiasm, commitment and behaviour; meeting with the Headmaster and a day visit. St. Dominic’s Grammar School
- Practice and familiarisation
- Nothing found on the pages read. St. Dominic’s Grammar School
- Interview
- No. St. Dominic’s Grammar School
A meeting with the Headmaster about the visit, not described as an interview.
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 October 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; a GL-style spatial reasoning paper; 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); Spatial reasoning question types other than hidden shapes, and folding and punching paper (the real section may set them).
Spatial reasoning In part
Partly taught: hidden shapes, and folding and punching paper. The real section may set other types.
Not covered
Quantitative reasoning
Remelia does not teach quantitative reasoning.
Sources
Where the facts about St. Dominic’s Grammar School come from.
- Admissions, St Dominic’s Grammar School checked 22 September 2026
The page’s words
“The testing is undertaken online and consists of national cognitive assessments, with multiple-choice questions, covering verbal and non-verbal reasoning, as well as quantitative and spatial elements. Candidates must demonstrate a sufficient proficiency in the majority tests, thus allowing access to the curriculum we offer, before a place can be offered.”
“The testing is undertaken online”
“You will be invited to meet with the Headmaster to discuss your child’s visit with us.”
“Our Year 7 admissions examinations take place at our October Open Morning each year. For Year 7 September 2027 entry, the examination will take place on Saturday 3rd October.”
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