Nearly every region now sits GL Assessment — but the subjects tested, exam dates and schools differ by area. Find yours below to see exactly what your child needs, then practise the GL papers that match.
The Kent Test is one of the largest grammar systems in England. All 32 grammar schools use the same GL Assessment paper.
Fully selective county. TBGS (The Bucks Grammar Schools) consortium — one test applies to all 13 schools.
South West Herts consortium covers Dame Alice Owen's, Watford and Rickmansworth schools.
CSSE writes its own English + Maths papers for the Colchester and Chelmsford grammars; the Southend schools run a separate test.
Medway sets its own test — separate from Kent — with a reasoning/maths component plus extended writing.
Slough consortium — Herschel, Langley, Upton Court and St Bernard's Catholic Grammar.
Selective Eligibility Test — one test applies to Wilson's, Wallington, Nonsuch, Sutton High and others.
Now GL Assessment format (switched from CEM in 2023). Covers Beths Grammar, Bexley Grammar and Townley.
Queen Elizabeth's (boys) and Henrietta Barnett (girls) — super-selective, two-stage own tests.
Ilford County High and Woodford County High — GL Assessment papers.
Graveney School — selective places via the Wandsworth test.
Newstead Wood (GL reasoning: VR + NVR) and St Olave's (own two-stage test), both in Orpington.
King Edward VI Consortium — shared GL-style test for the Birmingham grammar schools.
Warwickshire Grammar Schools Consortium (Stratford, Alcester, Rugby) — one GL test for all six schools.
Queen Mary's Grammar and Queen Mary's High — West Midlands (SWW) consortium, moved CEM → GL.
Wolverhampton Girls' High — West Midlands (SWW) consortium GL test.
Adams' Grammar and Newport Girls' High (Newport) — West Midlands (SWW) consortium GL test.
LCGS (Lincolnshire) consortium — GL Assessment used across all schools.
Grammar schools across Gloucester, Cheltenham and Stroud — including Pate's, The Crypt and Sir Thomas Rich's.
Various independent school arrangements — most use GL Assessment.
Trafford consortium — covers Altrincham, Sale, Urmston and Stretford grammar schools.
Wirral consortium — Calday Grange, West Kirby, Wirral Grammar.
Various arrangements — some schools use GL, others set their own. Always check individual school requirements.
South Wilts Grammar (girls) and Bishop Wordsworth's (boys) — both in Salisbury, both run their own admissions tests.
Torquay Boys', Torquay Girls' and Churston Ferrers — one GL consortium test, English + Maths only.
Bournemouth & Poole — four schools share one GL test: Maths, English and Verbal Reasoning.
Colyton Grammar — Quest Assessments test in English, Maths and Creative Writing (no reasoning).
Devonport (Boys & Girls) and Plymouth High — moved to Quest Assessments, English + Maths.
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