Torbay's three grammar schools share one GL Assessment consortium test — English and Maths only — so a child sits it once for all three.
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Explore Adaptive →Torbay's three grammar schools run a single shared GL Assessment consortium exam, so one sitting counts for all of them. The test is two multiple-choice papers — English and Maths, each around 50 minutes — taken on the same day with a short break between.
Verbal and non-verbal reasoning are not tested, even though GL Assessment offers those papers for other regions. There is no fixed pass mark; the highest-scoring candidates who meet the qualifying standard are offered places.
The Torbay Grammar Schools' Consortium — One shared GL Assessment test used by all three schools; unusually, only English and Maths are tested (no reasoning).
No — the Torbay consortium tests only English and Maths, despite GL Assessment offering reasoning papers elsewhere.
Yes — Churston Ferrers, Torquay Boys' and Torquay Girls' share the same GL Assessment paper on the same day, so a child sits it once.
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