Lancaster Royal Grammar School 11+: guide for 2028 entry
For boys in Year 5 now, who would sit the entrance tests in the autumn of Year 6 to start Year 7 in September 2028. Dates and format are taken from Lancaster Royal Grammar School's own admissions page, booklet and policy.
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At a glance
- Test date
- Not yet published for 2028 entry. This year's tests were on Saturday 26 September 2026, for 2027 entry
- Application deadline
- Not yet published for 2028 entry. This year it was Monday 7 September 2026 for day pupils
- Tests
- Three: Verbal Reasoning, Mathematics and English. The school does not use Non-Verbal Reasoning
- Format
- Multiple choice, age-standardised, answered on optically read answer sheets
- Pass mark
- The school says there is no fixed pass mark. A minimum standard is set each year
- Places
- 164 day places and 12 boarding places in Year 7, in the 2027 entry policy
- Timings
- Not published by the school
Key dates
For 2028 entry (tests expected in September 2027, going by this year's pattern)
Lancaster Royal Grammar School has not published these dates yet. When we checked, its admissions page, booklet and policy covered 2027 entry. The one later date it gives is its next Open Day for Year 7 entry, on Saturday 19 June 2027.
Source: Lancaster Royal Grammar School: Admissions
This year's dates (2026 tests, 2027 entry), as a guide to the pattern
- Monday 7 September 2026
- Application deadline for day pupils
- Saturday 26 September 2026
- 11+ entrance tests at the school
- Tuesday 6 October 2026
- Results sent to arrive with parents by this date
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The three tests
No non-verbal reasoning
The school's admissions page says: "There are three tests: Verbal Reasoning, Mathematics and English. We do not use Non-Verbal Reasoning." Preparation time is best spent on those three subjects.
What the school says about practice papers
The school points families to GL Assessment's free sample materials. It advises against using practice papers from anywhere other than GL Assessment, and says organisations that charge large sums for practice papers are not associated with the school. Our questions are our own and are not GL Assessment papers.
How places are decided
The school's booklet says there is no fixed pass mark. A minimum standard is set each year. Reaching it does not by itself mean a place: the 2027 entry policy ranks boys who meet the standard by its oversubscription criteria. These start with looked after and previously looked after children, then boys in the priority catchment area (the City of Lancaster), with those eligible for Pupil Premium first, then the wider residual catchment area, then boys living outside it. Some categories include boys scoring up to 5% below the minimum level. Read the policy for the full order.
A quick turnaround
This year the application deadline was less than three weeks before the tests, and results were sent to arrive by Tuesday 6 October 2026, ten days after them. The dates for 2028 entry are not yet published.
Five Lancaster Royal Grammar-style sample questions
These are our own questions, written in the style of the test so you can see the level. They are not taken from any real paper. Tap a question to see the answer and the method.
1. A coach has 53 seats. How many seats are there on 7 of these coaches?
- A) 351
- B) 361
- C) 371
- D) 381
2. What is 45% of 260?
- A) 117
- B) 104
- C) 126
- D) 130
3. Which word is the conjunction in this sentence? We stayed indoors because the rain was heavy.
- A) stayed
- B) indoors
- C) heavy
- D) because
4. Which word is closest in meaning to feeble?
- A) brave
- B) weak
- C) clever
- D) tidy
5. In a code, CAT is written as DBU. Using the same code, how is PEN written?
- A) QFO
- B) QDO
- C) OFM
- D) QFM
What a Year 5 parent can do now
- Put the school's next Open Day for Year 7 entry in the diary: Saturday 19 June 2027.
- Start short, regular practice in verbal reasoning, maths and English now, and look at GL Assessment's free sample materials.
- Check the school's admissions page in the spring and summer of 2027 for the 2028 entry dates. This year the day-pupil deadline was Monday 7 September 2026, early in the autumn term.
How to prepare
- Look at GL Assessment's free sample materials together, as the school recommends.
- Practise verbal reasoning question types until each one is familiar.
- Practise multiple-choice maths and English, marking answers on a separate answer sheet.
- Keep practice short and regular. The school does not publish timings, so do not rely on any one paper length.
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Quick answers
When is the Lancaster Royal Grammar 11+ exam?
Not yet published for 2028 entry. This year's tests were on Saturday 26 September 2026, for 2027 entry.
What is in the Lancaster Royal Grammar 11+ exam?
Verbal Reasoning. Multiple choice and age-standardised. The school does not publish its length or the number of questions. Mathematics. Multiple choice and age-standardised. The school does not publish its length or the number of questions. English. Multiple choice and age-standardised. The school does not publish its length or the number of questions.
When do I need to register for the Lancaster Royal Grammar 11+?
Not yet published for 2028 entry. This year it was Monday 7 September 2026 for day pupils.
How can my child practise for the Lancaster Royal Grammar 11+?
Look at GL Assessment's free sample materials together, as the school recommends.
Sources
Checked 7 October 2026. Schools change their tests, so always confirm dates and details on the official pages below.
- Lancaster Royal Grammar School: Admissions
- Lancaster Royal Grammar School: Admissions Booklet 2027
- Lancaster Royal Grammar School: Admissions Policy 2027
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