Year 5: expect the tests in summer and autumn 2027.
Start with the shared lessons, then follow your school's route.
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No. Kendrick uses GL Assessment: two papers of about an hour with English, maths, verbal and non-verbal reasoning, all multiple choice. Reading School sets its own FSCE test: four papers that apply Year 5 knowledge across subjects, with multiple-choice, short and written answers and a creativity task.
No. Neither school publishes past papers. Every question here is our own, written in each test's formats.
For September 2027 entry, Reading School's main test was on 16 July 2026, at the end of Year 5, and Kendrick's was on 18 September 2026, in Year 6. Dates for September 2028 entry are not published yet.
About ten minutes a lesson. Three lessons a week covers the course in a month, then practice sets and a mock fill the time before the test.
Yes, for both schools. Kendrick gives places by Priority Area 1, then Priority Area 2. Reading School uses priority postcodes and a wider catchment. The route checker shows where you sit.