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Queen Elizabeth Grammar School Penrith
Queen Elizabeth Grammar School Penrith uses FSCE tests based on primary learning through Year 5, with school catch-up enquiries available.
Grammar school · Penrith, Westmorland and Furness
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Meet the school
At a glance
Facts checked
- Year 7 test provider
- FSCE (Future Stories Community Enterprise)
- Future Stories Community Enterprise / QEGS Penrith
- Admissions enquiries
- 01768 864621 · admissions@qegs.cumbria.sch.uk
- Queen Elizabeth Grammar School Penrith
- 2027 entry applications
- Local-authority application and Pupil Premium form: 31 October 2026
- Queen Elizabeth Grammar School Penrith
Ullswater Road, Penrith, Cumbria, CA11 7EG
Plan your approach
Entry information
For September 2027 entry
For September 2027, QEGS uses the FSCE entrance test and a separate local-authority application. The main entrance testing has concluded; the school asks families seeking a catch-up test to contact Admissions. The published local-authority application and Pupil Premium supplementary-form deadline is 31 October 2026.
Entry stage: 11+ / Year 7
What the assessment covers
- English
- Mathematics
- Wider Key Stage 2 curriculum
Assessment provider: FSCE
The admissions process
- Read the September 2027 admissions policy and contact admissions@qegs.cumbria.sch.uk about any catch-up or late-testing request. The school says main entrance testing has concluded; individual eligibility and timing must be confirmed with Admissions.
- Submit the local-authority secondary-school preference application by 31 October 2026. Test registration alone is not a school-place application. If applying under the Pupil Premium priority, return the policy’s supplementary form and supporting evidence by the same date.
- The school’s 2026 format notice lists three papers: Adventure, approximately 60 minutes; Beacon, approximately 40 minutes; and Compass, approximately 35 minutes. Adventure and Compass are multiple choice. Use the official guides for the other response instructions and sample formats.
- FSCE draws on knowledge and skills across Key Stage 2 through the end of Year 5, including English and maths within a wider curriculum. Its QEGS FAQ explicitly excludes non-verbal reasoning. The content and question styles can vary, so the official familiarisation is the best guide to what to expect.
- Discuss access arrangements and provide the requested school or professional evidence directly to Admissions. Meeting the academic standard does not guarantee a place; read the admissions policy for how available places are allocated.
- Offers for this intake are made on 1 March 2027. The school’s policy explains post-allocation testing, waiting lists and appeals. Contact 01768 864621 or admissions@qegs.cumbria.sch.uk for the arrangements that apply to your child.
Read the official details: Admissions information from Queen Elizabeth Grammar School Penrith
Go to the source
Official links for your shortlist
Use the school’s current admissions information to check which sample papers or familiarisation materials apply to your child’s entry year.
Know what to expect
Follow the school’s assessment guidance.
FSCE recommends broad school learning, regular reading, everyday mental arithmetic, problem-solving and imaginative logic games, alongside its free official familiarisation. It says intensive tutoring and hours of past papers or mock exams are unnecessary, and it does not endorse commercial 11+ books or past papers. Use Plusling for general learning and confidence alongside the school’s guidance.
Read the official guidance: Future Stories Community Enterprise / QEGS Penrith · Future Stories Community Enterprise
English
A useful place to start
Read a short passage together. Ask your child to find evidence for an answer and explain unfamiliar words in context.
Build on it with Plusling
Build on that reading with Plusling’s English questions and explanations, then choose a topic to practise again.
Start the 5-question English quizMaths
A useful place to start
Ask your child to explain their method, estimate the answer and check the final calculation. Notice which step needs more practice.
Build on it with Plusling
Use Plusling’s original maths questions and worked explanations to make those next practice sessions count.
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Printable practice for these subjects
Original Plusling papers with space to work and separate answers and explanations.
English papers
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Maths papers
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Keep the practical steps clear
Your application starting points
Use the official links on this page to answer these questions for your child’s entry year.
Check the entry point and eligibility
Confirm the year group, age requirements and any conditions that apply to your child.
Put the right dates in your diary
Note any published registration, assessment, application and offer-response dates that apply to your child’s route. They may be separate steps.
Follow the assessment guidance
Check what the school asks your child to do and whether it recommends any preparation. Use its own instructions and the assessment provider’s advice.
Read the school’s admissions criteria
Check catchment, oversubscription rules and any supplementary form alongside the test registration.
Picture your child’s everyday life here.
An open day is a chance to look beyond the exam. Useful questions to take with you:
- How do you help new pupils settle in and make friends?
- Who can a child turn to when they feel worried or stuck?
- How do you help pupils recover from a setback and discover their strengths?
Know where to focus
Give their preparation a clear direction.
See the topics your child has practised, revisit questions that need another look and choose a focus for the next session. Plusling helps you put your time where it can be useful.
- Topic summaries and practice history
- Choose topics in Focus Practice
- Progress to discuss with the adults helping them
Their next step starts here
Give their 11+ preparation a confident start.
Try Plusling together. Five free questions, useful feedback and a first look at a friendlier way to practise.
Before you apply
- If your child missed the main test, contact Admissions to confirm catch-up eligibility and timing; a late test may be considered after the main allocation.
- Read the full allocation rules and check whether any supplementary information applies to your family.
- Use the current Year 7 FSCE guidance. The CAT4 arrangements in the policy are for in-year entry and are a different route.
Plusling’s guide to Queen Elizabeth Grammar School Penrith is independently written. The school and its admissions authority publish the official arrangements.
Contains government school-register data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Primary sources
- Admissions - Queen Elizabeth Grammar School Queen Elizabeth Grammar School Penrith
- QEGS Penrith admissions policy 2027–28 Queen Elizabeth Grammar School Penrith
- QEGS Penrith entrance test format 2026 for September 2027 entry Queen Elizabeth Grammar School Penrith
- FSCE entrance test FAQs for QEGS Penrith parents Future Stories Community Enterprise / QEGS Penrith
- QEGS Penrith FSCE familiarisation guide for parents Future Stories Community Enterprise
- QEGS Penrith FSCE familiarisation guide for children Future Stories Community Enterprise
- Queen Elizabeth Grammar School Penrith: school details Department for Education
- Queen Elizabeth Grammar School Penrith: official establishment record Department for Education