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Wisbech Grammar School
Wisbech Grammar School’s First Form entry includes CAT4, creative writing, team activities and an interview.
Independent school · Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
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Wisbech Grammar School, Chapel Road, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, PE13 1RH
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Entry information
Wisbech Grammar’s Year 7 (First Form) route includes an autumn Entrance Assessment Event while the applicant is in Year 6. The current policy describes online CAT4 testing in Maths and English, creative writing and group team challenges; the admissions page also specifies an interview. The school accepts later registrations and arranges an assessment where places remain. Its current page gives 10 October as this year’s event without explicitly naming the intake year.
Entry stage: Year 7 (First Form)
What the assessment covers
- CAT4 cognitive assessment
- Mathematics
- English
- Creative writing
Assessment provider: CAT4
The admissions process
- Register with the school; the main Year 7 event is in October/November of Year 6
- Online CAT4 assessment, Maths and English, creative writing and group team challenges
- Pupil interview and current-school evidence as applicable
- Later registrants can ask admissions to arrange an alternative assessment, subject to places
Read the official details: Admissions information from Wisbech Grammar School
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Wisbech’s Year 7 policy includes creative writing and uses the wording “CAT4 tests in Maths and English”. Ask admissions to clarify which assessments are separate subject papers. GL Assessment advises against practising for CAT4.
Read the official guidance: Wisbech Grammar School · GL Assessment
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Before you apply
- The school page lists Saturday 10 October as this year’s event but does not state the year; that date has passed as of 24 October 2026. Contact admissions for a later assessment or the next published date.
Plusling’s guide to Wisbech Grammar School 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 and main entry points Wisbech Grammar School
- Senior Admissions (11+) Wisbech Grammar School
- Admissions Policy (A1), January 2026 Wisbech Grammar School
- Wisbech Grammar School establishment record Department for Education
- CAT4 information for parents GL Assessment
- Contact and location | Wisbech Grammar School Wisbech Grammar School