Royal Grammar School, Guildford // 13+, Year 9 Entry » Key Details
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Introduction
The Royal Grammar School, Guildford, also known as the RGS, is a selective day school for boys in Guildford, Surrey. Dating back to 1509, this high-performing school became independent in 1977. [1]
The teaching provision covers a wide selection of departments, including art, science, classics, DT, drama, economics, English, mathematics, foreign languages, humanities, music, PE and politics. Encouraging intellectual curiosity, the school successfully combines its grammar school legacy with a breadth of progressive academic opportunities and hence challenges pupils to grow ‘beyond the confines of the curriculum’.
Co-curricularly, RGS maintains the same incentive, which is to maximise boys’ capacity for all-round development. Hence, a broad range of clubs and societies is on offer, including everything from medical society, Model UN and swimming to judo, fencing and chess. The enrichment programme also includes trips and expeditions to far-off destinations such as Cambodia and Nepal, bringing pupils closer to understanding different cultures and moulding them into open-minded, tolerant and forward-looking citizens of the modern world. [2]
Royal Grammar School, Guildford, 13 Plus (13+) Admissions Information
In order to be considered for a Year 9 place, your son should be registered with the school while he is in Year 6. The registration deadline is at the beginning of November. The fee is £100.
A part of the admissions process, RGS will ask for a confidential reference from your son’s current Headteacher. There will also be an interview.
During the first term of Year 6, your son will sit the ISEB Common Pretest. Besides the pretest, he will be asked to complete a piece of English writing (essay).
If his performance is inconsistent with his reference, your son may be invited back to the school for a second interview.
Offer letters are sent out in mid-February (of Year 6), to be accepted by the deadline in March.
Royal Grammar School, Guildford, 13 Plus (13+) Exam Information
Address: High Street, Guildford GU1 3BB
County: Surrey
Admissions info: [email protected] or 01483 880600
School type: Independent day school for boys
Open days: In the Spring and Autumn terms
Exam type / Board: ISEB Common Pretest (and essay)
To join in Year 9, your child will be asked to complete an online assessment called the ISEB Common Pretest, which assesses skills in Maths, English, Verbal Reasoning and Non-Verbal Reasoning. The test provides a universal and standardised measure of attainment, ability and potential.
Royal Grammar School, Guildford, 13 Plus (13+) Exam Format
The ISEB Pretest assessment will cover the following areas:
- English – covers comprehension, sentence completion, spelling and punctuation.
- Maths – measures mathematical ability relative to the national curriculum stage.
- Verbal Reasoning – tests thinking and problem solving with words.
- Non-Verbal Reasoning – assesses thinking with shapes, space, diagrams and pictures.
In total, the four parts of the ISEB Common Pre-test take approximately 2.5 hours to administer and complete. There is no audio component to any of the tests.
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The information in this post was correct at the time of publishing. However, please be aware of future changes. We advise you to contact the school directly if you are unsure of anything. School contact details are provided within the post.
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