City Junior School 7 Plus (7+) Exam Guide

About City Junior School

City Junior School at Gray’s Inn Place is the co-educational junior school shared by City of London School (boys) and City of London School for Girls. Children join at 7+ into Year 3 and transfer automatically at Year 7: boys to City of London School, girls to City of London School for Girls.

If you’ve been searching for a ‘City of London School 7+’ or ‘CLSG 7+’, this is it: one shared assessment, one school, run by City Junior School itself. Neither senior school runs a separate 7+ of its own.

Key information for 2027 entry to City Junior School at 7 Plus (7+)

• School type: co-educational junior school, 4 Gray’s Inn Place, London WC1; feeds City of London School (boys) and CLSG (girls) at Year 7
• Round 1 (written): maths, reading comprehension and creative writing, Friday 27 November 2026
• Papers are 25 to 40 minutes each, with breaks between them
• No verbal or non-verbal reasoning paper
• Round 2: practical group tasks and individual conversations, Thursday 7 to Wednesday 13 January 2027
• Registration: opened 1 September 2026, closes noon, Friday 6 November 2026
• Registration fee: £192, non-refundable
• Offers: Friday 22 January 2027, by email
• In-person only; no remote sitting for overseas candidates
• Places for 2027 entry: not published (the founding 2022 cohort was 75, but that figure is historical)

Admissions information for 2027 entry to City Junior School at 7 Plus (7+)

Round 1, on Friday 27 November 2026, is written: a maths paper covering Year 1 and Year 2 topics, a reading comprehension with a short passage and a mix of multiple-choice and full-sentence answers, and a creative writing task that gives children a picture and an opening sentence to continue. Papers run 25 to 40 minutes each with breaks.

Round 2, in the first fortnight of January, is practical: group tasks watched for persistence, flexibility, problem-solving and how children ask questions, plus an individual conversation with each child. Parents fill in a short online form about their child; there is no parent interview. Offers land by email on Friday 22 January 2027.

How can I register my child for the 7 Plus (7+) assessment at City Junior School?

Register on the school’s website between 1 September and noon on Friday 6 November 2026; the fee is £192. The assessment is in person only. The school says it is ‘looking for children with potential and natural ability rather than those who are overly tutored and have been heavily prepped’, which is worth keeping in mind when you plan the autumn.

What is the 7 Plus (7+) assessment format at City Junior School?

Three written elements, no reasoning paper:

• Maths: Year 1 and Year 2 topics
• Reading comprehension: short passage, multiple-choice and full-sentence answers
• Creative writing: continue a story from a picture and a given opening sentence

The creative writing format is specific enough to rehearse in miniature: give your child an opening line and a picture from any book and ten minutes to carry the story on. That, plus comfortable number work and daily reading, covers the whole of round 1.

City Junior School 7 Plus (7+) top tips for your child

• Practise continuing a story from a given first sentence, the school’s exact creative-writing format
• Mix multiple-choice and written-answer comprehension practice, since round 1 uses both
• Keep maths to Year 1 and 2 topics; the school names that range itself
• Round 2 group tasks reward children who keep trying when something is hard: praise persistence at home, not just right answers
• Applying for a boy or a girl makes no difference to the process; it is one shared assessment with automatic transfer at Year 7

How to prepare your child for the 7 Plus (7+) City Junior School assessment

Our 7+ English and maths packs below match the assessed subjects exactly, with full answers for marking together. Used as familiarisation, a paper or two a week from September, they let a Year 2 child walk into Gray’s Inn Place knowing what a paper looks like, without tipping into the heavy prepping the school says it screens against.