Royal Grammar School Newcastle 7 Plus (7+) Assessment Guide

About Royal Grammar School, Newcastle

The Royal Grammar School in Jesmond, Newcastle takes up to 60 boys and girls into Year 3 each year, three classes of 20, making it the biggest 7+ intake in the North East. Its second junior entry point is Year 5, not Year 4.

Assessment is a full day of activities during a two-week January window, with literacy and maths taught and assessed as part of the day.

Key information for 2027 entry to Royal Grammar School, Newcastle at 7 Plus (7+)

• School type: co-educational day school, Jesmond, Newcastle; up to 60 places in Year 3
• Assessment: one day per child within the window 11 to 21 January 2027
• The day mixes activities showing skills, capacity for learning, co-operation and perseverance; literacy and maths are taught and assessed within it
• A report is requested from your child’s current school
• Application deadline: Monday 7 December 2026; fee £40 per application
• Offers: emailed February 2027; £400 deposit on acceptance
• Bursary deadline for Year 3 entry: 23 November 2026, before the application deadline
• A bursary applicant cannot switch to a fee-paying place if the bursary application fails

Admissions information for 2027 entry to Royal Grammar School, Newcastle at 7 Plus (7+)

Apply by Monday 7 December 2026 with the £40 fee; your child attends one assessment day inside the 11 to 21 January 2027 window, and offers are emailed in February. The school requests a report from your child’s current school as part of the file.

Bursaries genuinely exist at Year 3, which is rarer than it should be, but the mechanics need care: the bursary deadline (23 November 2026) falls before the main application deadline, and an applicant for a bursary place cannot convert to a fee-paying place if the bursary is refused. Decide which track you’re on before November.

How can I register my child for the 7 Plus (7+) assessment at Royal Grammar School, Newcastle?

Apply online at rgs.newcastle.sch.uk with the £40 fee by 7 December 2026, or by 23 November if applying for a bursary place. Assessments happen on site; remote sittings are only considered for overseas or exceptional circumstances.

What is the 7 Plus (7+) assessment format at Royal Grammar School, Newcastle?

A full activity day rather than an exam morning: children work through varied activities showing how they learn, co-operate and stick at tasks, with literacy and maths taught and then assessed within the day. The school’s preparation advice is worth taking at face value: ‘No special tutoring is required. The best preparation is straightforward: read widely, stay curious, practise problem-solving in everyday life, and get a good night’s sleep.’

Royal Grammar School, Newcastle 7 Plus (7+) top tips for your child

• Follow the school’s own recipe: wide reading, curiosity, everyday problem-solving, sleep
• Keep literacy and maths fundamentals steady; both are assessed within the taught day
• Sort the bursary decision first; its deadline comes earliest and the track can’t be switched
• Practise sticking with hard tasks; perseverance is explicitly watched
• Book early for a preferred day within the January window

How to prepare your child for the 7 Plus (7+) Royal Grammar School, Newcastle assessment

Our 7+ English and maths packs below keep the two assessed subjects secure with full answers. For an activity-day format like this one, that steady baseline plus the school’s own everyday advice is the entire sensible programme.