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Lincolnshire 11+

The LCGS shared assessment, school registration and the 220 qualifying standard.

GL AssessmentYear 6 test → Year 7 entry

Official sources checked 28 Sept 2026

HOW TO APPLY

Test registration & school applications

Test registration and your school application are two separate steps.

01 · TEST REGISTRATION

Register for the test

Through your chosen consortium test school

2027 entry registrationSchool registration · spring 2026
Registration & access arrangements

Use the registration process for the school hosting your child’s test. King’s published a 31 March closing date for its 2027 registration.

Confirm whether your primary school arranges registration or you must send a form yourself. Discuss access needs with the testing school.

Official registration details
02 · SCHOOL APPLICATION

Choose your schools

On your home council’s CAF

School application deadline31 October 2026
How do I apply for a place?

Use the Common Application Form (CAF) for the council where you live, including when applying across council boundaries. List schools in your genuine preference order.

Check each school’s admissions policy and any supplementary form. Taking the test does not secure a place.

How to order your schools

TEST FORMAT

Two reasoning tests

The LCGS assessment uses GL verbal and non-verbal reasoning, including spatial reasoning.

TEST 1

Verbal reasoning

Verbal reasoning
What skills are tested?
Verbal reasoning
Recognise relationships between words, letters and information.
TEST 2

Non-verbal & spatial reasoning

Non-verbal reasoning
What skills are tested?
Non-verbal reasoning
Identify patterns, shapes and spatial relationships.

King’s lists sittings on 12 and 19 September. Use the invitation from your own test school for its dates and venue; do not assume every primary-school arrangement is identical.

220

LCGS QUALIFYING STANDARD

Qualification is the academic first step

  • 220 or aboveThe 2027 King’s policy records the common consortium qualifying standard of 220.
  • Standardised scoreThis is not a raw percentage from a practice paper.
  • School prioritiesQualification does not guarantee a place. Each school’s oversubscription rules still apply.

Official guidance: LCGS testing at King’s.

SEPTEMBER 2027 ENTRY

Dates to keep track of

Tests take place in 2026, for children starting Year 7 in September 2027. Follow your invitation for your child’s session.

  1. School-led registration

    Check the hosting school’s deadline. King’s registration closed on 31 March.

  2. King’s published test sittings

    Other school and primary-school testing arrangements should be checked against the child’s invitation.

  3. Test outcomes

    Read the result before completing school preferences. Ask the testing school if the expected notification has not arrived.

  4. Submit your school application

    Name your preferred schools on your home council’s CAF. Send any school supplementary forms separately by their published deadlines.

  5. National Offer Day

    Your home council confirms the school place offered. Read the acceptance and waiting-list instructions in the offer.

Official timetable: King’s 2027 testing timetable. Check the school’s instructions for late, exceptional or additional testing.

THE PRACTICE LIBRARY

Get to know the questions

Official verbal and non-verbal reasoning examples for the consortium assessment.

Start with the official guidanceLocal instructions, sample questions & answer sheets

Focus on interpreting instructions, checking question numbers and explaining pattern or word relationships. General GL packs are not released LCGS past papers.

SCHOOLS & ADMISSIONS

LCGS schools

These schools use the consortium route. Caistor Grammar has a separate assessment and is not included in this shared-test list.

Year 7 intake

14 of 14 schools

Year 7 intake shown · sixth forms may differ

Compare up to 4 schools side by side.

Other local schools · separate tests

BEFORE YOU APPLY

Three school-specific checks

  1. Confirm who registers your child

    The process can involve the primary school or a grammar test centre. Keep written confirmation rather than assuming registration happened.

  2. Read the school’s allocation policy

    Check how qualified candidates are ordered: residence, distance, score and other categories can differ.

  3. Keep Caistor’s route separate

    If considering Caistor Grammar, check its own registration and test information rather than using LCGS dates or scores.

KEEP READING

Help with your next decision

Understanding your result

Read scores alongside eligibility, school priorities and the allocation of places.

Read the guide If your preferred school has no place

Understand the difference between a test result, a waiting list and an admission appeal.

Read the guide

GOOD TO KNOW

A few common questions

Is 220 a guaranteed school place?

No. It is the common qualifying standard recorded in the 2027 LCGS policy. The school’s admissions priorities determine offers.

Is there an English or maths paper?

The LCGS assessment described here uses verbal and non-verbal reasoning, including spatial reasoning.

Do all Lincolnshire grammar schools use the same test?

No. Caistor has separate arrangements. Confirm the route in the named school’s policy.

Where should I register?

Start with the chosen test school and ask whether your primary school handles the process. King’s, for example, publishes its own registration instructions.

OFFICIAL SOURCES

Checked 28 Sept 2026. Follow the current school policy and your child’s test invitation for individual arrangements.