In Year Admissions

For all In Year Admission enquiries, please send an e-mail to : admissions@loretogrammar.co.uk  

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To view Definitions of a Baptised Roman Catholic, please click here.

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Should you wish to apply for our In Year Entrance Examination during the academic year 2024 - 2025, please send an email to the address shown above. You will need to register your daughter for the relevant In Year Entrance Examination using one of the links for the three dates below.

Loreto is a selective Catholic Grammar School and as such an Entrance Examination needs to be taken. 

Whilst your daughter is welcome to sit the In Year Entrance Examination, the School is fully over-subscribed in all year groups, and you should be aware that even if successful, we will be unable to offer her a place at Loreto Grammar School and her name will be placed on our Waiting List. 

LATE APPLICATIONS CANNOT BE CONSIDERED.

Priority is given to Catholic girls if a place does become available.

We do not accept applications from students currently in Year 10 and Year 11.

Date of Examination	Deadline for Registration
Wednesday 6th November 2024 In year EE for current Year 8 and 9. REGISTRATION NOW CLOSED. Your daughter's original Baptism Certificate should be sent to Loreto Grammar School at the time you register your daughter for the Entrance Examination. Please also supply a stamped addressed envelope for its return. This then completes the registration process.  Please do not send in your daughter's baptism certificate until you have registered her for the examination.	4th October 2024 10:00am
Wednesday 26th February 2025 In year EE for current Year 7, 8 and 9  Registration LIVE from 6th January 2025 Your daughter's original Baptism Certificate should be sent to Loreto Grammar School at the time you register your daughter for the Entrance Examination. Please also supply a stamped addressed envelope for its return. This then completes the registration process.  Please do not send in your daughter's baptism certificate until you have registered her for the examination.  If your daughter was unsuccessful in the Entrance Examination 2023 for Year 7 entry in September 2024, the earliest date she can sit the Entrance Examination again will be in the summer term when she is in Year 7, ie, April 2025.	24th January 2025 10:00am
Wednesday 23rd April 2025 Late Entrance Examination for current Year 6 students  In Year Entrance Examination for current Year 7, 8 and 9 students Registration forms for both the LATE Entrance Examination and the In Year Entrance Examination will be live from 3rd February 2025. The LATE test for current Year 6 - see below for format of the examination. This Entrance Examination is for candidates who DID NOT sit the Entrance Examination in September 2024.   If your daughter was unsuccessful in the Entrance Examination 2024 for Year 7 entry in September 2025, the earliest date she can sit the Entrance Examination again will be in the summer term when she is in Year 7, ie, April 2026. In year EE for current Year 7, 8 and 9 - see below for format of the examination. Your daughter's original Baptism Certificate should be sent to Loreto Grammar School at the time you register your daughter for the Entrance Examination. Please also supply a stamped addressed envelope for its return. This then completes the registration process.  Please do not send in your daughter's baptism certificate until you have registered her for the examination.	21st March 2025 10:00am

The format of the Examination for each year group is as follows;

Late test for current Year 6 - The examination will consist of closed GL tests in Verbal Reasoning and English plus closed school tests in Mathematics. Familiarisation papers can be found for the GL Verbal Reasoning paper and GL English paper on our website.  

Paper order and lengths are: 1) Mathematics: 45 minutes 2) Verbal Reasoning – GL: 50 minutes 3) English – GL: 45 minutes

In Year - Current Year 7 - Closed internal English and Mathematics papers - 45 minutes for each paper.

In Year - Current Year 8 - Closed internal English and Mathematics papers - 45 minutes for each paper and closed internal MFL (Modern Foreign Language) paper - 30 minutes. The MFL task should be completed in the language currently being studied. This may be French, German or Spanish.

In Year - Current Year 9 - Closed internal English and Mathematics papers - 45 minutes length for each paper and closed internal MFL (Modern Foreign Language) paper - 30 minutes. The MFL task should be completed in the language currently being studied. This may be French, German or Spanish.

Please note that dates of the examinations are subject to change.

Please contact the Admissions Team for further information on: admissions@loretogrammar.co.uk