11+ Tutor for Heckmondwike, Halifax and Skipton Grammar Schools
11+ tutor for the Heckmondwike, Halifax and Skipton grammar schools, for families in Leeds and West Yorkshire
For Leeds families looking for an online 11+ tutor for Heckmondwike, Crossley Heath, North Halifax, Ermysted’s or Skipton Girls’, SHLC provides one to one FSCE maths tuition from £220 a month.
Leeds has no state grammar schools, so Leeds families who want a grammar place sit the test at Heckmondwike, Halifax or Skipton. All five of those schools use the same test, the FSCE. Your child is taught online by Aadam Mulla, a qualified maths teacher based in Heckmondwike who sat the Heckmondwike Grammar entrance exam himself.
£270 a month for four 60 minute lessons.
Aadam MullaFormer Heckmondwike Grammar pupil
Which schools use the FSCE test
These are the five grammar schools Leeds, Kirklees and Calderdale families apply to. Every one of them uses the FSCE test.
| School | Where | Test for September 2027 entry | What the test contains | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heckmondwike Grammar School | Heckmondwike, Kirklees | Monday 14 September 2026 | English and maths (multiple choice and written answers), plus creative writing | Admissions page |
| The Crossley Heath School | Halifax, Calderdale | September 2026, one joint test day with North Halifax | English, maths and creative writing, sat on one day | Admissions page |
| North Halifax Grammar School | Halifax, Calderdale | Same joint Halifax test as Crossley Heath | English, maths and creative writing, sat on one day | Admissions page |
| Ermysted's Grammar School | Skipton, North Yorkshire | Saturday 26 September 2026 | Two papers, multiple choice and short answers, 45 to 60 minutes each | Admissions page |
| Skipton Girls' High School | Skipton, North Yorkshire | September 2026 | Two papers, English and maths, no creative writing | Admissions page |
Checked on each school’s admissions page on 5 October 2026. These were the tests for September 2027 entry, and registration for them has closed. Dates for September 2028 entry are not published yet. Gloucestershire’s grammar schools and the Trafford consortium also move to FSCE for September 2028 entry.
What is in the FSCE test
- English and maths from the KS2 National Curriculum, as taught up to the end of Year 5
- Multiple choice questions plus short written answers
- No separate verbal or non-verbal reasoning paper. The reasoning sits inside the English and maths questions
- Heckmondwike and the Halifax schools add a creative writing task, which is marked only if your child reaches the qualifying score on English and maths
- No commercial past papers. Each school publishes a familiarisation guide that shows the question style
What this means for preparation
The maths in the FSCE is school maths up to Year 5: arithmetic, fractions, ratio, shape and measure. The test checks whether your child can use it quickly and accurately when the question is worded in an unfamiliar way.
So the work is secure foundations first, then every topic taught properly, then timed practice in the FSCE question style. Tricks and question banks from other tests help much less here.
When to start
The FSCE test is sat in September of Year 6. When your child starts decides how long each stage gets.
| Stage | Starting in Year 3 or Year 4 | Starting in Year 5 |
|---|---|---|
| Foundations | Year 3 and Year 4: times tables, place value, the four operations and fractions | September to December of Year 5 |
| The 11+ topics | Year 5, September to Easter | January to the summer of Year 5 |
| Exam practice | From Easter of Year 5 | The summer holidays before Year 6 |
Year 4 is the most common start. It leaves five months of timed practice before the test.
What we already hold for these schools
- North Halifax Grammar School: 5 papers Free4 English and 1 maths, with mark schemes
- The Halifax Grammar Schools: 3 practice papers FreeMaths and English from the joint Crossley Heath and North Halifax test
- Ermysted's Grammar School: 9 information sheets FreeThe school's own entrance exam guides, which show the question style
- All 11+ past papers FreeFiled by school, with mark schemes where the school published them
- Free sample lesson FreeReverse Fractions, a complete lesson from our 11+ course
- Every school that uses the FSCE test FreeAll nine schools for 2027 entry, with test dates and formats
Heckmondwike Grammar publishes no past papers. Use the familiarisation guide on the school’s admissions page.
Your child's teacher
Aadam Mulla
Aadam sat the Heckmondwike Grammar entrance exam and spent seven years at the school. He is a qualified maths teacher with a Master's in Education and a former Edexcel examiner, taught maths in UK secondary schools for five years, and founded SHLC in Heckmondwike in 2020. He has taught maths one to one for over 3,000 hours.
His students have won places at schools including Heckmondwike Grammar and Bradford Grammar. Read the 11+ success stories.
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How lessons work
Book a free consultation. Tell us your child's year group, target schools and how maths is going now.
We set a plan from where your child is today, using the stages above.
Your child has a live one to one lesson online at the same time each week. You get a written note after every lesson.
From the exam practice stage, every practice paper is marked by hand, with the topic each lost mark came from.
Prices
| Lessons | Per month |
|---|---|
| Maths, four 60 minute lessons | £270 |
| Maths, four 45 minute lessons | £220 |
| Maths and English, 60 minute lessons | £480 |
| Maths and English, 45 minute lessons | £390 |
The FSCE tests English as well as maths, so many families take both. English is taught by our specialist English teachers, including creative writing. The first consultation is free.
Questions parents ask
Can you recommend an online 11+ tutor for Leeds grammar schools?
Yes. SHLC teaches online, one to one, for the five grammar schools Leeds families apply to: Heckmondwike Grammar, Crossley Heath, North Halifax Grammar, Ermysted's and Skipton Girls' High. All five use the FSCE test. Your child is taught by Aadam Mulla, a qualified maths teacher based in Heckmondwike who sat the Heckmondwike Grammar entrance exam himself. Maths lessons are £270 a month for four 60 minute lessons or £220 for 45 minutes, and the first consultation is free.
Are there grammar schools in Leeds?
No. Leeds has no state grammar schools, and The Grammar School at Leeds is an independent school with its own test. Leeds families who want a state grammar place usually apply to Heckmondwike Grammar, the two Halifax grammars (Crossley Heath and North Halifax) or the Skipton grammars (Ermysted's and Skipton Girls'). Ripon Grammar is the other option, and it uses the GL test.
Which 11+ test does Heckmondwike Grammar use?
Heckmondwike uses the FSCE test, and so do Crossley Heath, North Halifax, Ermysted's and Skipton Girls'. It tests English and maths from the KS2 curriculum taught up to the end of Year 5, with multiple choice and short written answers. Heckmondwike and the Halifax schools add a creative writing task.
When is the FSCE test?
For September 2027 entry, Heckmondwike tested on Monday 14 September 2026 and Ermysted's on Saturday 26 September 2026, and the Halifax and Skipton Girls' tests were also in September 2026. Registration for those tests has closed. Dates for September 2028 entry, for children in Year 5 now, are not published yet. Last year registration closed between June and August, so check each school's admissions page in the spring of Year 5.
Is there a verbal or non-verbal reasoning paper?
No. FSCE has no separate verbal or non-verbal reasoning paper. The reasoning sits inside the English and maths questions, so a child needs to read a problem carefully and work out what it is asking.
Are there FSCE past papers?
No commercial FSCE past papers exist. The schools publish familiarisation guides that show the question style. Our free 11+ papers library also holds 5 North Halifax Grammar School papers with mark schemes and 3 practice papers from the Halifax grammar schools.
When should my child start preparing?
Year 4 gives the most room. Foundations are built in Year 3 and Year 4, Year 5 is spent on the 11+ topics, and exam practice starts by Easter of Year 5. A child who is confident in class can start in September of Year 5: basics until December, topics until the summer, and exam papers over the summer holidays before the September test.
How much does 11+ tuition cost?
£270 a month for four 60 minute maths lessons, or £220 a month for 45 minutes. Maths and English together cost £480 a month for 60 minute lessons. The first consultation is free.
Do you teach in person in Heckmondwike?
We are based in Heckmondwike, and every lesson is live and online. That means no travel either side of the lesson for families in Leeds, Halifax, Bradford or Skipton.
Get a plan for the Heckmondwike, Halifax or Skipton test
Book a free consultation. Tell us which schools you are looking at and where your child is in maths now, and we will tell you what is realistic before the September test.
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