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Badminton School — Year 7 (11+) entrance assessments

Badminton School’s 11+ entrance test is set by GL Assessment (inferred from the pages, which do not name it outright), taken online and on paper. It tests English, maths and online cognitive reasoning test.

Who sits it. Children in Year 6, for a place in Year 7 in September 2027: sat on Saturday 16 January 2027.

Badminton School · Girls’ independent school · BristolAdmissions (the school’s website)

Checked against the sources below on 22 September 2026. Dates and arrangements change: the school’s own admissions page is always the final word.

How Remelia helps with this test

What Remelia covers, in full

Covered

  • Maths
  • English
  • Reading
  • The last fortnight

Not covered

  • Online cognitive reasoning test
  • The interview
  • The test itself
  • English papers in this test’s style

Each exam plan is dated from your child’s year group: Remelia works to the sitting for the September they start Year 7. For a school without a plan, choose “Not sure yet” and Remelia teaches the Key Stage 2 curriculum with no exam date.

Key dates

When it is sat.

The dates the school has published, in order. Where a day is not yet published, the guide says so.

  1. Saturday 16 January 2027

    For Year 7 in September 2027, sat in Year 6. Registration closes 8 January 2027. Source
    Application deadline Friday 8 January 2027; Year 7 taster day 12 October 2026; first-round outcomes normally early February.

  2. January 2028 Inferred

    For Year 7 in September 2028, sat in Year 6. Inferred: the page does not give this date in so many words. Source

Remelia and this exam

What Remelia covers, and what it does not.

Choose the school when you set your child up, or later in Controls, and this is the plan.

What Remelia covers

Key Stage 2 maths and English to Year 6, counted towards the exam.

  • Maths

    The Key Stage 2 objectives for Years 3 to 6, in the order your child’s school teaches them, counted towards the exam.

  • English

    Grammar, punctuation, spelling and vocabulary questions most days, Years 3 to 6, counted towards the exam.

  • Reading

    From the autumn of Year 5, a weekly reading day: one unseen passage and 9 questions on it, from a bank of 130 passages.

  • The last fortnight

    In the last 14 days before the exam date the plan works to, sessions are shorter and nothing new is introduced. The plan works to January of Year 6, a month inferred from the pages; until the school publishes the day for your child’s year, that date is an estimate.

Not covered

Online cognitive reasoning test, the interview and the test’s own format.

  • Online cognitive reasoning test

    Remelia does not teach online cognitive reasoning test.

  • The interview

    A conversation with the school, which an app cannot practise.

  • The test itself

    Remelia practises the content, not GL Assessment’s own screens, papers or timings: the familiarisation materials, where there are any, show those.

  • English papers in this test’s style

    The printable English practice papers in the parents’ app are in the style of the FSCE test’s multiple-choice paper, not GL Assessment’s own.

The exam

What the school says.

Each line links to the page it comes from. A line marked Inferred is read from the page, which does not say it in so many words; the note under it says how.

Who sets it Inferred
GL Assessment. Source Source
Year 7 candidates sit an English paper, an online Maths assessment and an online Cognitive Reasoning test (Year 7 page, test not named); the school’s Year 9 page names its online Cognitive Ability Test as GL CAT4, so CAT4 is inferred for Year 7. English paper presumably the school’s own. Earlier note (superseded): Own English paper; the online maths and cognitive reasoning tests are not named for Year 7 (the Year 9 page names CAT4).
How it is taken
Online and on paper. Source
English paper; maths and cognitive reasoning online.
What it tests
English, maths and online cognitive reasoning test. Source
The papers
English paper; Online maths assessment; Online cognitive reasoning test. Source
Tests named on the admissions page; minutes and format not published. The maths test is its own, apart from the reasoning (MM-873 validation, 30 Sep 2026).
How places are decided
The test and an interview. Three stages: assessments, a 10-minute interview with the Head or senior staff (prepared talk not required), and school reference. Source
Practice and familiarisation
None published. Source
The school says you cannot revise or practise for the assessments.
Interview
Yes. Source
Short 10-minute interview; video interview for overseas candidates who pass the initial assessments.

Sources

Where every line comes from.

Every page our research read for this exam, with the date it was checked; under each, the words it quoted from it.

  1. Admission for Year 7 (11+) and Year 8 (12+) — Badminton School checked 30 September 2026
    The page’s words

    “Entry to Badminton School as a boarder or a day girl is via our entrance assessments”

    “Candidates sit an English paper, an online Maths assessment, and an online Cognitive Reasoning test which helps us to understand academic potential.”

    “Entrance assessments for entry in September 2027 will be held on Saturday 16th January 2027.”

  2. Admission for Year 9 (13+) and Year 10 (14+) | Badminton School checked 22 September 2026
    The page’s words

    “Cognitive Ability Test Duration: 90 minutes Preparation: Known as CAT4, this is a selection of online tests to determine student’s abilities and likely academic potential.”

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