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Magdalen College School 11+ entrance examination

Magdalen College School, Oxford’s 11+ entrance test is set by Quest Assessments (inferred from the pages, which do not name it outright), taken online and on paper. It tests maths, non-verbal reasoning, verbal reasoning, a piece of writing, English, reading comprehension and puzzles and problem solving.

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

Magdalen College School, Oxford · Co-educational independent school · OxfordAdmissions (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

In part

  • The writing

Not covered

  • Verbal reasoning
  • Non-verbal reasoning
  • Puzzles and problem solving
  • The interview
  • The test itself
  • Printable English papers

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. January 2027

    For Year 7 in September 2027, sat in Year 6. Registration closes 31 October 2026. Source
    A Saturday in early-mid January 2027 (date not published); 30-minute interviews for selected candidates afterwards; offers early February.

  2. Not yet published

    For Year 7 in September 2028, sat in Year 6. The date is not on the pages read. 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; the writing, in part.

  • 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 writing In part

    Short timed pieces that a grown-up marks at home with ticks: one a fortnight from the spring of Year 4, one a week from the autumn of Year 5. They practise part of what the exam’s writing asks; they are not its paper, and they are not counted towards the exam.

  • 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; until the school publishes the day for your child’s year, that date is an estimate.

Not covered

Verbal reasoning, non-verbal reasoning, puzzles and problem solving, the interview and the test’s own format.

  • Verbal reasoning

    Remelia does not teach verbal reasoning.

  • Non-verbal reasoning

    Remelia does not teach non-verbal reasoning.

  • Puzzles and problem solving

    Not practised.

  • The interview

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

  • The test itself

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

  • Printable English papers

    The printable practice papers in the parents’ app are maths only.

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
Quest Assessments. Source
The school names no provider, but its ‘Familiarisation for the online tests’ link is Quest Assessments’ taster (app.questassessments.com/public/taster/mcs-oxford), and the components match Quest’s.
How it is taken
Online and on paper. Source
Online tests plus a creative writing paper on paper.
What it tests
Maths, non-verbal reasoning, verbal reasoning, a piece of writing, English, reading comprehension and puzzles and problem solving. Source
The papers
Online maths (adaptive), 30 minutes, multiple choice, no calculator; Online non-verbal reasoning (adaptive), 10 minutes, multiple choice; Online verbal reasoning (adaptive), 10 minutes, multiple choice; Creative writing (on paper), 45 minutes, a written piece; Online English, 30 minutes; Puzzles and problem solving, 15 minutes; Creative comprehension, 20 minutes. Source
How places are decided
The test and an interview. Selected candidates from the test day are interviewed. Source
Practice and familiarisation
An online practice test and sample papers. The practice materials (another website) Source
Online familiarisation questions and an example creative writing paper.
Interview
Yes. Source
What has changed
MCS is becoming co-educational: girls join Year 7 from September 2030. Source

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. Entry at 11+ — Magdalen College School checked 22 September 2026
    The page’s words

    “Session 1 Online Maths Non-Verbal Reasoning Verbal Reasoning 30 mins 10 mins 10 mins Adaptive Session 2 On paper Creative Writing 45 mins Written Session 3 Online English Puzzles and Problem Solving Creative Comprehension 30 mins 15 mins 20 mins Non-adaptive Dictionaries or calculators are not permitted”

  2. Joining a Co-ed MCS — Magdalen College School checked 22 September 2026
    The page’s words

    “girls joining in Years 3 and 4 in the Junior School in September 2027, and in Year 7 in the Senior School in September 2030.”

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