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Radley College 13+ entry (ISEB Common Pre-Test in Year 6, assessment day)

Radley College’s 13+ entrance test is built on the ISEB Common Pre-Test, taken online. It tests maths, English, verbal reasoning, non-verbal reasoning and a piece of writing.

Who sits it. Children in Year 6, for a place in Year 9 in September 2029: sat in October 2026.

Radley College · Boys’ independent school · OxfordshireAdmissions (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
  • 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. October 2026

    For Year 9 in September 2029, sat in Year 6. Source Source
    ISEB Pre-Tests in October/November of Year 6. Radley List boys interviewed in the Michaelmas term; Open Entry boys shortlisted for interview in the Lent term of Year 6. Offers in March of Year 6. Register by the start of the Summer Term of Year 5.

  2. Not yet published

    For Year 9 in September 2030, sat in Year 6. The date is not on the pages read. Source 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 the end of Year 5, counted towards the exam; the writing, in part.

  • Maths

    The Key Stage 2 objectives for Years 3 to 5, 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 5, 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 October 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, 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.

  • The interview

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

  • The test itself

    Remelia practises the content, not the ISEB Common Pre-Test’s 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
ISEB Common Pre-Test. Source Source
How it is taken Inferred
Online. Source Source
ISEB Pre-Test is an online test (not stated on the page).
What it tests Inferred
Maths, English, verbal reasoning, non-verbal reasoning and a piece of writing. Source Source
The papers
Not found on the pages read: how long it is, how many papers and what kind of questions. Source Source
How places are decided
The test and an interview. Source Source
Practice and familiarisation
Nothing found on the pages read. Source Source
Interview
Yes. Source Source
Interview with a senior member of staff at the Assessment Day.

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. FAQs - Radley College checked 22 September 2026
    The page’s words

    “Your son will sit the ISEB Common Pre-Tests in October / November of Year 6. ... Boys are shortlisted following pre-test results and invited to come to Radley for an Assessment Day, which consists of an interview with a senior member of staff and a short written exercise. We strongly recommend that boys are not over-prepared for their interview. Results are sent in the March of Year 6.”

    “150 new Shells (Year 9) join each year, with 15-20 boys joining Sixth Form.”

  2. Admissions - Radley College checked 22 September 2026
    The page’s words

    “Our entry assessment starts in Year 6, so we encourage applicants to register with us by the start of the Summer Term of Year 5. ... We are an academically selective school and our assessment reflects this”

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