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St Helen and St Katharine 11+ entrance assessment

St Helen and St Katharine’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 English, maths, verbal reasoning, non-verbal reasoning, reading comprehension, a piece of writing and the test’s other sections.

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

St Helen and St Katharine · Girls’ independent school · AbingdonAdmissions (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 test’s other sections
  • 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. Saturday 16 January 2027

    For Year 7 in September 2027, sat in Year 6. Registration closes 30 October 2026. Source
    Taster day with individual meeting with the Head and small-group discussion in October–December of Year 6. Outcome within ten days.

  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, the test’s other sections, 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 test’s other sections

    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 familiarisation link for the online assessments goes to a co-branded Quest Assessments page (questassessments.com/cobranded-independent-schools/st-helen-and-st-katharine).
How it is taken
Online and on paper. Source
Online assessments plus short written papers in maths and English.
What it tests
English, maths, verbal reasoning, non-verbal reasoning, reading comprehension, a piece of writing and the test’s other sections. Source
The papers
Not found on the pages read: how long it is, how many papers and what kind of questions. Source
How places are decided
The test and an interview. Each element (online and written assessments, taster day, Head’s individual meeting) plus a confidential headteacher’s reference is considered by the Head. Source
Practice and familiarisation
An online practice test. The practice materials (another website) Source
Information about the online assessments with familiarisation exercises.
Interview
Yes. Source
The Head meets candidates individually on the taster 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. How to Apply to the Lower School | SHSK | Girls’ School in Oxford checked 22 September 2026
    The page’s words

    “The closing date for registrations for 2027 entry is 30 October 2026. ... The entrance assessment for entry in 2027 will take place on Saturday 16 January 2027 . The entrance assessments comprise a series of online assessments in English, Mathematics, Verbal Reasoning, Non‑Verbal Reasoning, Puzzles and Problem‑Solving, and Creative Comprehension, alongside short written papers in Mathematics and English.”

    “Registered candidates are required to attend a taster day at St Helen’s as part of the entrance assessment process. Taster days take place in the autumn term of Year 6 ... the Head will meet candidates individually throughout the day. ... Each element of the assessment process together with a confidential headteacher’s reference will be taken into account by the Head in order to determine suitability for a place”

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