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St Peter’s School, York — 11+ entrance assessment (Year 7)

St Peter’s School 2-18’s 11+ entrance test is set by Quest Assessments, taken online and on paper. It tests verbal reasoning, maths, non-verbal reasoning, English, a piece of writing 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.

St Peter’s School 2-18 · Co-educational independent school · YorkAdmissions (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 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 December 2026. Source Source
    January 2027; the exact day is sent to families by letter, not published.

  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. Registration closes 31 December 2027. Source
    January each year; 31 December deadline each year.

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, a month inferred from the pages; 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 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 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
Quest Assessments. Source
How it is taken
Online and on paper. Source Source
Quest computer-based; a separate creative writing paper; a group task.
What it tests
Verbal reasoning, maths, non-verbal reasoning, English, a piece of writing and puzzles and problem solving. Source Source
The papers
Verbal Reasoning (Quest, adaptive), 10 minutes, multiple choice; Maths (Quest, adaptive), 20 minutes, multiple choice; Non-Verbal Reasoning (Quest, adaptive), 10 minutes, multiple choice; Puzzles and Problem Solving (Quest), 15 minutes, multiple choice; Creative writing, a written piece. Source Source
How places are decided
All must ‘pass the school’s entrance assessment’; papers are the major element, subject to a satisfactory confidential report from the current Head; candidates then meet staff. No pass mark published. Source
Practice and familiarisation
An online practice test. The practice materials (another website) Source
Interview Inferred
No. Source
Candidates ‘meet members of staff so that we can learn more about their interests’ — informal, not described as an interview.

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. Apply to The Senior School — St Peter’s School, York checked 22 September 2026
    The page’s words

    “The entrance assessments will include computer-based maths, English and reasoning tests, a creative writing paper and a group task.”

    “The entrance assessments take place in the January of the year of entry. ... The application deadline is 31 December for entry the following September.”

  2. Guidance for the St Peter’s Quest assessment — Quest Assessments checked 22 September 2026
    The page’s words

    “11+ entry 4 subjects over 55 minutes: Verbal Reasoning (10 minutes) Maths (20 minutes) Non-Verbal Reasoning (10 minutes) Puzzles and Problem Solving (15 minutes)”

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