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St Teresa’s Effingham 11+ entry (ISEB Common Pre-Test)

St Teresa’s School’s 11+ entrance test is built on the ISEB Common Pre-Test, taken online. It tests English, maths, non-verbal reasoning, verbal reasoning and a piece of writing.

Who sits it. Children in Year 6, for a place in Year 7 in September 2027: sat in November 2026.

St Teresa’s School · Girls’ independent school · DorkingAdmissions (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. November 2026

    For Year 7 in September 2027, sat in Year 6. Registration closes 10 October 2026. Source
    Pre-Tests at the current school, or at St Teresa’s on 6 November 2026; all complete by 20 November 2026. Experience Day 12 November 2026; online interviews 14 November 2026; offers w/c 30 November 2026.

  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 November 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
How it is taken
Online. Source
What it tests
English, maths, non-verbal reasoning, verbal reasoning and a piece of writing. Source
The papers
English, 40 minutes, multiple choice; Mathematics, 40 minutes, multiple choice; Non-Verbal Reasoning, 30 minutes, multiple choice; Verbal Reasoning, 25 minutes, multiple choice; Creative writing, a written piece. Source
How places are decided
Places offered after satisfactory completion of examinations and a reference from the current Head; the Headmaster may consider particular attributes. Source
Practice and familiarisation
None published. Source
‘No special preparation is required for the Common Pre-Tests’.
Interview
Yes. Source
Online interviews on 14 November 2026.
What has changed
Moving to the ISEB Common Pre-Tests for 11+ entry in September 2027. 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. Senior School Entry Process - St Teresa’s Effingham checked 22 September 2026
    The page’s words

    “We are very excited to be moving to the ISEB Common Pre-Tests for 11+ entry in September 2027 and 13+ Pre-Test entry in September 2029. All candidates sit the online ISEB Common Pre-Tests during the first term of Year 6 ... The tests comprise English (40 minutes), Mathematics (40 minutes), Non-Verbal Reasoning (30 minutes) and Verbal Reasoning (25 minutes); they are in a multiple-choice format.”

    “All tests must be completed by our deadline of Friday 20th November 2026 either at current schools or at St Teresa’s. All candidates will also need to attend St Teresa’s on Thursday 12th November 2026 for an Experience Day when they will complete a short piece of creative writing ... Online interviews will take place on Saturday 14th November 2026. Offers of places will be made during the week commencing Monday 30th November 2026 .”

    “The deadline for registration for Year 7 entry is 10th October in the year prior to joining, eg if joining in September 2027, the deadline would be 10th October 2026.”

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