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Abbey Gate College: 11+ entrance exam
Co-educational independent school in Chester.
Abbey Gate College · Co-educational independent school · ChesterAdmissions (the school’s website)
Sources checked 22 September 2026; the school’s admissions page is the final word.
11+ For Year 7
The 11+ entrance test
Abbey Gate College’s 11+ entrance test is set by GL Assessment (inferred from the pages, which do not name it outright), taken online and on paper. It tests verbal reasoning, non-verbal reasoning, spatial reasoning, maths, a piece of writing, the test’s other sections and a written paper: writing.
Who sits it. Children in Year 6, for a place in Year 7 in September 2027: sat in January 2027.
Places: not published on the pages read.
When it is sat
What the school says
- Who sets it Inferred
- GL Assessment. Source
CAT4: not named, but the four batteries (verbal, non-verbal, quantitative, spatial) are CAT4’s. - How it is taken
- Online and on paper. Source
Reasoning tests digital; writing and maths on paper. - What it tests
- Verbal reasoning, non-verbal reasoning, spatial reasoning, maths, a piece of writing, the test’s other sections and a written paper: writing. Source Source
- The papers
- Standardised reasoning tests (verbal, non-verbal, quantitative, spatial), multiple choice; Writing, a written piece; Mathematics, written answers. Source
Timings not published; format of the maths and writing papers inferred from ‘completed in ink’. - How places are decided
- Places offered in score order. If oversubscribed, places go by ability in the entrance assessments; references and/or interview break ties. References, reports and an interview are part of every application. Source
- Practice and familiarisation
- None published. Source
- Interview
- Yes. Source
How Remelia helps with the 11+
What Remelia practises for every GL plan, part by part, is on one page; this plan leaves out English, reading and science. What Remelia practises for GL maths, English and reasoning tests
Particular to this test
The last fortnight
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
Spatial reasoning
Remelia does not teach spatial reasoning.
The test’s other sections
Not practised.
A written paper: writing
Not practised.
Sources
Where every line comes from.
- Admissions Policy, Abbey Gate College checked 22 September 2026
The page’s words
“Standardised, tests in verbal, non-verbal, quantitative, and spatial ability (completed digitally)”
“b. Writing and mathematics assessments (completed in ink)”
“Abbey Gate College does not release practice papers, but examinations are based on work covered in the Key Stage 2 curriculum”
“c. Interview (in person)”
“The Senior School Entrance Examination takes place in January, for entry into Year 7 the following September.”
- How to Apply, Abbey Gate College checked 22 September 2026
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