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Abingdon School: 11+ and 13+ entrance exams
Co-educational independent school in Abingdon. 11+: Children in Year 6, for a place in Year 7 in September 2027: sat in January 2027. 13+: Children in Year 6, for a place in Year 9 in September 2029: sat on Saturday 9 January 2027.
Abingdon School · Co-educational independent school · AbingdonAdmissions (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
Abingdon School’s 11+ entrance test is set by the school itself, taken online and on paper. It tests English, reading comprehension, a piece of writing, maths, verbal reasoning and non-verbal reasoning.
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.
Remelia and this test
Remelia has no exam plan for this test yet, and teaches Key Stage 2 in school order. For a school without a plan, choose “Not sure yet” and Remelia teaches the Key Stage 2 curriculum with no exam date.
When it is sat
What the school says
- Who sets it
- The school itself. Source
- How it is taken
- Online and on paper. Source
Computer-based and handwritten papers; the writing paper is handwritten. - What it tests
- English, reading comprehension, a piece of writing, maths, verbal reasoning and non-verbal reasoning. Source
- The papers
- English reading; English writing (descriptive, picture stimulus), a written piece; Mathematics; Reasoning (verbal and non-verbal), computer-based. Source
Timings not published; international candidates may also sit an English grammar paper. - How places are decided
- The test and an interview. Almost all candidates are interviewed; assessments, interview and reference decide. Source
- Practice and familiarisation
- Nothing found on the pages read. Source
- Interview
- Yes. Source
- What has changed
- Abingdon is moving to co-education: girls may apply for First Year places from 2026 and Third Year places from 2028. Source
13+ For Year 9
The 13+ entrance test
Abingdon School’s 13+ entrance test is set by the school itself, taken online and on paper. It tests English, reading comprehension, a piece of writing, maths, verbal reasoning and non-verbal reasoning.
Who sits it. Children in Year 6, for a place in Year 9 in September 2029: sat on Saturday 9 January 2027.
Places: not published on the pages read.
Remelia and this test
Remelia has no exam plan for this test yet, and teaches Key Stage 2 in school order. For a school without a plan, choose “Not sure yet” and Remelia teaches the Key Stage 2 curriculum with no exam date.
When it is sat
Saturday 9 January 2027
For Year 9 in September 2029, sat in Year 6. Registration closes 30 October 2026. Source
January of Year 6, on a Saturday at Abingdon; exact date sent to registered families in October.Not yet published
For Year 9 in September 2030, sat in Year 6. The date is not on the pages read. Source
What the school says
- Who sets it
- The school itself. Source
- How it is taken
- Online and on paper. Source
Computer-based and handwritten papers; the writing paper is handwritten. - What it tests
- English, reading comprehension, a piece of writing, maths, verbal reasoning and non-verbal reasoning. Source
- The papers
- English reading; English writing (descriptive, picture stimulus), a written piece; Mathematics; Reasoning (verbal and non-verbal), computer-based. Source
Timings not published; international candidates may also sit an English grammar paper. - How places are decided
- The test and an interview. Almost all candidates are interviewed; assessments, interview and reference decide. Source
- Practice and familiarisation
- Nothing found on the pages read. Source
- Interview
- Yes. Source
- What has changed
- Abingdon is moving to co-education: girls may apply for First Year places from 2026 and Third Year places from 2028. Source
Sources
Where every line comes from.
- Entry at 11+ and 13+, Abingdon Senior School checked 22 September 2026
The page’s words
“Entrance assessments are taken in January of Year 6 ... Candidates sit assessments in English, Mathematics and reasoning ... The papers are a combination of computer based and handwritten questions ... Reasoning contains both verbal and non-verbal questions, and again, is computer-based.”
“2029 Entry ... 13+ Entry ... Registration deadline by 30 October 2026 ... Entrance assessments* 9 January 2027 ... Interviews w/c 25 January 2027”
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