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Birkdale School: 11+ entrance exam
Co-educational independent school in Sheffield.
Birkdale School · Co-educational independent school · SheffieldAdmissions (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
Birkdale School’s 11+ entrance test is built on the ISEB Common Pre-Test, taken online. It tests English, maths, verbal reasoning and non-verbal reasoning.
Who sits it. Children in Year 6, for a place in Year 7 in September 2027: sat on Tuesday 1 December 2026.
Places: not published on the pages read.
When it is sat
Tuesday 1 December 2026
For Year 7 in September 2027, sat in Year 6. Registration closes 20 November 2026. Source
Candidates sitting at another ISEB centre must finish by this date. Academic Scholarship assessment Tuesday 19 January 2027.Not yet published
For Year 7 in September 2028, sat in Year 6. The date is not on the pages read. Source
What the school says
- Who sets it
- ISEB Common Pre-Test. Source
- How it is taken
- Online. Source
- What it tests
- English, maths, verbal reasoning and non-verbal reasoning. Source
- The papers
- ISEB Pre-Test English, multiple choice; ISEB Pre-Test Mathematics, multiple choice; ISEB Pre-Test Verbal Reasoning, multiple choice; ISEB Pre-Test Non-Verbal Reasoning, multiple choice. Source
Four tests, 2 hours 15 minutes in total; per-test timings not given here. - How places are decided
- Offers to all ‘who have met the academic standard for entry’ on the Pre-Tests; the standard and scores are not published. Source
- Practice and familiarisation
- An online practice test. The practice materials (another website) Source Source
- Interview
- Not found on the pages read. Source
How Remelia helps with the 11+
What Remelia practises for every ISEB Pre-Test plan, part by part, is on one page; this plan leaves out the writing. Remelia for ISEB Pre-Test maths, English and reasoning tests
Particular to this test
The last fortnight
The plan works to December of Year 6; until the school publishes the day for your child’s year, that date is an estimate.
Sources
Where every line comes from.
- Your Admissions Journey, Birkdale School checked 22 September 2026
The page’s words
“register your child for the Common Pre-Tests with ISEB by the above date ... The Common Pre-Tests are online, adaptive tests.”
“the formal offer of a place at Birkdale will be made to all those who have met the academic standard for entry. Please note that we do not provide details of candidate scores in the tests.”
“Friday 20 November Closing date for 11+ Entrance Test, Scholarship/Bursary applications Tuesday 1 December Common Pre-Tests at Birkdale”
- ISEB Pre-Tests, for families, ISEB checked 22 September 2026
The page’s words
“a set of four multiple-choice, adaptive, online tests ... The tests cover English, mathematics, verbal reasoning (VR) and non-verbal reasoning (NVR) and will take 2 hours 15 minutes to complete.”
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