Canford School 13+ entrance exam 2029: dates
Co-educational independent school in Wimborne.
Canford School · Co-educational independent school · WimborneCanford School: Admissions (the school’s website)
Sources checked 22 September 2026; the school’s admissions page is the final word.
13+ For Year 9
The 13+ entrance test
Canford School’s 13+ entrance test: who sets it is not named on the pages read. Which parts it tests is not published.
Who sits it. Children in Year 6, for a place in Year 9 in September 2029: sat in January 2027 (inferred).
Places: not published on the pages read.
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When it is sat
Not yet published
For Year 9 in September 2027, sat in Year 8. The date is not on the pages read. Registration closes 31 October 2026. Canford School
Year 8 entrance testing for those registered by 31 October of Year 8 (academic scholarship candidates sit scholarships instead, register by 1 December); date not published.January 2027 Inferred
For Year 9 in September 2028, sat in Year 7. Inferred: the page does not give this date in so many words. Canford School
Second round: assessment day in January/February of Year 7 for those registered by end of July in Year 6.January 2027 Inferred
For Year 9 in September 2029, sat in Year 6. Inferred: the page does not give this date in so many words. Canford School
First round: assessment day in January/February of Year 6 for those registered by end of July in Year 5.
What the school says
- Who sets it
- Not found on the pages read. Canford School
- How it is taken
- Not found on the pages read. Canford School
- What it tests
- Not found on the pages read. Canford School
- The papers
- Not found on the pages read: how long it is, how many papers and what kind of questions. Canford School
Papers not published. - How places are decided
- Three routes: Year 6 assessment day, Year 7 assessment day, or Year 8 entrance tests/scholarships; outcomes at Easter. Criteria not published. Canford School
- Practice and familiarisation
- Nothing found on the pages read. Canford School
- Interview
- Not found on the pages read. Canford School
Sources
Where every line comes from.
- 13+ Entry, Canford School checked 22 September 2026
The page’s words
“Each year, pupils join Canford at 13+ from around 50 different schools.”
“A registration by the end of October in Year 8 will allow your child to be included in our Year 8 entrance testing.”
“Those children who have registered by the end of July in Year 6 will be invited to an assessment day at Canford in January/February of Year 7. Outcomes will be communicated at Easter.”
“Those children who have registered by the end of July in Year 5 will be invited to an assessment day at Canford in January/February of Year 6. Outcomes will be communicated at Easter.”
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