School 11+ and 13+
Dame Allan’s Schools: 11+ and 13+ entrance exams
Co-educational independent school in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. 11+: Children in Year 6, for a place in Year 7 in September 2027: the date is not yet published. 13+: Children in Year 8, for a place in Year 9 in September 2027: date not yet published.
Dame Allan’s Schools · Co-educational independent school · Newcastle-upon-TyneAdmissions (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
Dame Allan’s Schools’ 11+ entrance test is set by Quest Assessments, taken online. It tests maths, English, verbal reasoning and non-verbal reasoning.
Who sits it. Children in Year 6, for a place in Year 7 in September 2027: the date is not yet published.
Places: not published on the pages read.
When it is sat
What the school says
- Who sets it
- Quest Assessments. Source
- How it is taken
- Online. Source
Taken on a desktop PC at school (read via WebFetch; the site refuses plain requests). - The papers
- English (Quest, fixed difficulty), 30 minutes, multiple choice; Verbal Reasoning (Quest, adaptive), 10 minutes, multiple choice; Maths (Quest, adaptive), 20 minutes, multiple choice; Non-Verbal Reasoning (Quest, adaptive), 10 minutes, multiple choice. Source
- How places are decided Inferred
- The test and an interview. Online assessment, team-building activities and a small group interview with a teacher; references requested. Source
- Practice and familiarisation
- An online practice test. The practice materials (another website) Source
- Interview
- Yes. Source
Small group interviews with a teacher.
How Remelia helps with the 11+
What Remelia practises for every Quest plan, part by part, is on one page; this plan leaves out the writing and science. Remelia for Quest maths, English and reasoning tests
Particular to this test
The last fortnight
No month is published, so the plan works to January of Year 6, when most Quest Assessments tests are sat: an estimate.
13+ For Year 9
The 13+ entrance test
Dame Allan’s Schools’ 13+ entrance test is set by Quest Assessments, taken online. It tests maths, English, verbal reasoning and non-verbal reasoning.
Who sits it. Children in Year 8, for a place in Year 9 in September 2027: date not yet published.
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
- Quest Assessments. Source
- How it is taken
- Online. Source
Taken on a desktop PC at school (read via WebFetch; the site refuses plain requests). - The papers
- English (Quest, fixed difficulty), 30 minutes, multiple choice; Verbal Reasoning (Quest, adaptive), 10 minutes, multiple choice; Maths (Quest, adaptive), 20 minutes, multiple choice; Non-Verbal Reasoning (Quest, adaptive), 10 minutes, multiple choice. Source
- How places are decided Inferred
- The test and an interview. Online assessment, team-building activities and a small group interview with a teacher; references requested. Source
- Practice and familiarisation
- An online practice test. The practice materials (another website) Source
- Interview
- Yes. Source
Small group interviews with a teacher.
Sources
Where every line comes from.
- Seniors Admissions, Dame Allan’s Schools checked 22 September 2026
The page’s words
“Entry to Years 7, 8 and 9 is through an assessment in maths, English, Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning.”
- Guidance for the Dame Allan’s Quest assessment, Quest Assessments checked 22 September 2026
The page’s words
“The Dame Allan’s Schools Quest assessment is computer-based. 11+ entry 4 subjects over 70 minutes: English (30 minutes) Verbal Reasoning (10 minutes) Maths (20 minutes) Non-Verbal Reasoning (10 minutes)”
“The Dame Allan’s Schools Quest assessment is computer-based. 13+ entry 4 subjects over 70 minutes: English (30 minutes) Verbal Reasoning (10 minutes) Maths (20 minutes) Non-Verbal Reasoning (10 minutes)”
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