Downsend School 11+ entrance exam 2027: dates
Downsend School is a co-educational independent school in Leatherhead. Its 11+ entrance exam is set by GL Assessment (inferred from the pages, which do not name it outright). It is sat in November 2026, for Year 7 entry in September 2027.
Downsend School · Co-educational independent school · LeatherheadDownsend School: Admissions (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 exam: who sets it
Downsend School’s 11+ entrance test is set by GL Assessment (inferred from the pages, which do not name it outright), taken online and on paper. Which parts it tests is not published.
Who sits it. Children in Year 6, for a place in Year 7 in September 2027: sat in November 2026.
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. The pages read point to GL Assessment as its setter (inferred). If the school confirms it, under “Can’t find a school?” you can tick the box for GL Assessment’s test and choose November. Remelia plans for maths, English, verbal reasoning and non-verbal reasoning, with its lighter last fortnight and its end following your choice. Only sittings still available for your child’s year are offered. The plan does not hold this test’s own date, parts or papers.
11+ exam dates for Downsend School
November 2026
For Year 7 in September 2027, sat in Year 6. Downsend School 1
Senior Assessment Days 18-20 November 2026 or 20-21 January 2027 (allocated in booking order); scholarship assessments 21 November 2026. Further round: Senior Assessment Days 20-21 January 2027.Not yet published
For Year 7 in September 2028, sat in Year 6. The date is not on the pages read. Downsend School 1
What Downsend School says about its 11+ entrance exam
- Who sets it Inferred
- GL Assessment. Downsend School 2 Downsend School 1
New pupils are assessed with Cognitive Ability Tests (GL CAT4; the school says elsewhere it uses GL and CAT 4 tests to track progress). Admissions pages do not name the publisher. Earlier note (superseded): Online and paper-based assessment tests; provider and content not named. - How it is taken
- Online and on paper. Downsend School 1
‘online and paper-based assessment tests’. - What it tests
- Not found on the pages read. Downsend School 1
- The papers
- Not found on the pages read: how long it is, how many papers and what kind of questions. Downsend School 1
- How places are decided
- Not found on the pages read. Downsend School 1
- Practice and familiarisation
- Nothing found on the pages read. Downsend School 1
- Interview
- Not found on the pages read. Downsend School 1
Sources
Where the facts about Downsend School come from.
- Admissions | Downsend Private School Surrey checked 22 September 2026
The page’s words
“We run our Assessment Days in November, January and March. These events are designed to be informal, friendly, and exciting days for your child to get to know us ... As part of that process, they will take online and paper-based assessment tests. In 2026-27 our assessments will take place on the following days: ... Downsend Senior Assessment Days (Y7 to Y11): 18-20 November 2026 20-21 January 2027”
“the first bookings received will be registered for the November dates. Once the optimum number for November is reached, bookings will be allocated to January. We aim to make offer decisions within 2 weeks of the assessment day.”
- Our Scholarships Programme - Downsend School checked 22 September 2026
The page’s words
“For new pupils: during academic assessments, pupils will be assessed using Cognitive Ability Tests.”
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