Fettes College 11+ and 13+ entrance exams: papers
Edinburgh. 11+: Children in Year 6, for a place in Year 7 in September 2027: the date is not yet published. 13+: Children in Year 6, for a place in Year 9 in September 2029: the date is not yet published.
Fettes College · EdinburghFettes College: 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 test
Fettes College’s 11+ entrance test is set by GL Assessment. It tests verbal reasoning, non-verbal reasoning, spatial reasoning and maths.
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
Not yet published
For Year 7 in September 2027, sat in Year 6. The date is not on the pages read. Fettes College 1
No set date: assessments arranged on receipt of a Registration Form, subject to space.Not yet published
For Year 7 in September 2028, sat in Year 6. The date is not on the pages read. Fettes College 1
What the school says
- Who sets it
- GL Assessment. Fettes College 1
- How it is taken
- Not found on the pages read. Fettes College 1
- What it tests
- Verbal reasoning, non-verbal reasoning, spatial reasoning and maths. Fettes College 1
- The paper
- CAT4, multiple choice. Fettes College 1
‘Does not involve any preparation’. - How places are decided
- The test and an interview. CAT4 plus interview (and a boarding houseparent interview for boarders). Fettes College 1
- Practice and familiarisation
- None published. Fettes College 1
CAT4 needs no preparation. - Interview
- Yes. Fettes College 1
How Remelia helps with the 11+
What Remelia practises for every GL plan, part by part, is on one page; this plan leaves out science and the writing. GL 11+ and 13+: what Remelia practises for 92 exams
Particular to this test
Covered
A reasoning test
Remelia reads the maths this test names as quantitative reasoning, the number part of a reasoning test, which it does not teach. Curriculum maths and English are kept up to the national standard beside the reasoning.
The last fortnight
No month is published, so the plan works to January of Year 6, when most GL Assessment tests are sat: an estimate.
Practice papers
GL-style papers in maths, English, verbal reasoning and non-verbal reasoning; a GL-style spatial reasoning paper; and the maths and English papers that need no exam.
In part
The timed mock In part
Not in this exam’s mock: Quantitative reasoning (Remelia does not teach it); Spatial reasoning question types other than hidden shapes, and folding and punching paper (the real section may set them).
Spatial reasoning In part
Partly taught: hidden shapes, and folding and punching paper. The real section may set other types.
Not covered
Quantitative reasoning
Remelia does not teach quantitative reasoning.
13+ For Year 9
The 13+ entrance test
Fettes College’s 13+ entrance test is set by GL Assessment. It tests verbal reasoning, non-verbal reasoning, spatial reasoning and maths.
Who sits it. Children in Year 6, for a place in Year 9 in September 2029: the date is not yet published.
Places: not published on the pages read.
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. Fettes College 1
General entry: assessed on registration, no set date. 13+ scholarships are assessed in January 2027 for September 2027 entry.Not yet published
For Year 9 in September 2028, sat in Year 8. The date is not on the pages read. Fettes College 1
Not yet published
For Year 9 in September 2029, sat in Year 6. The date is not on the pages read. Fettes College 2
Early Offers: UK candidates can be assessed and offered a Year 9 place from the autumn of Year 6 (a Year 6 child in 2026/27 would enter in September 2029); no set date. They take CAT4 again in Year 8 for setting.
What the school says
- Who sets it
- GL Assessment. Fettes College 1
- How it is taken
- Not found on the pages read. Fettes College 1
- What it tests
- Verbal reasoning, non-verbal reasoning, spatial reasoning and maths. Fettes College 1
- The paper
- CAT4, multiple choice. Fettes College 1
- How places are decided
- The test and an interview. CAT4 plus interview; early offers can be conditional or unconditional. Fettes College 1 Fettes College 2
- Practice and familiarisation
- None published. Fettes College 1
CAT4 ‘does not involve any preparation’. - Interview
- Yes. Fettes College 1
How Remelia helps with the 13+
What Remelia practises for every GL plan, part by part, is on one page; this plan leaves out science and the writing. GL 11+ and 13+: what Remelia practises for 92 exams
Particular to this test
Covered
A reasoning test
Remelia reads the maths this test names as quantitative reasoning, the number part of a reasoning test, which it does not teach. Curriculum maths and English are kept up to the national standard beside the reasoning.
The last fortnight
No month is published, so the plan works to January of Year 6, when most GL Assessment tests are sat: an estimate.
Practice papers
GL-style papers in maths, English, verbal reasoning and non-verbal reasoning; a GL-style spatial reasoning paper; and the maths and English papers that need no exam.
In part
The timed mock In part
Not in this exam’s mock: Quantitative reasoning (Remelia does not teach it); Spatial reasoning question types other than hidden shapes, and folding and punching paper (the real section may set them).
Spatial reasoning In part
Partly taught: hidden shapes, and folding and punching paper. The real section may set other types.
Not covered
Quantitative reasoning
Remelia does not teach quantitative reasoning.
Sources
Where every line comes from.
- Admissions, Fettes College checked 22 September 2026
The page’s words
“Pupils joining the Prep School at age 11+ years, will usually be asked to complete a CAT4 assessment.”
“prospective pupils will meet and have an interview with the Charlie Minogue, Headmaster of Fettes Prep”
“Applications are welcome at any time throughout the year and (subject to availability of a space) assessments will be arranged on receipt of your Registration Form.”
“Students looking to enter Fettes at 13+ will join our Senior School in our Third Form (Year 9/S3).”
“Students wishing to join Fettes via general entry will usually be asked to complete a CAT4 assessment (a Cognitive Aptitude Test which does not involve any preparation) and to meet and have an interview with the Head”
- Early Offers Process, Fettes College checked 22 September 2026
The page’s words
“For those joining Fettes at 13+ from a UK school, conditional and unconditional offers can now be made from the Autumn Term of Year 6 onwards.”
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