Remelia
Open the app
Menu

School 11+

Gad’s Hill School: 11+ entrance exam

Co-educational independent school in Rochester.

Gad’s Hill School · Co-educational independent school · RochesterAdmissions (the school’s website)

Sources checked 22 September 2026; the school’s admissions page is the final word. By Misheli Ltd. How we research

11+ For Year 7

The 11+ entrance test

Gad’s Hill School’s 11+ entrance test is set by the school itself (inferred from the pages, which do not name it outright). It tests English and maths.

Who sits it. Children in Year 6, for a place in Year 7 in September 2027: sat in September 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. For a school without a plan, choose “Not sure yet” and Remelia teaches the Key Stage 2 curriculum with no exam date.

What Remelia does for any school

When it is sat

  1. September 2026

    For Year 7 in September 2027, sat in Year 6. Registration closes 31 August 2026. Source Source
    Exam held in September of Year 6; registration closes 31 August; registration for 2027 entry stated as closed.

What the school says

Who sets it Inferred
The school itself. Source Source
School’s own exam, described as similar to the Kent and Medway 11+ tests.
How it is taken
Not found on the pages read. Source Source
What it tests
English and maths. Source Source
The papers
Not found on the pages read: how long it is, how many papers and what kind of questions. Source Source
How places are decided
High academic ability may lead to offer of a Year 7 place with a scholarship; existing pupils have priority for places. Source Source
Practice and familiarisation
Nothing found on the pages read. Source Source
Interview
Not found on the pages read. Source Source

Sources

Where every line comes from.

  1. Admissions | Private School Kent | Gad’s Hill School checked 22 September 2026
    The page’s words

    “External applications are processed in order of date and time of registration with the exception of Upper Shell (Year 7) where we encourage applicants to sit our annual Charles Dickens Scholarship examination.”

  2. Scholarships | Private School Kent | Gad’s Hill School checked 22 September 2026
    The page’s words

    “The Charles Dickens Scholarship Examination is similar to the Kent and Medway 11+ tests and students are tested in English and mathematics. Students who show a high academic ability may subsequently be offered a place in our Upper Shell year group (Year 7) ... Registration opens in the Summer of Year 5 and closes on 31st August with the exam being held at Gad’s Hill School in September of Year 6.”

    “Please note that registration for the Charles Dickens Scholarship Award Examination for entry Autumn 2027 has now CLOSED.”

Remelia is not affiliated with Gad’s Hill School or the test providers. All schools and exams

Preparing for Gad’s Hill School?

Start with the four steps: a starting check on the first day, then Key Stage 2 maths and English in school order, whichever school it is.

Get startedHow it works