RemeliaSchool 11+ and 13+
Hurstpierpoint College: 11+ and 13+ entrance exams
Co-educational independent school in Hassocks. 11+: Children in Year 6, for a place in Year 7 in September 2027: sat in November 2026. 13+: Children in Year 6, for a place in Year 9 in September 2029: sat in January 2027 (inferred).
Hurstpierpoint College · Co-educational independent school · HassocksAdmissions (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
Hurstpierpoint College’s 11+ entrance test: who sets it is not named on the pages read. It tests verbal reasoning, non-verbal reasoning and a piece of writing.
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
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When it is sat
What the school says
- Who sets it
- Not found on the pages read. Source
- How it is taken
- Not found on the pages read. Source
- What it tests
- Verbal reasoning, non-verbal reasoning and a piece of writing. Source
- The papers
- Not found on the pages read: how long it is, how many papers and what kind of questions. Source
Tests named, not their length. - How places are decided Inferred
- The test and an interview. Source
- Practice and familiarisation
- None published. Source
‘These tests are designed so that pupils do not need to prepare for them’. - Interview
- Yes. Source
13+ For Year 9
The 13+ entrance test
Hurstpierpoint College’s 13+ entrance test is built on the ISEB Common Pre-Test, taken online. It tests verbal reasoning, non-verbal reasoning, maths and English.
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.
When it is sat
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. Source
Pre-tests sat at the pupil’s own school in Year 6 (timing set there); assessment day ‘early in the Lent (Spring) term of Year 6’, taken as January 2027. Offers by end of March of Year 6.
What the school says
- Who sets it
- ISEB Common Pre-Test. Source
- How it is taken
- Online. Source
- What it tests
- Verbal reasoning, non-verbal reasoning, maths and English. Source
- The paper
- ISEB Common Pre-tests, multiple choice. Source
- How places are decided
- The test and an interview. Pre-test results, current school’s view and progress, and informal interviews. Source
- Practice and familiarisation
- None published. Source
Tests ‘designed so that pupils cannot prepare for them’. - Interview
- Yes. Source
Informal interviews.
How Remelia helps with the 13+
What Remelia practises for every ISEB Pre-Test plan, part by part, is on one page; this plan leaves out the writing. Remelia for ISEB Pre-Test maths, English and reasoning tests
Particular to this test
The last fortnight
The plan works to January of Year 6, a month inferred from the pages; until the school publishes the day for your child’s year, that date is an estimate.
Sources
Where every line comes from.
- Prep School Admissions, Hurstpierpoint College checked 22 September 2026
The page’s words
“Assessment days are held in late November of Year 6. Pupils sit Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning tests, which are standardised tests to measure ability and attainment ... pupils will be asked to complete a writing task ... All pupils will have an interview with a senior member of staff”
- Senior School Admissions, Hurstpierpoint College checked 22 September 2026
The page’s words
“Registered pupils looking to join Hurst at 13+ (Year 9) will be asked to sit the online ISEB Common Pre-tests in Year 6 ... Pupils will be invited to an assessment and experience day early in the Lent (Spring) term of Year 6 ... offers are made by the end of March of Year 6.”
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