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School 11+

Nottingham High School: 11+ entrance exam

Co-educational independent school in Nottingham.

Nottingham High School · Co-educational independent school · NottinghamAdmissions (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

Nottingham High School’s 11+ entrance test is set by the school itself, taken online and on paper. It tests English, reading comprehension, a piece of writing, maths, verbal reasoning and non-verbal reasoning.

Who sits it. Children in Year 6, for a place in Year 7 in September 2027: sat in January 2027 (inferred).

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. January 2027 Inferred

    For Year 7 in September 2027, sat in Year 6. Inferred: the page does not give this date in so many words. Source Source
    ‘Our main entrance assessments take place in January’; the 2027 date is not published on the pages read. Applications recommended by 1 December (1 November for bursary applicants).

  2. Not yet published

    For Year 7 in September 2028, sat in Year 6. The date is not on the pages read. Source Source
    Not yet published.

What the school says

Who sets it
The school itself. Source Source
How it is taken
Online and on paper. Source Source
What it tests
English, reading comprehension, a piece of writing, maths, verbal reasoning and non-verbal reasoning. Source Source
The papers
English (reading comprehension and creative writing), 60 minutes; Maths, 60 minutes; Verbal and non-verbal reasoning (computer-based), 60 minutes. Source Source
How places are decided
The test and an interview. A selection of students are invited to interview after the tests. Source Source
Practice and familiarisation
Sample papers. Source
Sample papers are sent to applicants two weeks before the exam.
Interview
Yes. Source Source

Sources

Where every line comes from.

  1. Senior & Sixth Form - Admissions Process - Nottingham High School checked 22 September 2026
    The page’s words

    “Our main entrance assessments take place in January, consisting of a verbal and non-verbal Reasoning test done on a computer, a Mathematics paper and an English paper. Following on from this, a selection of students are invited in for an interview”

  2. FAQs - Nottingham High School checked 22 September 2026
    The page’s words

    “Senior School : Your child will sit three exams which include 1 hour of English (reading comprehension and creative writing), 1 hours of Maths, and 1 hour of Verbal & Non-Verbal reasoning (this test is computer-based). ... Sample entrance exam papers are sent to Senior School applicants two weeks before the Entrance Exam.”

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