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Oundle School: 11+ and 13+ entrance exams

Co-educational independent school in Northamptonshire. 11+: Children in Year 6, for a place in Year 7 in September 2027: sat in January 2027. 13+: Children in Year 8, for a place in Year 9 in September 2027: sat from Monday 7 June 2027.

Oundle School · Co-educational independent school · NorthamptonshireAdmissions (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

Oundle School’s 11+ entrance test is set by the school itself. It tests maths, English, 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.

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

    For Year 7 in September 2027, sat in Year 6. Registration closes 2 November 2026. Source Source
    The dates sheet lists Friday 8 January 2027 (9am–6.30pm, overnight stay for boarding candidates) and Saturday 9 January 2027 (activity morning for all candidates); which is the written exam is ambiguous in the sheet’s text.

  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
Not found on the pages read. Source Source
What it tests Inferred
Maths, English, verbal reasoning and non-verbal reasoning. Source
The papers
Not found on the pages read: how long it is, how many papers and what kind of questions. Source Source
Paper split and timings not published.
How places are decided Inferred
Places offered in score order. No pass mark published; places offered on the assessment as a whole. Source Source
Inferred: the school publishes no threshold and selects competitively among applicants.
Practice and familiarisation
Nothing found on the pages read. Source Source
Interview
Yes. Source

13+ For Year 9

The 13+ entrance test

Oundle School’s 13+ entrance test is set by ISEB Common Entrance, taken on paper. It tests maths, English, science and other sections.

Who sits it. Children in Year 8, for a place in Year 9 in September 2027: sat from Monday 7 June 2027.

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. Monday 7 June 2027

    For Year 9 in September 2027, sat in Year 8. Source Source
    Common Entrance week commencing 7 June 2027 at prep schools; Oundle Entrance (non-CE) Thursday 12 November 2026 or Thursday 14 January 2027.

  2. Not yet published

    For Year 9 in September 2028, sat in Year 8. The date is not on the pages read. Source Source
    Not yet published.

What the school says

Who sets it
ISEB Common Entrance. Source Source
How it is taken
On paper. Source Source
What it tests
Maths, English, science and other sections. Source Source
The papers
Not found on the pages read: how long it is, how many papers and what kind of questions. Source Source
Paper split and timings not published.
How places are decided
Most places offered from the spring of Year 6 on school report and reference, confirmed through Common Entrance or the Oundle Entrance in Year 8. Source Source
Practice and familiarisation
Past papers. The practice materials (another website) Source
Interview
Yes. Source Source

Sources

Where every line comes from.

  1. 11+ Entry, Oundle School checked 22 September 2026
    The page’s words

    “Children sitting the 11+ Entrance Examination take papers in Mathematics, English and a Cognitive Ability Test. Those sitting the papers at Oundle have an informal interview ... The closing date for registration is Monday 2 November 2026”

  2. Dates of Scholarships and Entrance Examinations 2027 entry, Oundle School checked 22 September 2026
    The page’s words

    “11+ ENTRANCE EXAMINATIONS SCHOLARSHIPS Closing Date: Monday 2 November 2026 Assessment Date: Saturday 9 January 2027 Assessment Date: Friday 8 January 2027 (9am - 6.30pm) plus overnight stay for boarding candidates ... Non Common Entrance Examinations: Thursday 12 November 2026 or Thursday 14 January 2027, Great Hall Common Entrance: w/c Monday 7 June 2027 at prep schools”

  3. 13+ Entry, Oundle School checked 22 September 2026
    The page’s words

    “For pupils joining Oundle at 13+ from a UK school, entrance is through Common Entrance, sat in June of Year 8. For those at a UK School which does not offer Common Entrance, candidates will sit the Oundle Entrance, our own assessment, in January of Year 8. This consists of an informal interview alongside a Cognitive Ability Test and papers in Mathematics, English, Science and normally a Modern Foreign Language.”

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