Our Lady of Sion School 11+ entrance exam 2027: dates
Co-educational independent school in West Sussex.
Our Lady of Sion School · Co-educational independent school · West SussexOur Lady of Sion School: 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
Our Lady of Sion School’s 11+ entrance test is set by GL Assessment, taken online. It tests verbal reasoning, non-verbal reasoning and maths.
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.
When it is sat
January 2027
For Year 7 in September 2027, sat in Year 6. Our Lady of Sion School
Typically held in January; alternative dates available through the year. Two taster days beforehand.Not yet published
For Year 7 in September 2028, sat in Year 6. The date is not on the pages read. Our Lady of Sion School
What the school says
- Who sets it
- GL Assessment. Our Lady of Sion School
- How it is taken
- Online. Our Lady of Sion School
- What it tests Inferred
- Verbal reasoning, non-verbal reasoning and maths. Our Lady of Sion School
- The papers
- Not found on the pages read: how long it is, how many papers and what kind of questions. Our Lady of Sion School
- How places are decided
- No strict pass or fail: CAT4 results, informal Headteacher interview and school reference considered together. Our Lady of Sion School
- Practice and familiarisation
- Nothing found on the pages read. Our Lady of Sion School
- Interview
- Yes. Our Lady of Sion School
Warm, informal interview with the Headteacher, involving student and parents.
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
The plan works to January of Year 6; until the school publishes the day for your child’s year, that date is an estimate.
Practice papers
GL-style papers in maths, English, verbal reasoning and non-verbal reasoning; 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).
Not covered
Quantitative reasoning
Remelia does not teach quantitative reasoning.
Sources
Where every line comes from.
- Admissions - Sion School checked 22 September 2026
The page’s words
“Senior School (Years 7–11): CAT4 entrance assessment in quantitative, verbal and non-verbal reasoning + interview + school reference ... Entrance assessments are typically held in January, though we are happy to arrange alternative dates throughout the academic year if needed ... The assessment is an online CAT4 test, administered by GL Assessments, which looks at verbal, non-verbal, and quantitative reasoning. There is no strict ‘pass or fail’, we look at the whole picture.”
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