Royal High School GDST 11+ and 13+ entrance exams
Girls’ independent school in Bath and North East Somerset. 11+: Children in Year 6, for a place in Year 7 in September 2027: the date is not yet published. 13+: Children in Year 8, for a place in Year 9 in September 2027: date not yet published.
Royal High School GDST · Girls’ independent school · Bath and North East SomersetRoyal High School GDST: 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
Royal High School GDST’s 11+ entrance test is set by GL Assessment, taken online and on paper. It tests verbal reasoning, non-verbal reasoning, spatial reasoning, maths and a piece of writing.
Who sits it. Children in Year 6, for a place in Year 7 in September 2027: the date is not yet published.
Places: not published on the pages read.
When it is sat
Not yet published
For Year 7 in September 2027, sat in Year 6. The date is not on the pages read. Royal High School GDST 1 Royal High School GDST 2
The timeline page still shows September 2026 entry (registration deadline for Years 5–9 was Monday 17 November); the 2027 date is not published.Not yet published
For Year 7 in September 2028, sat in Year 6. The date is not on the pages read. Royal High School GDST 1 Royal High School GDST 2
What the school says
- Who sets it
- GL Assessment. Royal High School GDST 1 Royal High School GDST 2
- How it is taken
- Online and on paper. Royal High School GDST 1 Royal High School GDST 2
CAT4 online; English writing (format not stated). - What it tests
- Verbal reasoning, non-verbal reasoning, spatial reasoning, maths and a piece of writing. Royal High School GDST 1 Royal High School GDST 2
- The papers
- CAT4 (online), multiple choice, no calculator; English writing, a written piece. Royal High School GDST 1 Royal High School GDST 2
- How places are decided
- The test and an interview. Assessment, interview (three-minute talk) and school reference. Royal High School GDST 1 Royal High School GDST 2
- Practice and familiarisation
- Nothing found on the pages read. Royal High School GDST 1 Royal High School GDST 2
- Interview
- Yes. Royal High School GDST 1 Royal High School GDST 2
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. 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
No month is published, so the plan works to January of Year 6, when most GL Assessment tests are sat: an estimate.
Practice papers
GL-style papers in maths, English, verbal reasoning and non-verbal reasoning; a GL-style spatial reasoning paper; a writing paper; 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); The school’s own written paper (this mock has a writing task of Remelia’s own instead); Spatial reasoning question types other than hidden shapes, and folding and punching paper (the real section may set them).
Spatial reasoning In part
Partly taught: hidden shapes, and folding and punching paper. The real section may set other types.
Not covered
Quantitative reasoning
Remelia does not teach quantitative reasoning.
A written paper: the school’s own English writing (not practised as the school sets it; Remelia prints a writing paper to practise the writing, marked at home by a grown-up)
13+ For Year 9
The 13+ entrance test
Royal High School GDST’s 13+ entrance test is set by the school itself (inferred from the pages, which do not name it outright). It tests English, maths and science.
Who sits it. Children in Year 8, for a place in Year 9 in September 2027: date not yet published.
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. A school without a plan of its own may still have its test under “Can’t find a school?”. Tick it, then choose its school year and month; Remelia plans for that provider’s usual test at the sitting you choose. If it is not there, choose “General 11+ preparation” for the Key Stage 2 curriculum with no exam date.
When it is sat
Not yet published
For Year 9 in September 2027, sat in Year 8. The date is not on the pages read. Royal High School GDST 1 Royal High School GDST 2
Date not published.Not yet published
For Year 9 in September 2028, sat in Year 8. The date is not on the pages read. Royal High School GDST 1 Royal High School GDST 2
What the school says
- Who sets it Inferred
- The school itself. Royal High School GDST 1 Royal High School GDST 2
Own English, maths and science assessments (not named). - How it is taken
- Not found on the pages read. Royal High School GDST 1 Royal High School GDST 2
- What it tests
- English, maths and science. Royal High School GDST 1 Royal High School GDST 2
- The papers
- Not found on the pages read: how long it is, how many papers and what kind of questions. Royal High School GDST 1 Royal High School GDST 2
Papers not published. - How places are decided
- The test and an interview. Assessments, interview and school reference. Royal High School GDST 1 Royal High School GDST 2
- Practice and familiarisation
- Nothing found on the pages read. Royal High School GDST 1 Royal High School GDST 2
- Interview
- Yes. Royal High School GDST 1 Royal High School GDST 2
Interview for all Year 7–10 applicants (timeline page).
Sources
Where every line comes from.
- Admissions Timeline, Royal High School Bath checked 22 September 2026
The page’s words
“Girls wishing to join us in Year 7 from schools other than Royal High Prep School need to take our entrance assessment and will be invited for an interview.”
“Year 7 | CAT4 online test, English writing”
“Girls wishing to join us in Years 8, 9 and 10 are required to sit assessments in English and Mathematics.”
- Senior and Sixth Form Admissions, Royal High School Bath checked 22 September 2026
The page’s words
“Students will be asked to prepare a three-minute talk and bring along something of which they are proud.”
“Girls entering Years 9 and 10 also have to complete Science assessments in addition to English and Maths.”
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