Rydal Penrhos 11+ entrance exam
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Rydal Penrhos · Colwyn BayRydal Penrhos: 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
Rydal Penrhos’ 11+ entrance test is set by GL Assessment (inferred from the pages, which do not name it outright). It tests verbal reasoning, non-verbal reasoning, maths and spatial reasoning.
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. Rydal Penrhos 1 Rydal Penrhos 2
Policy says dates are on the website; none found on the admissions pages. A Year 7 Taster Day was held in November 2025.Not yet published
For Year 7 in September 2028, sat in Year 6. The date is not on the pages read. Rydal Penrhos 1
What the school says
- Who sets it Inferred
- GL Assessment. Rydal Penrhos 1
‘Cognitive Ability Tests’: very likely GL’s CAT4, but the policy does not name the publisher. - How it is taken
- Not found on the pages read. Rydal Penrhos 1
- What it tests Inferred
- Verbal reasoning, non-verbal reasoning, maths and spatial reasoning. Rydal Penrhos 1
- The papers
- Not found on the pages read: how long it is, how many papers and what kind of questions. Rydal Penrhos 1
- How places are decided
- Main criterion is that the pupil will benefit from the school’s education and contribute to it; CAT and interview for all Year 7–12 candidates. Siblings get priority when places are limited. Rydal Penrhos 1
- Practice and familiarisation
- None published. Rydal Penrhos 1
- Interview
- Yes. Rydal Penrhos 1
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
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; 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); 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.
Sources
Where every line comes from.
- Admissions Policy (April 2026), Rydal Penrhos School checked 22 September 2026
The page’s words
“All candidates for entry to Year 7 up to Year 12 sit Cognitive Ability Tests which are designed to bring the best out of their age group.”
“The main criterion for entry to the school is that pupils will be able to benefit from its balanced and well-rounded education, and will be able to make a positive contribution towards the life of the School.”
“No specific preparation for the entrance assessment is needed”
“The School interviews all candidates for Year 7 up to Year 12 entry as part of its assessment process for each age group”
- Admissions, Rydal Penrhos checked 22 September 2026
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