Saint Nicholas School 11+ entrance exam
Co-educational independent school in Essex.
Saint Nicholas School · Co-educational independent school · EssexSaint Nicholas 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
Saint Nicholas School’s 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, spatial reasoning and maths.
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. Saint Nicholas School
No fixed date published; entry to Year 6 or Year 7 (Middle School runs ages 10-13).Not yet published
For Year 7 in September 2028, sat in Year 6. The date is not on the pages read. Saint Nicholas School
What the school says
- Who sets it Inferred
- GL Assessment. Saint Nicholas School
The four batteries are those of GL CAT4, and the school reports Cognitive Ability Test (CAT) grades; the admissions page does not name the test. Earlier note (superseded): A ‘suite of tests’ in verbal, non-verbal, spatial and quantitative reasoning (the four CAT4 batteries), but no provider is named. - How it is taken
- Not found on the pages read. Saint Nicholas School
- What it tests
- Verbal reasoning, non-verbal reasoning, spatial reasoning and maths. Saint Nicholas School
- The papers
- Not found on the pages read: how long it is, how many papers and what kind of questions. Saint Nicholas School
- How places are decided
- Place confirmed after a successful assessment and a taster day in class. Saint Nicholas School
- Practice and familiarisation
- Nothing found on the pages read. Saint Nicholas School
- Interview
- Not found on the pages read. Saint Nicholas School
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, the writing and the interview. 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 Process | Saint Nicholas School checked 22 September 2026
The page’s words
“Year 6 & Year 7 Entry Applicants are required to sit the assessments, which are a suite of tests that assess a pupil’s abilities in key areas that support educational development and academic attainment - verbal reasoning, non-verbal reasoning, spatial reasoning and quantitative reasoning. A taster day, which is spent in class, will follow prior to a place being confirmed.”
“applicants will be required to sit assessments ... A taster day, which is spent in class, will follow a successful assessment session.”
“Applicants are required to sit the assessments, which are a suite of tests that assess a pupil’s abilities in key areas that support educational development and academic attainment - verbal reasoning, non-verbal reasoning, spatial reasoning and quantitative reasoning.”
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