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Sherborne School for Girls: 13+ entrance exam
Girls’ independent school in Sherborne.
Sherborne School for Girls · Girls’ independent school · SherborneAdmissions (the school’s website)
Sources checked 22 September 2026; the school’s admissions page is the final word.
13+ For Year 9
The 13+ entrance test
Sherborne School for Girls’ 13+ entrance test is set by Quest Assessments, taken online. It tests verbal reasoning, non-verbal reasoning, English, maths, a piece of writing and the test’s other sections.
Who sits it. Children in Year 6, for a place in Year 9 in September 2029: sat in January 2027 (inferred).
Places: not published on the pages read.
When it is sat
January 2027 Inferred
For Year 9 in September 2029, sat in Year 6. Inferred: the page does not give this date in so many words. Source
13+ candidates are assessed in Year 6: online tests in the autumn term 2026, assessment day January 2027; unconditional offers early February, acceptance by 1 March.January 2028 Inferred
For Year 9 in September 2030, sat in Year 6. Inferred: the page does not give this date in so many words. Source
What the school says
- Who sets it
- Quest Assessments. Source
- How it is taken
- Online. Source
Online tests sat at the current school in the Michaelmas term or at Sherborne Girls; assessment day in person. - What it tests
- Verbal reasoning, non-verbal reasoning, English, maths, a piece of writing and the test’s other sections. Source
- The papers
- Part 1; Part 2. Source
Timings not published. - How places are decided
- The test and an interview. Online assessments, interview and tasks on the assessment day, and a confidential school reference; unconditional offers to girls who meet the entry requirements. Source
- Practice and familiarisation
- Nothing found on the pages read. Source
- Interview
- Yes. Source
How Remelia helps with the 13+
What Remelia practises for every Quest plan, part by part, is on one page; this plan leaves out science. Remelia for Quest maths, English and reasoning tests
Particular to this test
The last fortnight
The plan works to January of Year 6, a month inferred from the pages; until the school publishes the day for your child’s year, that date is an estimate.
Not covered
The test’s other sections
Not practised.
Sources
Where every line comes from.
- How to Apply, Sherborne Girls checked 22 September 2026
The page’s words
“This is our main entry point into Sherborne Girls.”
“Girls will sit the Sherborne Girls online assessments in Year 6 as part of their application. There are two parts to the online tests which have been designed in partnership with Quest: Part 1 - Verbal Reasoning, Non-Verbal Reasoning, English and Mathematics. Part 2 - Problem solving and creative writing.”
“Pupils will also be invited to an assessment day in January of Year 6 where they will have an interview with a senior member of our academic staff and carry out further assessment tasks.”
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