St Mary’s School for Girls 11+ entrance exam 2027: dates
St Mary’s School for Girls is a girls’ independent school in Colchester. Its 11+ entrance exam is sat on Saturday 14 November 2026, for Year 7 entry in September 2027. Who sets it is not named on the pages read (checked 22 September 2026).
St Mary’s School for Girls · Girls’ independent school · ColchesterSt Mary’s School for Girls: 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 exam: what it tests
St Mary’s School for Girls’ 11+ entrance test is taken online; who sets it is not named on the pages read. It tests English, maths, non-verbal reasoning and verbal reasoning.
Who sits it. Children in Year 6, for a place in Year 7 in September 2027: sat on Saturday 14 November 2026.
Places: not published on the pages read.
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11+ exam dates for St Mary’s School for Girls
Saturday 14 November 2026
For Year 7 in September 2027, sat in Year 6. Registration closes 1 November 2026. St Mary’s School for Girls
Offers of places follow in December (17 December in the 2026-entry timeline).
11+ subjects, interview and how places are decided: what St Mary’s School for Girls says
- Who sets it
- Not found on the pages read. St Mary’s School for Girls
- How it is taken
- Online. St Mary’s School for Girls
An online entrance assessment. - What it tests
- English, maths, non-verbal reasoning and verbal reasoning. St Mary’s School for Girls
- The papers
- Not found on the pages read: how long it is, how many papers and what kind of questions. St Mary’s School for Girls
- How places are decided
- The test and an interview. The school calls itself non-selective, but the assessment is used to gauge suitability (and for setting); linked under the Abbot’s Hill convention. St Mary’s School for Girls
- Practice and familiarisation
- Nothing found on the pages read. St Mary’s School for Girls
- Interview
- Yes. St Mary’s School for Girls
All candidates interviewed by the Principal.
Sources
Where the facts about St Mary’s School for Girls come from.
- Admissions process | St Mary’s School Colchester checked 22 September 2026
The page’s words
“Saturday 14 November 2026: Entrance assessments, interviews and SPORTS Scholarship assessment The online entrance assessment consists of English, Mathematics, Non-Verbal and Verbal Reasoning. St Mary’s is a non-selective school, but the entrance assessment allows our staff the opportunity to gauge the suitability of the school for the prospective pupil and is also used to help with setting in Year 7.”
“Sunday 1 November 2026: Deadline for registering to secure your daughter’s entrance assessment and interview slot on Saturday 14 November, and to apply for scholarships”
“All candidates are also interviewed by St Mary’s Principal.”
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