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Trent College: 11+ entrance exam
Co-educational independent school in Nottingham.
Trent College · Co-educational independent school · NottinghamAdmissions (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
Trent College’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 English.
Who sits it. Children in Year 6, for a place in Year 7 in September 2027: sat in January 2027 (inferred).
Places: not published on the pages read.
When it is sat
January 2027 Inferred
For Year 7 in September 2027, sat in Year 6. Inferred: the page does not give this date in so many words. Source
The page says the Year 7 entrance exam and interviews are “held in January each year”; Discovery Day in late November. No 2027 date given; applications October to March.
What the school says
- Who sets it Inferred
- GL Assessment. Source
A Cognitive Abilities Test (CAT; GL Assessment’s CAT4 is the usual one, though the page does not name the publisher) and the school’s own English assessment. - How it is taken
- Not found on the pages read. Source
- What it tests
- Verbal reasoning, non-verbal reasoning, spatial reasoning and English. Source
- The papers
- Not found on the pages read: how long it is, how many papers and what kind of questions. Source
- How places are decided
- Holistic decision by the Head on interview, reference and assessment. Source
- Practice and familiarisation
- Nothing found on the pages read. Source
- Interview
- Yes. Source
1:1 entrance interview, in January for Year 7.
How Remelia helps with the 11+
What Remelia practises for every GL plan, part by part, is on one page; this plan leaves out maths, the writing and science. What Remelia practises for GL 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
Spatial reasoning
Remelia does not teach spatial reasoning.
Sources
Where every line comes from.
- Admissions to Trent College | Trent College & The Elms checked 22 September 2026
The page’s words
“Children applying to Trent will take a Cognitive Abilities Test (CAT) and an English Assessment. For Year 7 entry this is held in January each year.”
“Children applying to join Year 7 will be invited to a group “Discovery Day”, usually held in late November.”
“For Year 7 entry the interviews are held in January each year.”
“The Head of Trent College takes a holistic view of each child’s application, using all the information gathered from the interview, reference and assessment to make a final decision on the offer of a pla”
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