School 13+
Wellington College, Bracknell Forest: 13+ entrance exam
Co-educational independent school in Bracknell Forest.
Wellington College, Bracknell Forest · Co-educational independent school · Bracknell ForestAdmissions (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
Wellington College, Bracknell Forest’s 13+ entrance test is built on the ISEB Common Pre-Test, taken online. It tests English, maths, verbal reasoning and non-verbal reasoning.
Who sits it. Children in Year 6, for a place in Year 9 in September 2029: sat in October 2026.
Places: not published on the pages read.
When it is sat
October 2026
For Year 9 in September 2029, sat in Year 6. Registration closes 30 June 2026. Source
Stage 1 October/November of Year 6 (first month given); Stage 2 January/February; offers in March of Year 6. Registration closes 30 June of Year 5.Not yet published
For Year 9 in September 2030, sat in Year 6. The date is not on the pages read. Registration closes 30 June 2027. Source
Registration closes 30 June of Year 5; test dates not published.
What the school says
- Who sets it
- ISEB Common Pre-Test. Source
- How it is taken
- Online. Source
- What it tests
- English, maths, verbal reasoning and non-verbal reasoning. Source
- The paper
- ISEB Common Pre-Test, multiple choice. Source
- How places are decided
- The test and an interview. Pre-test results and head’s reference select for Stage 2 activities and interview. 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 ISEB Pre-Test plan, part by part, is on one page; this plan leaves out the writing. Remelia for ISEB Pre-Test maths, English and reasoning tests
Particular to this test
Maths
The Key Stage 2 objectives for Years 3 to 5, in the order your child’s school teaches them, counted towards the exam.
English
Grammar, punctuation, spelling and vocabulary questions most days, Years 3 to 5, counted towards the exam.
The last fortnight
The plan works to October of Year 6; until the school publishes the day for your child’s year, that date is an estimate.
Sources
Where every line comes from.
- Joining at 13+, Wellington College checked 22 September 2026
The page’s words
“Stage 1 (Oct/Nov Year 6) Candidates sit the ISEB Common Pre-Test, an age-standardised series of tests in English, Maths, Verbal Reasoning and Non-Verbal Reasoning ... Stage 2 (Jan/Feb Year 6) Selected pupils attend an assessment morning or afternoon at Wellington ... Pupils will also be interviewed by a senior member of staff.”
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