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Withington Girls’ School: 11+ entrance exam
Girls’ independent school in Manchester.
Withington Girls’ School · Girls’ independent school · ManchesterAdmissions (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
Withington Girls’ School’s 11+ entrance test is set by the school itself, taken on paper. It tests English, reading comprehension, a piece of writing, maths, verbal reasoning and non-verbal reasoning.
Who sits it. Children in Year 6, for a place in Year 7 in September 2027: sat on Friday 8 January 2027.
Places: not published on the pages read.
Remelia and this test
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When it is sat
What the school says
- Who sets it
- The school itself. Source
- How it is taken Inferred
- On paper. Source
- What it tests
- English, reading comprehension, a piece of writing, maths, verbal reasoning and non-verbal reasoning. Source
- The papers
- English (comprehension and essay), 60 minutes, multiple choice and written answers; Maths (basic skills and problem-solving), 45 minutes, written answers; Verbal Reasoning, 50 minutes; Non-Verbal Reasoning, 20 minutes. Source Source
- How places are decided
- The test and an interview. Girls who do well are invited to interview (w/c 18 January to w/c 8 February 2027) with two senior staff; decisions 23 February 2027; reserve list used. Source Source
- Practice and familiarisation
- Past papers. The practice materials (another website) Source
- Interview
- Yes. Source
Sources
Where every line comes from.
- How to Join Senior School, Withington Girls’ School checked 22 September 2026
The page’s words
“Your daughter will take the following papers: English (60 minutes) Maths (45 minutes) Verbal Reasoning (50 minutes) Non-Verbal Reasoning (20 minutes).”
“Entry to the Senior School is by examination and interview.”
- Admissions Policy 2025-26, Withington Girls’ School checked 22 September 2026
The page’s words
“The Mathematics test is set by the Head of Mathematics and marked by a panel of Mathematics and other staff; the English test is set by the Head of English and marked by a panel of English and other staff.”
“written papers in English and Mathematics”
“All candidates (including those from the School’s own Junior School) take a Verbal Reasoning test, a Non-verbal Reasoning test and written papers in English and Mathematics, each of which is in two parts: English: comprehension and essay; and Mathematics: basic skills and problem-solving”
- Admissions Timetables, Withington Girls’ School checked 22 September 2026
The page’s words
“Friday 4th December 2026 Application Deadline ... Friday 8th January 2027 Year 7 Entrance Examination”
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