Warwick School 11+ Entrance Exam: A Guide for Parents

Warwick School's 11+ entrance exam combines English and Mathematics papers with an online reasoning test covering verbal, non-verbal, English and numerical elements, sat in mid-November of Year 6. It forms the main route into Year 7; the school also runs separate Scholarship Days for pupils invited to sit for an academic scholarship. Registration takes place in the preceding weeks, and current key dates appear on the school's admissions pages.

About Warwick School

The school is an independent day and boarding option for boys, based in Warwick as part of the Warwick Schools Foundation. Boarding starts from age 13, and the school has around 1,244 pupils.

The entrance exam

Warwick sets the English and Mathematics papers itself, while the online reasoning component measures verbal and non-verbal ability together with English and numerical elements; the school does not state which provider supplies this test. The Mathematics paper draws on the Year 5 and Year 6 curriculum, mixing long and short questions of varying difficulty with worded problems and extension questions that apply familiar material to new situations, and the school notes that no trick questions appear. Some candidates are invited to interview as part of the process, with the school publishing the detail of this stage on its admissions pages.

• English: the school publishes full details of this component on its admissions pages.
• Mathematics: tests understanding of the Year 5 and Year 6 curriculum, mixing long and short questions of varying difficulty, worded problem-solving questions and extension questions that apply material to unfamiliar situations, with no trick questions.
• Online reasoning test: assesses verbal and non-verbal reasoning alongside English and numerical elements.

Registration and key dates

Registration for the Year 7 entrance examination usually closes at midday in late October of Year 6, ahead of the assessment itself in mid-November. Scholarship and bursary applicants face an earlier deadline, usually in early October, since candidates for the Scholarship Day and Academic Scholarship Day are shortlisted separately and sit their assessments across two dates later in November. Families receive offers in the week before the school breaks up for Christmas, and the key facts table on this page holds the exact dates for the current admissions round.

• Scholarship and bursary deadline: early October of Year 6
• Registration closes: late October of Year 6, at midday
• Scholarship Day (by invitation): early November of Year 6
• Standard entrance examination: mid-November of Year 6
• Academic Scholarship Day (by invitation): late November of Year 6
• Offers issued: the week before the school breaks up for Christmas
• Entry into Year 7: the following September

Current dates are in the key facts table at the top of this page, taken from the school's own admissions pages below, which remain the reference for each round.

• Entry at 11+
• Key admission dates
• How to apply

Past papers and familiarisation

Warwick has not published past papers or dedicated familiarisation materials for its Year 7 entrance examination, so families should check the school's admissions pages for the latest guidance on preparation. In general, practice for this format benefits from working through timed English and Mathematics papers pitched at the Year 5 and Year 6 curriculum, alongside verbal and non-verbal reasoning exercises that mirror the mixture of question types used in online assessments, since the exam combines subject knowledge with reasoning under time pressure.

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