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Thousands of practice questions and up to 6 mock papers, all in the exact Farnborough Hill 11+ format, on one simple plan. It starts with a free diagnostic.
Farnborough Hill
Farnborough Hill is an independent Catholic day school for girls in Hampshire that admits pupils into Year 7 through a two-stage 11+ process. The entrance assessment uses the Quest Admissions exam board and includes a formal interview stage. Annual fees for the 2026/27 academic year are £21,341.25, exclusive of 20% VAT.
Farnborough Hill suits a girl who wants to be known by name rather than counted in a crowd, and who will put her hand up for things. It is an independent Catholic day school for girls aged 11 to 18, in its own grounds on Farnborough Road in north Hampshire. Most join in Year 7, with further entry at Year 9 and the Sixth Form. The faith side is practical rather than heavy: a chapel at the centre of the building, used for assemblies and Mass, a chaplain among the pastoral staff, and girls of all faiths and of none taken as they come.
The school opened in 1889 under the Religious of Christian Education and moved in 1927 into the Victorian house it still occupies, built in 1860 for the publisher Thomas Longman and bought in 1880 by the Empress Eugénie, widow of Napoleon III, who lived there until her death in 1920. Her Napoleonic bees survive through the Old House, and the bee is now the school badge; the girls keep a hive of their own. Term time is busy in the plain way of a day school, with a club list from Duke of Edinburgh to drama productions and book clubs.
Parents notice how closely the girls are watched over: four staff the school describes as 'eyes on' each girl, and the same form tutors kept through Years 7 and 8. The head talks about girls who leave with strong, well-informed opinions and a keen sense of justice, which rings true. It suits a girl who wants to be part of things without being the loudest in the room, and who will grow into her own opinions given someone to notice her.
Key facts
Annual fees
£7,113.75 per term / £21,341.25 per year (2026/27), exclusive of VAT at 20%
Admissions
Admissions contact
https://www.farnborough-hill.org/join-us/admissions/admissions-process
Admissions phone
01252 226908
Registration form
Sibling policy
What this school tests
Year 7 Entrance Assessment
Maths
- Algebra
- Angles and Degrees
- BIDMAS
- Coordinate Grids
- Estimation and Rounding
- Factors and Multiples
- Fractions, Decimals and Percentages
- Measurement
- Money
- Number and Place Value
- Operations
- Perimeter, Area and Volume
- Position and Direction
- Properties of Shapes
- Ratio and Proportion
- Reflection, Rotation and Symmetry
- Sequences
- Special Numbers
- Speed, Distance and Time
- Statistics
- Time
Non-verbal Reasoning
- Figure Analogies
- Figure Matrices
- Figure Series
- Grid Matrices
- Horizontal Codes
- Match to a Group of Figures
- Most Like Three Figures
- Odd Figure Out
- Odd Shaped Matrices
- Star Matrices
- Triangle Matrices
- Vertical Codes
Verbal Reasoning
- Alphabet Logic
- Anagrams
- Compound Words
- Embedded Words
- Form a Word
- Insert 2 / 3 Letters
- Insert a Letter
- Letter Analogies
- Letter Sequences
- Move 1 / 2 Letters
- Ordering Words
- Rhyming Synonyms
- Shuffled Sentences
- Synonyms
- Word / Logic Puzzles
- Word Analogies
- Word Completion
- Word Match
- Word Opposites
- Word Pairs
- Word Relationships
- Word Swap
- Words and Codes
Spatial Reasoning
- 2D Rotations
- 2D View of 3D Shape
- 3D Rotations
- Block Counting
- Building Blocks
- Combining Shapes
- Diagonal Reflections
- Figure Missing from Image
- Fold and Punch
- Folding Cubes
- Hidden Shapes
- Missing Face of Cube
- Nets of 3D Shapes
- Shape Completion
Creative Writing Paper
English
- Creative Writing - Descriptive
- Creative Writing - Narrative
- Creative Writing - Personal
- Creative Writing - Persuasive
Catchment area
Selection review and safety net
Previous exam results
GCSE results
2025: 96% of grades at 9-4 / A*-C
A-level results
2025: 100% pass rate, 76% of grades at A*-B, 89% at A*-C
Frequently asked questions
What exam board does Farnborough Hill use for the 11+?
Farnborough Hill uses the Quest Admissions exam board for its 11+ entrance assessments.
Does Farnborough Hill interview candidates as part of the 11+?
Yes, the 11+ admissions process at Farnborough Hill is a two-stage process that includes an interview stage.
Is Farnborough Hill co-educational or single-sex?
Farnborough Hill is a single-sex independent Catholic day school for girls aged 11 to 18.
What are the school fees for Farnborough Hill?
The annual fees for the 2026/27 academic year are £21,341.25 (or £7,113.75 per term), exclusive of VAT at 20%.
What is the website for Farnborough Hill admissions?
You can find more details on the school's admissions process page at https://www.farnborough-hill.org/join-us/admissions/admissions-process.
Location
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