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Thousands of practice questions and up to 6 mock papers, all in the exact Reed's School 11+ format, on one simple plan. It starts with a free diagnostic.
Reed's School
Reed's School in Cobham, Surrey, is an independent day and boarding school that uses the ISEB Pretest for its single-stage 11+ admissions process, which also includes an interview stage. Currently admitting boys at age 11 with a co-educational Sixth Form, the school will become fully co-educational from September 2027 when girls are admitted into Year 7. Annual fees from September 2026 start at £9,705 per term for day pupils in Years 7-8, plus a compulsory lunch charge.
Reed's suits a quietly capable child who does better when the adults around them know them well: the sort who could get lost in a large school, but grows in confidence once someone notices what they are good at. It is an independent day and boarding school on Sandy Lane in Cobham, Surrey, set in 40 acres of countryside, and takes pupils from 11 to 18. Boys enter at 11 and the Sixth Form is co-educational; from September 2027 girls will join in Year 7 too, making the school fully co-educational. It is small for a senior school, and feels it.
The school began in Shoreditch in 1813, when the Rev Dr Andrew Reed founded the London Orphan Asylum for children who had lost a parent. It moved to Clapton, then Watford, reaching Cobham in 1946. That origin is not decoration: the Andrew Reed Foundation still funds places for pupils who have lost the support of one or both parents. Years 7 and 8 sit in The Close, a school within a school whose four houses are named after other Reed institutions: Clapton, Reedhams, Royal Wanstead and Royal Putney. Old Reedonians include Tim Henman and Tom Hardy.
The Good Schools Guide reports that where other schools polish a pupil's brilliance until it shines, here parents feel characters 'have room to grow, too'. It passes on the local verdict: 'They turn out nice young people.' The head wants a place that can 'stretch without stressing and push without pressurising'. It suits a child who wants to be known by name, to try the orchestra and the rugby pitch in the same term, and to be asked who they are becoming as much as what they achieve.
Key facts
Annual fees
£9,705 per term for day pupils in Years 7-8 and £11,615 per term for Years 9-13; boarding £13,230 per term (Years 7-8) and £15,475 per term (Years 9-13), from September 2026. Fees are inclusive of VAT; a compulsory lunch charge of £405 per term (VAT exempt) is added.
Admissions
Admissions contact
admissions@reeds.surrey.sch.uk
Admissions phone
01932 869001
Registration form
Sibling policy
What this school tests
ISEB Common Pre-Test
English
- Grammar
- Punctuation
- Reading Comprehension - Comparison
- Reading Comprehension - Evaluation
- Reading Comprehension - Grammar and punctuation
- Reading Comprehension - Inference and Deduction
- Reading Comprehension - Information Retrieval
- Reading Comprehension - Language Techniques and Imagery
- Reading Comprehension - Sentence-level Comprehension
- Reading Comprehension - Sequencing
- Reading Comprehension - Structure, Form, Voice and Tone
- Reading Comprehension - Summarising
- Reading Comprehension - Text Classification and Purpose
- Reading Comprehension - Types of Words and Phrases
- Reading Comprehension - Word Meaning / Choice
- Spelling
- Vocabulary
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 Series
- Grid Matrices
- Horizontal Codes
- Most Like Three Figures
- Most Like Two Figures
- Odd Figure Out
- Star Matrices
- Triangle Matrices
- Triangle Series
- Vertical Codes
Verbal Reasoning
- Compound Words
- Embedded Words
- Form a Word
- Insert a Letter
- Move 1 / 2 Letters
- Odd Word Out
- Shuffled Sentences
- Synonyms
- Verbal Classification
- Word Analogies
- Word Completion
- Word Match
- Word Opposites
- Word Pairs
Spatial Reasoning
- 2D Rotations
- 2D View of 3D Shape
- 3D Rotations
- Block Counting
- Building Blocks
- Combining Shapes
- Fold and Punch
- Folding Cubes
- Hidden Shapes
- Missing Face of Cube
- Nets - Opposite Face
- Shape Completion
- Vertical/Horizontal Reflections
Catchment area
Selection review and safety net
Previous exam results
GCSE results
2025: 53% grades 9-8, 75% grades 9-7, 90% grades 9-6, 99% grades 9-4, with an average of 8.98 passes per pupil
A-level results
2025: 51% A*-A, 85% A*-B, 96% A*-C
Frequently asked questions
What exam board does Reed's School use for the 11+?
Reed's School uses the ISEB Pretest for its 11+ entrance assessment.
Does Reed's School interview candidates as part of the 11+?
Yes, there is an interview stage as part of the 11+ admissions process at Reed's School.
Is Reed's School co-educational or single-sex?
Currently, boys enter at age 11 and the Sixth Form is co-educational. However, from September 2027, girls will join in Year 7, making the school fully co-educational.
What are the school fees for Reed's School?
From September 2026, day fees for Years 7-8 are £9,705 per term, and boarding fees are £13,230 per term, inclusive of VAT and subject to a compulsory lunch charge of £405 per term.
What is the website for Reed's School admissions?
You can find more details on the official admissions page at https://www.reeds.surrey.sch.uk/572/admissions.
Location
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