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Thousands of practice questions and up to 6 mock papers, all in the exact Roedean School 11+ format, on one simple plan. It starts with a free diagnostic.
Roedean School
Roedean School is an independent girls' school in Brighton, East Sussex, offering day, flexi, weekly, and full boarding options. The 11+ admissions process for Year 7 entry uses Quest Admissions online tests covering English, maths, reasoning, and problem solving, alongside a school reference and an interview stage. Fees for Years 7-8 range from #9,018 per term for day pupils to #17,778 per term for full boarders.
If the word boarding makes you hesitate, Roedean is worth a look precisely because it is not only that. It is an independent girls' school for eleven to eighteen on the cliff above Brighton, and it takes day girls alongside full, weekly and flexi boarders in roughly even numbers, so a day girl arriving at eleven would not be an outsider. Entry at eleven is a set of online tests in English, maths, reasoning and problem solving, an interview, and a reference from her current school.
The building is the thing you see first: a single listed range about 150 metres long, put up in 1897 and 1898, with a chapel added in 1905, standing between the South Downs and the Channel. The campus runs to forty-five acres with a further seventy-five alongside, and the school keeps a farm on it. Years 7 to 9 board together as junior boarders in their own wings of each house, and the sixth form moves out into separate houses a short walk from the main building.
The top floor of each boarding house is called heaven, which the Good Schools Guide once observed is 'not far off' given the views. Girls make their own evening food in pantry kitchens off the corridors rather than being fed at every sitting. The Guide's current read is that the school is 'jolly modern, rather than jolly hockey sticks', and one parent told it the school 'finds ways to nurture pupils' talents, whatever they may be'. Twenty buses run daily. It suits a girl who wants the sea out of the window and the option of going home at night.
Key facts
Annual fees
2026-27, per term, for the Years 7-8 band that an 11+ entrant joins, inclusive of VAT: day £9,018; flexi boarding £13,206; weekly boarding £16,236; full boarding £17,778. Non-refundable registration fee £240 with the application. Acceptance deposit £1,500 for UK day pupils, £5,000 for UK boarders, one term's fees for overseas boarders. A 2% discount applies if fees are paid a year or more in advance.
Admissions
Admissions contact
admissions@roedean.co.uk
Admissions phone
01273 667370 (admissions team); 01273 667626 also published for admissions on the contact page
Registration form
https://roedean.openapply.com/apply
Sibling policy
What this school tests
Year 7 Entrance Tests
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 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
Puzzles And Problem Solving
- Number Properties & Proportion
- Logic & Systematic Thinking
- Geometry, Measures & Data
- Equations & Early Algebra
- Magic Shapes & Additive Puzzles
- Calculation Fluency
Critical Thinking
- Logical & Deductive Reasoning
- Inference & Evaluation
- Extracting & Distilling Information
- Visual Sources
- Comparison & Ordering
- Data Analysis
- Codes & Decoding
Catchment area
Selection review and safety net
Previous exam results
GCSE results
2026: almost three quarters of all grades at 9-7, with grade 9 the single most common grade and 72% of pupils achieving at least one grade 9 (school's own published figures).
A-level results
2026: 58% of all grades at A*-A, which the school describes as its best performance at these grades in a decade, and 81% at A*-B (school's own published figures).
Frequently asked questions
What exam board does Roedean School use for the 11+?
Roedean School uses the Quest Admissions exam board for its 11+ entry assessment.
What does the Roedean School 11+ entrance exam involve?
The assessment consists of online tests in English, maths, reasoning, and problem solving, alongside a reference from the candidate's current school.
Does Roedean School interview candidates as part of the 11+ process?
Yes, an interview is a required stage of the 11+ admissions process at Roedean School.
Is Roedean School co-educational or single-sex?
Roedean School is an independent school for girls aged eleven to eighteen.
What are the fees for Year 7 entry at Roedean School?
For the 2026-27 academic year, termly fees for Years 7-8 are #9,018 for day pupils, #13,206 for flexi boarders, #16,236 for weekly boarders, and #17,778 for full boarders. There is also a non-refundable registration fee of #240.
What is the website for Roedean School?
The official website for the school is https://roedean.co.uk/.
Location
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