Entrance Exam (11+) Past Papers for Selective Independent schools in Wales
Our database of academically selective schools is tabled in alphabetical order by region, then school name. The available exam papers comprise two types: familiarisation paper (provided by GL and CEM) and sample/specimen paper (actual past papers), and will be free to download/use. Where the school does not share its own, original past papers, we have linked you to their Admissions page.
Our information was carefully collated using The Good Schools Guide and the Independent Schools Council search tools, filtering for “academically selective secondary schools”. To this end, we cannot say that our lists have not omitted a school or more.
| Region | School | Exam board | Past papers |
| Cardiff | Howell’s School, Llandaff | School’s original | Check admissions page for details |
| Cardiff | The Cathedral School Llandaff | CEM & School’s original | Check the Admissions Policy for details |
| Cardiff | Howell’s School Llandaff | School’s original | Check the Year 7 Entrance Exam Day instructions for details |
| Carmarthenshire | St Michael’s School | CEM | Contact admissions team for further details |
| Monmouthshire | Monmouth School for Boys | CEM/School’s original (11+)
ISEB/School’s original (13+) |
Check admissions page for details
|https://www.habsmonmouth.org/admissions/admissions-journey/ |
| Monmouthshire | Monmouth School for Girls | CEM/School’s original (11+)
ISEB/School’s original (13+) |
Check admissions page for details
|https://www.habsmonmouth.org/admissions/admissions-journey/ |
| Newport | Rougemont School | School’s original | No sample papers provided, applicants have the opportunity to practise the type of question on the assessment day. Contact admissions team for further details |
| Powys | Christ College, Brecon | School’s original | Check admissions page for details
|https://www.christcollegebrecon.com/prospective-parents/admissions/ |
| The Vale of Glamorgan | UWC Atlantic | School’s original/GSP | Assessments through either UWC or Global Selection Programme. Check admissions page for details
|https://www.atlanticcollege.org/admissions/the-selection-process |
| The Vale of Glamorgan | Westbourne Senior School & Sixth Form | School’s original | Check admissions page for details |