Schools / Exeter School
Exeter School is an independent co-educational school in Exeter, Devon, educating around 970 pupils aged 6 to 19. Entrance is by the school's own 11+ examinations, usually in English and mathematics, together with an interview.
Athena holds admission-route records for Exeter School. They are shown by entry cycle below; where the provider changes between cycles, each cycle keeps its own recorded exam.
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School-set papers - written English and Mathematics papers plus a computer-based cognitive abilities test.
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Set by Individual schools / small consortia (no board)
School-set papers - written English and Mathematics papers plus a computer-based cognitive abilities test.
1038 published practice questions tagged for this exam
Route record: verified · Athena schools expansion research 2026-10-27
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Test: January of Year 6 — the school’s own examination day (a few schools test in November or December of Year 6)
Results: Outcomes follow the school’s published timetable, typically in the spring term of Year 6
Offers: February of Year 6 — the school publishes its offers to its own timetable (London day schools cluster around a mid-February offer point)
When to start preparing: Start preparing in the autumn term of Year 5 (the standing rule: about 18 months before the test).
General guidance: this follows the rule of thumb of starting about 18 months before the test. It is not the school's own published advice.
Source: official admissions information · checked 2026-10-28
Test: January of Year 6 — the school’s own examination day (a few schools test in November or December of Year 6)
Results: Outcomes follow the school’s published timetable, typically in the spring term of Year 6
Offers: February of Year 6 — the school publishes its offers to its own timetable (London day schools cluster around a mid-February offer point)
When to start preparing: Start preparing in the autumn term of Year 5 (the standing rule: about 18 months before the test).
General guidance: this follows the rule of thumb of starting about 18 months before the test. It is not the school's own published advice.
Source: official admissions information · checked 2026-10-28
No catchment — open competition
There is no catchment area. Admission is by the school’s own assessment process (examinations and, usually, an interview); the school sets its own oversubscription criteria in its admissions policy — commonly the assessment result first, with sibling or other connections considered at some schools.
GCSE: 23% of all grades were grade 9 and 47% of grades awarded were a grade 8 or 9 (school published no 9-7 headline)
School-published
A level: Average point score per A level entry 44.44 (average grade B+); 42.7% of A level students achieved AAB or higher
DfE performance tables
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Source: official source · checked 2026-10-28 · official source · checked 2026-10-28
A level: Average point score per A level entry 46.52 (average grade A-)
DfE performance tables
Source: official source · checked 2026-10-28
Schemes recorded from the school's own published information. A scholarship is a merit award; a bursary is means-tested. Values are shown exactly as the school states them — where a scheme is honorary, its stated value says so.
ScholarshipAcademic
What is assessed: Entrance assessments and interviews; for 16+ GCSE results used. All registered candidates automatically considered for academic scholarship or exhibition
When: Entrance assessments in January of year of entry
What it's worth: Honorary — no fee remission (scholarships do not have an accompanying fee concession)
How to apply: All entrance candidates automatically considered
Official scholarship information
Checked 2026-10-28
ScholarshipArt
What is assessed: Excellence in art; scholarship application and assessment (Exonian Scholarship Awards programme)
When: Scholarship assessments in January/February of year of entry
What it's worth: Honorary — no fee remission
How to apply: Separate application required
Official scholarship information
Checked 2026-10-28
ScholarshipDrama
What is assessed: Excellence in drama; scholarship application and assessment
When: January/February
What it's worth: Honorary — no fee remission
How to apply: Separate application required
Official scholarship information
Checked 2026-10-28
ScholarshipMusic
What is assessed: Excellence in music; scholarship application and assessment/audition
When: January/February
What it's worth: Honorary — no fee remission
How to apply: Separate application required
Official scholarship information
Checked 2026-10-28
ScholarshipSport
What is assessed: Excellence in sport; scholarship application and assessment
When: January/February
What it's worth: Honorary — no fee remission
How to apply: Separate application required
Official scholarship information
Checked 2026-10-28
AwardMusic
What is assessed: Children appointed as choristers of Exeter Cathedral are normally eligible
When: Not stated on the school's published pages
What it's worth: Remission equivalent to 25% of school fees, funded by the Cathedral
How to apply: By appointment as a Cathedral chorister
Official scholarship information
Checked 2026-10-28
BursaryOther
What is assessed: Means-tested on parental circumstances; external candidates meeting academic entry requirement; gross income generally below £70,000; Foundation bursaries offer free places at 11+
When: Applications normally December/January before entry
What it's worth: Up to 100% of fees in exceptional circumstances
How to apply: Separate application required via bursary application form after registration
Official scholarship information
Checked 2026-10-28
ScholarshipAcademic
What is assessed: Entrance assessments and interviews; automatically considered for scholarship or exhibition
When: Entrance assessments in January
What it's worth: Honorary — no fee remission
How to apply: All entrance candidates automatically considered
Official scholarship information
Checked 2026-10-28
ScholarshipArt
What is assessed: Excellence in art; scholarship application and assessment
When: January/February
What it's worth: Honorary — no fee remission
How to apply: Separate application required
Official scholarship information
Checked 2026-10-28
ScholarshipDrama
What is assessed: Excellence in drama; scholarship application and assessment
When: January/February
What it's worth: Honorary — no fee remission
How to apply: Separate application required
Official scholarship information
Checked 2026-10-28
ScholarshipMusic
What is assessed: Excellence in music; scholarship application and assessment/audition
When: January/February
What it's worth: Honorary — no fee remission
How to apply: Separate application required
Official scholarship information
Checked 2026-10-28
ScholarshipSport
What is assessed: Excellence in sport; scholarship application and assessment
When: January/February
What it's worth: Honorary — no fee remission
How to apply: Separate application required
Official scholarship information
Checked 2026-10-28
BursaryOther
What is assessed: Means-tested on parental circumstances
When: December/January before entry
What it's worth: Up to 100% of fees in exceptional circumstances
How to apply: Separate application required after registration
Official scholarship information
Checked 2026-10-28
ScholarshipAcademic
What is assessed: GCSE results used when awarding academic scholarships; entrance assessments and interviews
When: January of year of entry
What it's worth: Honorary — no fee remission
How to apply: All entrance candidates automatically considered
Official scholarship information
Checked 2026-10-28
ScholarshipArt
What is assessed: Excellence in art; scholarship application and assessment
When: January/February
What it's worth: Honorary — no fee remission
How to apply: Separate application required
Official scholarship information
Checked 2026-10-28
ScholarshipDrama
What is assessed: Excellence in drama; scholarship application and assessment
When: January/February
What it's worth: Honorary — no fee remission
How to apply: Separate application required
Official scholarship information
Checked 2026-10-28
ScholarshipMusic
What is assessed: Excellence in music; scholarship application and assessment/audition
When: January/February
What it's worth: Honorary — no fee remission
How to apply: Separate application required
Official scholarship information
Checked 2026-10-28
ScholarshipSport
What is assessed: Excellence in sport; scholarship application and assessment
When: January/February
What it's worth: Honorary — no fee remission
How to apply: Separate application required
Official scholarship information
Checked 2026-10-28
BursaryOther
What is assessed: Means-tested; St John's Hospital Educational Foundation Grant offers one or two full bursaries for Sixth Form entry
When: December/January before entry
What it's worth: Up to 100% of fees
How to apply: Separate application required after registration
Official scholarship information
Checked 2026-10-28
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