Dauntsey's School

Specimen Entrance Papers

All students are recommended the ISEB pre-test for potential entry to Dauntsey’s School

11+ English Practice Paper

Comprehension

11+ English Practice Paper

Comprehension

11+ English Practice Paper

Comprehension

11+ English Practice Paper

Comprehension

About Dauntsey's School

Dauntsey’s School is a co-educational independent day and boarding school in the village of West Lavington, Wiltshire, England. The school was founded in 1542, in accordance with the will of William Dauntesey, a master of the Worshipful Company of Mercers.

Most houses are named after former headmasters, the exceptions being Manor, Farmer, Mercers (named after a building, a generous donor and the Worshipful Company respectively) and Lambert (named after Agnes Lambert; the wife of William Dauntsey). 

The house a pupil is in does not affect their academic class groups but the houses compete against each other in sporting and other events.

In Upper School, houses are single gender, and the eight houses are divided equally among day, boarding, female and male pupils.

Strong Cup is the annual point-system senior house competition for boys at Dauntsey’s School, so Farmer, Fitzmaurice, Hemens and Mercers are the only houses that are involved. Farmer won it recently in 2011, and again in 2013. Hemens won the cup most recently in 2014. 

Address : Dauntsey’s School, West Lavington, Devizes, Wiltshire SN10 4HE

Headmaster / Headmistress

Mark Lascelles

Head Master

Applying To Dauntsey's School

To register and for information for Dauntsey’s School year 7 Entry click here

https://www.dauntseys.org/admissions/entry-at-11

For 2021 Entry into Dauntsey’s School year 7 will use the ISEB Pre-test.

Registration Deadlines & Examination Dates

The Deadline for registration is by 19 October 2020. The ISEB Pre-test can be taken on Friday 22 January and/or Saturday 23 January 2021 at either the candidates school or Dauntsey’s School.

In addition to the ISEB test, qualified candidates will undergo an interview in the paralleled to the examination week. Candidates who are traveling from far places will be considered for an interview on the same day of the examination. Moreover, other candidates will be interviewed in the same week as the examination-Thursday or Friday.

About the ISEB Common Pre-test

The tests take about two-and-a-half hours to complete (English 25 minutes, mathematics 50 minutes, non-verbal reasoning 32 minutes, verbal reasoning 36 minutes) and can be taken together or at separate times, either in the candidate’s own school or at the senior school for which he or she is entered

ISEB Pre-Test Format:  

The test is taken on a computer and consists of multiple-choice questions. It is broken down into four parts: 

  1. English – 25 minutes(reading comprehension, sentence completion, spelling and punctuation) 
  2. Mathematics – 50 minutes(in line with Year 5 of the UK National Curriculum) 
  3. Non-Verbal Reasoning – 32 minutes(shape analogies, classes like, horizontal codes) 
  4. Verbal Reasoning – 36 minutes(common words, antonyms, word combinations, letter transfer and number codes)

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