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Llandovery College / Coleg Llanymddyfri
Llandovery College has no ordinary Year 7 entrance exam; pupils visit and meet the school before admission.
Independent school · Llandovery, Carmarthenshire
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Entry information
Llandovery College is non-selective and says it does not set an entrance exam. Year 7 applicants visit, register, have a friendly interview to discuss their starting point and learning needs, and provide a current school report; a taster day follows later. No specific 2027 assessment date is published.
Entry stage: Year 7 Senior School
The admissions process
- Visit the school and register
- Friendly interview with the Warden or senior staff
- Senior applicants provide a current school report
- Optional taster day later in the process
Read the official details: Admissions information from Llandovery College/Coleg Llanymyddyfri
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Official links for your shortlist
Use the school’s current admissions information to check which sample papers or familiarisation materials apply to your child’s entry year.
Know what to expect
Follow the school’s assessment guidance.
For ordinary domestic Year 7 entry, Llandovery says there is no entrance exam: families visit, meet the school and provide a report. Plusling can support everyday learning without suggesting an 11+ paper. Overseas applicants should follow the school’s separate assessment instructions.
Read the official guidance: Llandovery College/Coleg Llanymyddyfri
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Your application starting points
Use the official links on this page to answer these questions for your child’s entry year.
Check the entry point and eligibility
Confirm the year group, age requirements and any conditions that apply to your child.
Put the right dates in your diary
Note any published registration, assessment, application and offer-response dates that apply to your child’s route. They may be separate steps.
Follow the assessment guidance
Check what the school asks your child to do and whether it recommends any preparation. Use its own instructions and the assessment provider’s advice.
Check fees and financial support
Look at fees, bursaries and scholarships, including any separate forms, evidence and deadlines.
Picture your child’s everyday life here.
An open day is a chance to look beyond the exam. Useful questions to take with you:
- How do you help new pupils settle in and make friends?
- Who can a child turn to when they feel worried or stuck?
- How do you help pupils recover from a setback and discover their strengths?
Know where to focus
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See the topics your child has practised, revisit questions that need another look and choose a focus for the next session. Plusling helps you put your time where it can be useful.
- Topic summaries and practice history
- Choose topics in Focus Practice
- Progress to discuss with the adults helping them
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Before you apply
- The school does not publish a fixed Year 7 assessment date or academic entrance papers; ask the Admissions Office about current availability and individual arrangements.
Plusling’s guide to Llandovery College / Coleg Llanymddyfri is independently written. The school and its admissions authority publish the official arrangements.
Contains government school-register data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Primary sources
- Wales: official school register Welsh Government
- Admissions - Join Us | Llandovery College Llandovery College/Coleg Llanymyddyfri
- Non-selective admissions Official school information
- Llandovery College - Where the Individual is Discovered | Coleg Llanymddyfri Llandovery College/Coleg Llanymyddyfri