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Education Corner Directories

The Education Choices team have compiled these directories and hope that they are helpful to our readers. 

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Open days 2026

Education Corner Senior Examination Dates and Open Days 2026-27

Read our Autumn 2025 Edition for more key dates, information and advice about applying to senior school:

Autumn 2025 edition

Alleyn's School

Bradfield College, Oxford

Bradfield College, Oxford

  11+

Registration:

Opens: Monday 7th September 2026 (no early registrations accepted)

Closes: Friday 13th November 2026


Assessments:

Friday 8th January 2027

Thursday 7th January 2027 (overseas candidates)

Three papers: English (45 mins), Maths (30 mins), and Reasoning (verbal, non-verbal and spatial, 45 mins). 

No ISEB Pre-Test required.


Intervie

  11+

Registration:

Opens: Monday 7th September 2026 (no early registrations accepted)

Closes: Friday 13th November 2026


Assessments:

Friday 8th January 2027

Thursday 7th January 2027 (overseas candidates)

Three papers: English (45 mins), Maths (30 mins), and Reasoning (verbal, non-verbal and spatial, 45 mins). 

No ISEB Pre-Test required.


Interviews: 

Saturday 23rd January 2027 - selected candidates invited to a one-to-one interview and small group activity 



Bradfield College, Oxford

Bradfield College, Oxford

Bradfield College, Oxford

  13+

Registration: 

By early 1st January of Year 6.


Assessment and interview: 

ISEB Common Pre-Test at current school: November-February of Year 6. 

Assessment day (admissions interview, housemaster/housemistress interview, and a 60-minute problem-solving challenge): Autumn and Lent terms of Year 6.


Offers will be made in March of Year 6 and Year 7/8 for late applicants

Brighton College

Bradfield College, Oxford

Brighton College

11+

Registration: 

Recommended at least one year prior to entry, by the beginning of October


Assessments:

Academic assessment day in December of the school year before they join


Interview and activities:

In January of the school year before they join.


Lower school places are offered by the end of January


13+

Registration: 

For 2027 entry, register 

11+

Registration: 

Recommended at least one year prior to entry, by the beginning of October


Assessments:

Academic assessment day in December of the school year before they join


Interview and activities:

In January of the school year before they join.


Lower school places are offered by the end of January


13+

Registration: 

For 2027 entry, register by 1st October 2025 (this window is now closed - contact admissions for late/waiting list enquiries)


Assessment: 

ISEB Common Pre-Test in Year 6.


Year 9 places are offered in early March of Year 6.



Berkhamsted Girls and Boys

Berkhamsted Girls and Boys

Berkhamsted Girls and Boys

 11+

Registration: 

Opens May of Year 5. Closes September 2026 when the pupil is in Year 6.


Assessments: 

Mid-October 2026 when the pupil is in Year 6. Taken at the pupil's current school. 


Interviews: 

Held at Berkhamsted from mid-October to the end of November 2026.


Offers made December 2026 when the pupil is in Year 6.


13+

Registration: 

For Yea

 11+

Registration: 

Opens May of Year 5. Closes September 2026 when the pupil is in Year 6.


Assessments: 

Mid-October 2026 when the pupil is in Year 6. Taken at the pupil's current school. 


Interviews: 

Held at Berkhamsted from mid-October to the end of November 2026.


Offers made December 2026 when the pupil is in Year 6.


13+

Registration: 

For Year 9 2027 entry, registration closes in September 2026.


Assessments: 

Assessments will be held, usually at a pupils current school, in mid-October 2026. 


Interviews: will be held at Berkhamsted from mid-October to end of November 2026




  

Blundell’s School, Devon

Berkhamsted Girls and Boys

Berkhamsted Girls and Boys

 11+

Registration: 

Closing date: Monday 5th January 2026


Assessment:  

Saturday 10th January 2026


13+

Examination: 

Blundell’s Entrance Test or Blundell’s Scholarship Examination, Common Entrance

Caterham School

Berkhamsted Girls and Boys

 11+

Registration: 

Closes early November of Year 6. 


Assessment: 

ISEB Common Pre-Test: at candidate's current school, or at Caterham School on a nominated Saturday in mid-November of Year 6.


Interviews: 

Informal interviews in November of Year 6.


EDGE Experience Day: 

January of Year 6 - includes Maths and EDGE paper assessments (writing task, 

 11+

Registration: 

Closes early November of Year 6. 


Assessment: 

ISEB Common Pre-Test: at candidate's current school, or at Caterham School on a nominated Saturday in mid-November of Year 6.


Interviews: 

Informal interviews in November of Year 6.


EDGE Experience Day: 

January of Year 6 - includes Maths and EDGE paper assessments (writing task, critical thinking, problem-solving), plus group activities.


Offers will be made by email in February of Year 6.


13+ (Deferred Entry)


Registration: 

Closes early November of Year 6 (for 2028 deferred entry).


Assessment: 

ISEB Common Pre-Test at candidate's current school, or at Caterham School on a nominated Saturday in mid-November of Year 6.


EDGE Experience Day: 

January  - includes Maths and EDGE paper assessments (writing task, critical thinking, problem-solving), plus group activities.


Interviews: 

Informal interviews in November of Year 6.


Offers will be made by email in February of Year 6.

Charterhouse

Cheltenham Ladies' College

13+

Registration: 

By 30th September of Year 6 - closed for September 2028 entry.


Assessment: 

ISEB Common Pre-Test in Autumn term of Year 6. Candidates not assessed in Year 6 may apply in Year 7.


Interview and Activities Assessment: 

Spring term of Year 6 (for those successful in Pre-Test).


Offers will be made in March of Year 6. A Year 8 school reference is also required before entry.

Cheltenham Ladies' College

Cheltenham Ladies' College

 11+

Registration: 

By 1st September of Year 6.


Assessment: 

Return entrance examination form by 1st September of Year 6. Assessment day within first 2 weeks of October of Year 6.


Offers will be made in mid-November of Year 6.


13+

Registration: 

By 1st September of Year 7.


Assessment: 

Return entrance examination form by 1st September of Year 7. As

 11+

Registration: 

By 1st September of Year 6.


Assessment: 

Return entrance examination form by 1st September of Year 6. Assessment day within first 2 weeks of October of Year 6.


Offers will be made in mid-November of Year 6.


13+

Registration: 

By 1st September of Year 7.


Assessment: 

Return entrance examination form by 1st September of Year 7. Assessment day: Autumn term of Year 7.


Offers will be made in December of Year 7.

Churcher’s College

Claremont Fan Court School, Surrey

Claremont Fan Court School, Surrey

 11+

Registration: 

No fixed deadline, but early registration strongly encouraged - encouraged in Summer between Year 5 and 6, no later than October half-term.


Headmaster welcome and team-building task: 

Autumn term, tours of school, complete questionnaire


Assessments: 

English, Maths and Verbal Reasoning and cover Year 5 national curriculum to

 11+

Registration: 

No fixed deadline, but early registration strongly encouraged - encouraged in Summer between Year 5 and 6, no later than October half-term.


Headmaster welcome and team-building task: 

Autumn term, tours of school, complete questionnaire


Assessments: 

English, Maths and Verbal Reasoning and cover Year 5 national curriculum topics. Children will complete a 30-minute creative writing task followed by a 45-minute Maths paper, both set internally by our Heads of Department. The final 45-minute paper from GL Assessment has two parts; Comprehension/Spelling and Grammar (SPaG) and Verbal Reasoning. The assessment is held at the College on the penultimate Saturday in January of Year 6


13+

Entry at 13+ is limited with very few places available. Assessment runs in parallel with the 11+ cycle and follows the same format.


Letters communicating the outcome are sent no later than ten days after the entrance assessment.

Claremont Fan Court School, Surrey

Claremont Fan Court School, Surrey

Claremont Fan Court School, Surrey

 11+

Registration: 

Closes early November of Year 6. (For 2027 entry, check the school website from September 2026 for the exact deadline.)


Assessment day: 

Late November of Year 6.


Interview:

Offers will be made in late January of Year 7.


13+

13+ places are extremely limited. The assessment cycle runs in parallel with 11+ entry.

Cranleigh School

Claremont Fan Court School, Surrey

Cranleigh School

 13+

Registration: 

Recommended as early as possible, ideally in Year 5.


Assessment: 

ISEB Pre-Test at current school: October/November of Year 6. Applicants are invited to an assessment day in January of Year 6 which consists of an informal interview with a senior member of staff and fun activities. 

Cranmore School

City of London School for Girls

Cranleigh School

 11+

Registration: 

By October 2026.


Assessment: 

ISEB Common Pre-Tests in November of 2026. 

Assessment day: 16th November of Year 6.


Offers will be made during the week commencing Monday 30th November 2026.


12+/13+/14+

Candidates visit Cranmore individually to sit entrance exams in Mathematics, English and Verbal Reasoning, and join their peer group for break.

City of London School

City of London School for Girls

City of London School for Girls

11+ 

 Registration: 

By early November of Year 6.


Assessment: 

Late November/early December 2026


Interviews: 

January 2027


Offers will be sent by email in February 2027

City of London School for Girls

City of London School for Girls

City of London School for Girls

 11+

Registration: 

Registration for 2027 entry opens June 2026.


Assessments: 

First stage in mid-November. Second stage assessment in early January.


Interviews: 

Mid-January.


Offers will be sent by email on the common GSA date in mid-February.

Dauntsey’s School

 11+

Registration: 

By 12th October 2026.


Assessments: 

19th January 2027.


Interviews and auditions: 

21st and 22nd January 2027.


Offers will be sent the week commencing 1st February 2027.


13+

Registration: 

Entry for 2027 now closed. Deadline for entry 2028 if applying in Year 7 is 1st January 2027.


Assessments: 

ISEB Common Pre-Test (at current sch

 11+

Registration: 

By 12th October 2026.


Assessments: 

19th January 2027.


Interviews and auditions: 

21st and 22nd January 2027.


Offers will be sent the week commencing 1st February 2027.


13+

Registration: 

Entry for 2027 now closed. Deadline for entry 2028 if applying in Year 7 is 1st January 2027.


Assessments: 

ISEB Common Pre-Test (at current school) in early Spring term 2027.


Taster day and formal interviews: 

March 2027.


Offers will be made in March 2027.

Downe House

Downe House

 11+

Registration: 

Recommended as soon as possible.


Assessments:

Assessment days in Michaelmas (Autumn) term the year prior to entry. ISEB Common Pre-Test in October/November.


Offers will be made by December the year prior to entry.


13+

Registration: 

Recommended as soon as possible.


Assessments: 

ISEB Common Pre-Test in October/November of Year 6

 11+

Registration: 

Recommended as soon as possible.


Assessments:

Assessment days in Michaelmas (Autumn) term the year prior to entry. ISEB Common Pre-Test in October/November.


Offers will be made by December the year prior to entry.


13+

Registration: 

Recommended as soon as possible.


Assessments: 

ISEB Common Pre-Test in October/November of Year 6. Assessment day: Autumn/Michaelmas term of Year 6.


Offers will be made by the end of Michaelmas term of Year 6.

Dulwich College

Ealing Independent College

Ealing Independent College

 11+

Registration: 

For 2027 entry, registration opens April 2026 and will likely close in October.


Assessment: 

December 2027. Details of the admissions exams on the website.


Interviews: 

January 2027


Offers will be sent in February 2027


13+

Registration: 

For 2027 entry, registration opens April 2026.


Assessment: 

January 2027


Interviews: 

January 2027


Offers made in February 2027

Ealing Independent College

Ealing Independent College

Ealing Independent College

Applications accepted throughout the year. Contact Admissions Officer.

Eastbourne College

Ealing Independent College

Eastbourne College

 13+

Registration: 

By Year 5 or Year 6.


Assessment: 

Satisfactory reference from Headteacher. Results from Common Entrance, baccalaureates, bridge curriculum diplomas or equivalent required.


One-to-one visit and informal interview: 

Before Lent half-term of Year 6.


Offers will be made by the end of March.

Eltham College

Eltham College

Eastbourne College

 11+

Registration: 

For 2027 entry, applications in the last week of April 2026. The registration deadline is likely November.


Assessments: Likely January.


Offers will likely be made in February.

Emanuel School

Eltham College

Emanuel School

 11+

Registration: 

Deadline likely mid-October.


Assessments: 

Late late-November.


Interviews: 

Mid-January.


Results will be sent in mid-February.

Epsom College

Eltham College

Emanuel School

 11+

Registration: 

Applications will open in the Summer, the deadline is 31st October 2026


Assessments: 

ISEB assessments in Autumn of Year 6 (2026). Engagement day in the first two weeks of January 2027.


Offers will be made in early February 2027.

Eton College

Farringtons School

 13+

Registration: 

By the end of the UK school year of Year 5. e.g., for 2029 entry: registration should have been completed by 31 August 2026.


Assessments: 

ISEB assessments in Autumn of Year 6. Some boys will be assessed at Eton in the Spring and Summer terms of Year 6 (assessments, interviews).


A conditional place is confirmed by passing K

 13+

Registration: 

By the end of the UK school year of Year 5. e.g., for 2029 entry: registration should have been completed by 31 August 2026.


Assessments: 

ISEB assessments in Autumn of Year 6. Some boys will be assessed at Eton in the Spring and Summer terms of Year 6 (assessments, interviews).


A conditional place is confirmed by passing King’s Scholarship, Common Entrance, or Eton Entrance examinations at age 12/13 in Year 8.

Farringtons School

Farringtons School

 11+

Registration: 

By 6th November 2026.


Assessments: 

Saturday 21st November 2026.


Interviews: 

October-December. 

Students will be asked to bring something that they are proud of.


Offers will be sent in early January 2027.

Francis Holland, Sloane Square

Francis Holland, Sloane Square

Francis Holland, Sloane Square

 11+

Registration: 

By 6th November 2026.


Assessments: 

Late November and early December at student’s current school (or at Francis Holland, Sloane Square).


Interviews: 

8th January 2027.


Offers will be sent in February 2027.

Francis Holland, Regent's Park

Francis Holland, Sloane Square

Francis Holland, Sloane Square

 11+

Registration: 

By 6th November 2026.


Assessments: 

Late November and early December at student’s current school (or at Francis Holland,  Regent's Park).


Interviews: 

4th January 2027.


Offers will be sent in February 2027.

Frensham Heights School

Francis Holland, Sloane Square

Godolphin and Latymer School

 11+

Registration: 

By 31st October 2026.


Interviews: 

28th November 2026.


Assessments: 

January 2027.

Godolphin and Latymer School

Haberdashers’ Aske’s Boys’ School

Godolphin and Latymer School

 11+

Registration: 

By Friday 6th November 2026.


Assessments: 

Friday 27th November or Tuesday 1st December 2026.


Interviews: 

Friday 15th January 2027.


Offers will be made in February 2027.

Guildford High School

Haberdashers’ Aske’s Boys’ School

Haberdashers’ Aske’s Boys’ School

 11+

Registration: 

By 1st November 2026.


Assessments: 

Sunday 15th November 2026.


Interviews: 

8th January 2027.


Haberdashers’ Aske’s Boys’ School

Haberdashers’ Aske’s Boys’ School

Haberdashers’ Aske’s Boys’ School

 11+

Registration: 

By November 2026.


Assessments: 

Stage 1 assessments in mid-December of Year 6. Online 11+ assessment including: English, maths, non-verbal reasoning, verbal reasoning, puzzles and problem solving. Additionally an offline, handwritten 30-minute creative writing task.


Interviews: 

January 2027.


Offers will be sent in mid-Februa

 11+

Registration: 

By November 2026.


Assessments: 

Stage 1 assessments in mid-December of Year 6. Online 11+ assessment including: English, maths, non-verbal reasoning, verbal reasoning, puzzles and problem solving. Additionally an offline, handwritten 30-minute creative writing task.


Interviews: 

January 2027.


Offers will be sent in mid-February 2027.


13+

Registration: 

By early November 2026.


Assessments: 

First round (written exams in English, maths, humanities and science) in late November. 


Interviews:

Mid-January.


Offers will be sent by email in mid-February.

Haberdashers’ Aske’s School for Girls

 11+

Registration: 

By November 2026.


Assessments: 

First round in mid-late November. Online 11+ assessment including: English, maths, non-verbal reasoning, verbal reasoning, puzzles and problem solving. Additionally an offline, handwritten 30-minute creative writing task.


Interviews: 

Mid-January.


Offers will be sent by email on the common GSA date in mid-February.

Halliford School

Halliford School

 11+

Registration: 

Closes Friday 27th November 2026.


Assessment: 

January 2027.

Offer letters will be posted within three weeks of the examination date.


13+ (2029 entry)

Registration: 

Closes Friday 27 November 2026.


Assessment: 

Tuesday 6th January 2027

Hampton School

Hampton Court House

Halliford School

 11+

Registration: 

Closes 1st November 2026.


Assessment: 

Saturday 21st November 2026.


Interviews: 

4th and 5th January 2027.


Offers will be sent by email in mid-February 2027


13+ 

(Year 9 pre-test, for 2028 deferred entry)

Registration: 

Closing date for registrations for Year 7 pre-test for entry in Year 9 in September 2028 is 1st October 2026. F

 11+

Registration: 

Closes 1st November 2026.


Assessment: 

Saturday 21st November 2026.


Interviews: 

4th and 5th January 2027.


Offers will be sent by email in mid-February 2027


13+ 

(Year 9 pre-test, for 2028 deferred entry)

Registration: 

Closing date for registrations for Year 7 pre-test for entry in Year 9 in September 2028 is 1st October 2026. For Year 6 pre-test for entry in Year 9 in September 2029 is 1st November 2026.


Assessment: 

Year 6 pre-test examination 21st November. Year 7 pre-test examination 7th November.


Interviews: 

January 2027 for Year 6. Late November 2026 for Year 7.


Offers in January/February.

Hampton Court House

Hampton Court House

Hampton Court House

 11+/13+

Registration: 

Closes November 2026.


Assessments: 

January 2027.


Interviews: 

January/February 2027.


Offer letters will be sent in February 2027.

Haileybury

Hampton Court House

Hampton Court House

 13+

Registration: 

Main 13+ (for 2028) Friday 18th December 2026. 

Early 13+ entry (2029) Monday 4th January 2027.


Assessments: 

Main 13+ (for 2028) is 22nd January 2027. 

Early 13+ (2029) is 3rd February 2027.

Offers sent February 2027.

Harrow School

Harrodian School

Harrodian School

 13+

Registration: 

Before 1st July of Year 5.


Assessment:

ISEB Common Pre-Test taken at current school between Sept-November. 

The Harrow Test in Mid-January to Mid-February 2027.


Offers made in April/May 2027.

Harrodian School

Harrodian School

Harrodian School

11+

Registration: 

Wednesday 22nd October 2025


Assessments: 

ISEB Pre-Test to be completed by Monday 1st December 2025


Interviews: 

Saturday 24th January 2026 


Offers will be made on Friday 6th February 2026


13+

Registration: 

Tuesday 14th October 2025


Assessments: 

Saturday 8th November 2025


Interviews: 

Friday 21st November 2025 


Offers will be made in early December 2025



Highgate School

Harrodian School

Ibstock Place School, Richmond

 11+

Registration: 

Opens 20th May 2026. Closes 4th November 2026.


Assessments: 

11+ Entrance exams 1st December 2026.


Interviews:

11th-15th January 2027.


Offers will be made in mid-February 2027.

Ibstock Place School, Richmond

James Allen’s Girls’ School, Dulwich

Ibstock Place School, Richmond

 11+

Registration: 

By Saturday 31st October 2026.


Assessment: 

ISEB Pre-Test results must be received by 1st December 2026. 

Stage 2 assessment 14th and 15th December 2026.


Offers will be sent by email in February 2027.

James Allen’s Girls’ School, Dulwich

James Allen’s Girls’ School, Dulwich

James Allen’s Girls’ School, Dulwich

 11+

Registration: 

Opens 22nd April 2026 and closes 10th November.


Assessments: 

ISEB Common Pre-Test results must be received by early December.


Offers will be sent in mid-February 2027.

King’s College School, Wimbledon

James Allen’s Girls’ School, Dulwich

James Allen’s Girls’ School, Dulwich

 11+

Registration: 

By early November 2026.


Assessments: 

Likely early December.


Interviews: 

Likely mid-January.


Offers will likely be sent by email in mid-February.


13+

Registration: 

For 2029 entry, likely by early November 2026.


Assessments: 

Likely early December.


Interviews: 

Likely mid-January.


Offers will likely be sent by email in mid-February.

St Edward’s School, Oxford

 13+

Registration: 

By mid-October of Year 6.


Assessments: 

ISEB Pre-Test in October or November of Year 6.


Interview: 

January or February of Year 6.


Offers sent in the first week of March.

Kingston Grammar School

Kingston Grammar School

 11+

Registration: 

Will open in June 2026. Deadline likely early October.


Assessments: 

Early November.


Interviews: 

Early January.


Offers will be made in mid-February 2027.

Lady Eleanor Holles

Lady Eleanor Holles

Lady Eleanor Holles

 11+

Registration: 

By 3rd November 2026.


Assessments: 

ISEB Pre-Test (at current school or at LEH) in November 2026. Problem-solving entrance exam in late November 29th.


Interviews: 

26th-29th January 2027.


Offers sent in mid-February 2027.

Lancing College

Lady Eleanor Holles

Lady Eleanor Holles

 13+ (2028 entry) 

Registration: 

The deadline for registration for the Advance Pre-Test Programme is 28th October 2025.


Assessment: 

The Advance Pre-Test Programme Assessment and Familiarisation Day will take place on Tuesday 13th January 2026.

Latymer Upper School

Lady Eleanor Holles

Magdalen College School, Oxford

 11+

Registration: 

Opens May 2026.


Assessments: 

The school sets its own papers. Likely December 2026. No ISEB Pre-Test.


Interviews: 

Likely January 2027.


Offers will be sent by email likely mid-February.

Magdalen College School, Oxford

Magdalen College School, Oxford

Magdalen College School, Oxford

 11+

Registration: 

By 31st October 2026.


Assessments: 

Test day Saturday 16th January 2027.


Interviews: 

26th or 27th January 2027.


Offers will be sent in early February 2027.


13+

Registration: 

By 31st October 2026.


Assessments: 

Saturday 16th January 2027.


Interviews: 

26th or 27th January 2027.


Offers will be sent in early February 2027.

Marlborough College

Magdalen College School, Oxford

Merchant Taylor’s School

 13+

Registration: 

By the end of Year 5. Closing date is 9th October of Year 6.


Assessment: 

ISEB pre-tests. Reference from current school. Assessment day in January of Year 6 - English, Mathematics and Verbal Reasoning. Including interviews.


Offers made towards the end of the Lent Term of Year 6.

Merchant Taylor’s School

Magdalen College School, Oxford

Merchant Taylor’s School

 11+

Registration: 

By late October of Year 6. (For 2027 entry, check school website from September 2026.)


Assessments: 

Late November/early December of Year 6.


Interviews: 

January of Year 7.


Offers will be sent by email and post in mid-February of Year 7.

North London Collegiate School

North London Collegiate School

North London Collegiate School

 11+

Registration: 

Opens 1 May 2026. Closes 13th November 2026.


Assessments: 

3rd December 2026.


Interviews: 

11th-22nd January 2027.


Offers will be made in mid-February 2027.

Notre Dame School, Surrey

North London Collegiate School

North London Collegiate School

 11+

Registration: 

Friday 2nd November 2026.


Assessments: 

Assessment day 20th November 2026. Including informal interview.


Offers will likely be made in January.

Oundle

North London Collegiate School

Oxford High School (GDST)

No dates yet for 2027 entry, please see: https://www.oundleschool.org.uk/admissions/admissions-overview/ 

Oxford High School (GDST)

Oxford High School (GDST)

Oxford High School (GDST)

 11+

Registration: 

By early November 2026.


Assessment and interview: 

Experience day date TBC 


Offers will be made in December 2026


13+

Registration: 

By early January 2027.


Assessment and interview: 

Experience day date TBC 


Offers will made in March 2027

Putney High School (GDST)

Oxford High School (GDST)

Putney High School (GDST)

 11+

Registration: 

Opens May 2026 (in the Summer term of Year 5 - the year before entry). Closes November 2026.


Assessment: 

11+ Entrance exam late November. Online assessment in Maths and English in Autumn of Year 6. Shortlisted candidates join for Athena Assessment in January of Year 6.


Offers will be made in mid-February.

Reed’s School, Cobham

Oxford High School (GDST)

Putney High School (GDST)

 11+ and 13+

Registration: 

By Thursday 15th October 2026 


Assessment: 

ISEB Pre-Tests by 30th November 2026


Interview: 

Monday 4th and Tuesday 5th January 2027


Offers will be made by email in February 2027

Roedean School, Sussex

Royal Grammar School, Guildford

Royal Grammar School, Guildford

Registration:

Contact Admissions for 2027 dates - check school website from September 2026.


Assessment: 

(Assessment process includes ISEB Pre-Test and interview.)


Royal Grammar School, Guildford

Royal Grammar School, Guildford

Royal Grammar School, Guildford

 11+

Registration: 

By Thursday 15th October 2026


Assessments: 

ISEB Common Pre-test during first term of Year 6, short creative writing task and teamwork task. 


Interviews: 

First interview: during the first term of Year 6. 

Second interview: January of Year 6.


Offers are made in the middle of February of Year 6. 

Royal Russell School

Royal Grammar School, Guildford

Royal Russell School

 11+

Registration: 

By Wednesday 4th November 2026 


Assessment: 

Tuesday 5th and Wednesday 6th January 2027


Offers will be made on Friday 12th February 2027


13+

Registration:  

By Wednesday 4th November 2026 


Examinations: 

Wednesday 11th November 2026


Offers will be made on Wednesday 9th December 2026

Sevenoaks School

Sevenoaks School

Royal Russell School

 11+

Registration: 

By 15th September the year before entry. (For 2027 entry: by 15th September 2026.)


Assessment: 

ISEB Pre-Test: 

early January of Year 6.


Interview: 

January of Year 6.


Offers will be made by email in mid-February of Year 6.

Shiplake College

Sevenoaks School

Shiplake College

 11+

Registration: 

By December of Year 6.


Assessments: 

January of Year 6.


Offers will be made in February of Year 6.


13+

Registration: 

By 1st December of Year 6


Assessments: 

January of Year 6.


Offers will be made in March of Year 6.

Sherborne Girls

Sevenoaks School

Shiplake College

11+

Registration: 

By the end of Year 5


Assessments: 

Online assessments: December of Year 6

Boarding taster and assessments: December of Year 6


13+ 

Registration: 

By the end of Year 5


Assessments: 

Online assessments: December of Year 6






Sherborne School

13+ 

Registration: 

By the end of Year 5


Assessments and interviews: 

January of Year 6 or Year 7 


South Hampstead High School GDST

South Hampstead High School GDST

 11+

Registration: 

For 2027 entry, registration opens end of April 2026. Closes early November 2026. (Follows the London 11+ Consortium process.)


Assessments: 

All applicants invited to sit the entrance test at their own school or at South Hampstead: late November/early December 2026 (dates TBC).


Interviews:

Mid-January 2027.


Offers will be made in mid-February 2027.

Streatham and Clapham High School GDST

Streatham and Clapham High School GDST

Streatham and Clapham High School GDST

 11+

Registration: 

By Friday 30th October 2026


Assessments: 

Group activity and creative writing task: Wednesday 11th-Friday 13th November 2026 

ISEB Pre-Test: Saturday 5th December 2026


Offers will be sent in early February 2027

Stowe School

Streatham and Clapham High School GDST

Streatham and Clapham High School GDST

 13+

Registration:

No fixed deadline as offers are made on a first-come, first-served basis. Recommended to register no later than December of Year 6.


Private visit and interview: 

Day pupils: September to mid-January of Year 6.

Boarders: September to March of Year 6.


Assessments: CAT4 Tests in Autumn term of Year 6.


Day offers are made on 31st 

 13+

Registration:

No fixed deadline as offers are made on a first-come, first-served basis. Recommended to register no later than December of Year 6.


Private visit and interview: 

Day pupils: September to mid-January of Year 6.

Boarders: September to March of Year 6.


Assessments: CAT4 Tests in Autumn term of Year 6.


Day offers are made on 31st January of Year 6 and Boarding offers are made on 1st march of Year 6. 

Surbiton High School

Streatham and Clapham High School GDST

Sutton High School GDST

 11+

Registration: 

By Monday 2nd November 2026


Assessments: 

Entrance examination: Saturday 21st November 2026 

Small group discussing: December 2026- early-January 2027


Offers will be sent in early February of 2027.

Sutton High School GDST

St Catherine’s School, Bramley

Sutton High School GDST

 11+

Registration: 

By 1st October 2026 


Assessments: 

November–December 2026.


Outcomes will be shared by 22nd December 2026

Sydenham High School (GDST)

St Catherine’s School, Bramley

St Catherine’s School, Bramley

 11+

Registration:

By early November of Year 6. (For 2027 entry, check school website from September 2026.)


Assessments: Late November/early December of Year 6.


Offers will be made in mid-February of Year 7.

St Catherine’s School, Bramley

St Catherine’s School, Bramley

St Catherine’s School, Bramley

 11+

Registration: 

By mid-October of Year 6. (For 2027 entry, check school website from September 2026.)


Assessments:

Early November of Year 6.


13+

Registration:

By late September of Year 6.


Assessments:

Mid-October of Year 6. 

St Dunstan’s School

 11+

Registration: 

By late November of Year 6.


Assessments: 

Part 1: computer-based GL Assessments in English, maths, verbal and non-verbal reasoning on Saturday 5th December 2026 

Part 2: Monday 11th January 2027 (Invitation only) 


Interviews: Week commencing 25th January 2027


Offers will be made on Friday 12th February 2027

St John’s School, Leatherhead

St John’s School, Leatherhead

 11+

Registration: 

By 1st November of Year 6.


Assessments: 

ISEB Common Pre-Tests in October/November of Year 6.

Offers are made in mid-February of Year 6.


13+

Registration: 

By 1st November of Year 6.


Assessments: 

ISEB Common Pre-Tests in October/November of Year 6.


Offers are made in mid-February of Year 6.

St Mary’s Ascot

The Perse School

The Perse School

 11+

Registration: 

Recommended at least two years prior to year of entry.


Assessments: 

During Lent term of the year of entry.


13+

Registration: 

Recommended at least two years prior to year of entry.


Assessments: 

November/December of year prior to entry.

The Perse School

The Perse School

The Perse School

 11+ and 13+

Registration: 

Closes 1st December of Year 6.


Assessments: 

Saturday 16th January 2027 

Tiffin School

The Perse School

Tiffin’s Girls’ School, Kingston

 11+

Registration: 

By 4th September 2026


Assessments: 

Stage 1: Friday 2nd October 2026

Stage 2: November 2026 (By Invitation)


Offers are made in early March of 2027

Tiffin’s Girls’ School, Kingston

Tiffin’s Girls’ School, Kingston

Tiffin’s Girls’ School, Kingston

 11+ 

Registration: 

By Tuesday 1st September 2026


Assessments: 

Stage 1: Thursday 1st and Friday 2nd October 2026 

Stage 2: November 2026 (By Invitation)


Offers are made on Monday 1st March PM

Tonbridge School, Kent

Tiffin’s Girls’ School, Kingston

Tonbridge School, Kent

 13+

Registration: 

By 1st September of Year 6.


Assessments: 

ISEB Common Pre-Tests by December of Year 6 (first wave of offers) or between January–April of Year 7 (second wave of offers).


Wave one offers made in January of Year 7; second wave offers made until May.

Tormead School

Tiffin’s Girls’ School, Kingston

Tonbridge School, Kent

 11+

Registration: 

Saturday 31st October 2026


Assessments: 

ISEB Pre-Test Friday 27th November 2026


Interviews: 

Tuesday 5th January 2027 


Offers will be made on Friday 22nd January 2027

Trinity School, Croydon

Truro High School for Girls

Trinity School, Croydon

 11+

Registration: 

By Friday 16th October 2026


Assessments: 

Friday 11th December 2026


Interviews: 

Throughout January 2027


Offers received Friday 12th February 2027


13+

Registration: 

By Friday 16th October 2026


Assessments: 

Saturday 14th November 2026 


Offers received Friday 12th February 2027

Truro School

Truro High School for Girls

Trinity School, Croydon

 11+ and 13+

Registration: 

TBC 


Examinations:

Saturday 16th January 2027


Offer letters sent Friday 29th January 2027

Truro High School for Girls

Truro High School for Girls

Truro High School for Girls

  11+

Registration:

TBC.

Examinations:

TBC.

Interviews:

TBC.


  13+

Registration:

TBC.

Examinations:

TBC.

Interviews:

TBC.


Tudor Hall School

Westminster School

Truro High School for Girls

  11+

Registration:

By 1st June of year prior to entry,

Assessments:

Autumn Term of Year 6.


Wellington School

Westminster School

Westminster School

 13+

Registration: 

By 30th June of Year 5. 


Assessments: 

ISEB Common Pre-Tests by October/November of Year 6


Interviews: 

January/February of Year 6 2027


Offers will be made by end of March Year 6 2027

Westminster School

Westminster School

Westminster School

 13+

Registration: 

By 30th September of Year 6. (For 2027 entry: 30th September 2026.)


Assessments: 

ISEB Common Pre-Tests: October/November of Year 6. Further tests in Mathematics and English: January 2027


Interviews: 

January/February of 2027


Offers will be made by end of February 2027

Wetherby Senior School

Wetherby Senior School

 13+

Registration: 

By 30th June of Year 5. 


Assessments: 

ISEB Common Pre-Tests by October/November of Year 6


Interviews: 

January/February of Year 6 2027


Offers will be made by end of March Year 6 2027

Wetherby Pembridge

Wetherby Senior School

 11+

Registration: 

By 30th October 


Assessments: 

November 2026


Interview and round 2 assessment: 

January 2027 


Offers will be made in February 2027

Wimbledon High School (GDST)

Wimbledon High School (GDST)

 11+

Registration: 

By November 2026


Assessments: 

Stage 1: November of Year 6 (Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning). 

Stage 2: January of 2027 (creative assessment - by invitation).


Offers will be made by February half-term of 2027.

Woldingham School

Wimbledon High School (GDST)

Woldingham School

 11+ 2027 entry and 13+ deferred entry 2029

Registration:

By 30th September 2026


Assessments: 

11+ ISEB Pre-Test, creative writing task and interview by 2nd November 2026


Decision letters emailed by 11th December 2026.

Wycombe Abbey

Wimbledon High School (GDST)

Woldingham School

 11+

Registration: 

By 1st June of Year 5 (The year prior to entry)


Assessments: 

ISEB Common Pre-Test: October/November of Year 6. Assessment Day at Wycombe Abbey: November of Year 6.


Offers will be made in December of Year 6.


13+

Registration: 

By 1st June of Year 7 (The year prior to entry)


Assessments: 

ISEB Common Pre-Test: October/November of

 11+

Registration: 

By 1st June of Year 5 (The year prior to entry)


Assessments: 

ISEB Common Pre-Test: October/November of Year 6. Assessment Day at Wycombe Abbey: November of Year 6.


Offers will be made in December of Year 6.


13+

Registration: 

By 1st June of Year 7 (The year prior to entry)


Assessments: 

ISEB Common Pre-Test: October/November of Year 6. Assessment Day at Wycombe Abbey: January of year of entry.


Offers will be made in January/February of year of entry.


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