School entrance
11+ entrance preparation
The 11+ is the route into Year 7 at senior schools. We read each school's own entry process and prepare your child for every step.
Steps asked for by the 22 schools we have checked
- ISEB Common Pre-Test · 8 / 22
- School entrance test · 17 / 22
- Interview · 13 / 22
- Group activity · 5 / 22
- Taster / assessment day · 4 / 22
- School reference · 5 / 22
Number of schools whose own admissions pages list each step. Only schools we have checked are counted. Dates change every year, so always confirm with the school.
13 October 2026
Schools we have checked for 11+
Each school's own steps and where we found them. Registration wording is the school's own (English).
- Benenden School
Interview · ISEB Common Pre-Test
Registration: Registered and placed on provisional list by the end of UK Year 5; school recommends two years in advance
Source: www.benenden.school/admissions/entry-and-assessments/
- Downe House
ISEB Common Pre-Test · Taster / assessment day · Interview · School entrance test
Registration: Complete the online registration form and transfer registration fees (no date stated); registration comes before assessment
Source: www.downehouse.net/downe-house-admissions/admissions-process
- King's School, Canterbury
ISEB Common Pre-Test · Taster / assessment day · School reference
Registration: Register as an OKS (online registration; fee not recorded here). Pre-Test taken in Autumn Term of Year 6
Source: www.kings-school.co.uk/admissions/applying-to-the-senior-sch
- Leicester Grammar School
School entrance test · Group activity
Registration: Apply online; application deadline 4pm Monday 7 December 2026 for September 2027 entry
- Loughborough Grammar School
School entrance test · Interview
Registration: not stated; page says contact the Registrar on 01509 233233 or grammar.admissions@lsf.org
- Manchester High School for Girls
School entrance test · Interview
Registration: Create an online account to register interest on the application portal; application deadline Wednesday 16th December 2026 (bursary deadline 9th December 2026)
Source: www.manchesterhigh.co.uk/admissions/how-to-join-senior/
- North London Collegiate School
School reference · School entrance test · Interview
Registration: Registration open Friday 1 May 2026 to Friday 13 November 2026 at 4.00pm
Source: www.nlcs.org.uk/admissions/joining-the-senior-school/
- Oundle School
School entrance test · Interview · Taster / assessment day
Registration: Registration forms available on request from the Admissions Office; registration date not stated
- Pate's Grammar School
School entrance test
Registration: Gloucestershire Grammar Schools test registration for 2027 entry closed: online form open 12 noon 18 May 2026 to 12 noon 26 June 2026; no late registrations. Missed-test registration form exists
Source: www.patesgs.org/Admissions/Year-7-September-2027-Entry/
- Rossall School
School entrance test · Interview · Taster / assessment day
Registration: Complete a Registration Form (passport copy, last two school reports, deposit). Timing not stated
- Sevenoaks School
ISEB Common Pre-Test · School entrance test · Group activity · School reference
Registration: Registration timing not stated on the page read
Source: www.sevenoaksschool.org/admissions/entry-at-11/assessment-an
- Shrewsbury School
Interview
Registration: Journey typically begins during Year 5 or early in Year 6; registration precedes the admissions process
Source: www.shrewsbury.org.uk/admissions/joining-at-year-7-11-
- St Albans High School for Girls
ISEB Common Pre-Test · School entrance test · Interview
Registration: Application deadline Friday 13 November 2026 (via OpenApply, non-refundable registration fee); scholarship and bursary deadlines listed separately
Source: www.stahs.org.uk/admissions/entry-to-senior-age-11-16/
- St Bede's College
School entrance test · School reference
Registration: Online application form, assessment fee and referee details must be completed before 14 December 2026 to sit the January assessment
Source: www.sbcm.co.uk/admissions/how-to-apply/item/28/year-7-entry
- St Swithun's School
ISEB Common Pre-Test · School entrance test · School entrance test · Interview
Registration: not stated on the admissions pathways page
- Stockport Grammar School
School entrance test · School entrance test · School entrance test
Registration: Online application form; deadline Friday 11th December 2026
Source: stockportgrammar.co.uk/senior-school/admissions/entrance-exa
- The Perse School
School entrance test · School entrance test · Group activity
Registration: Online registration form; deadline 12 noon on 1 December in the year prior to entry; registration fee not recorded
- Uppingham School
School entrance test · Interview
Registration: not stated (pre-tests must be registered in advance of arranging assessments)
- Warwick School
School entrance test · Interview
Registration: General application deadline 12pm, Friday 30 October 2026 (key admission dates page); bursary/scholarship deadline Sunday 4 October
Source: www.warwickschool.co.uk/admissions/how-to-join-warwick/
- Wellington College
ISEB Common Pre-Test · School reference · Group activity
Registration: Online registration; full-fee route pays a non-refundable £400 registration fee; closing date not stated on the 11+ page (Year 6 timing per 'Assessment overview')
Source: www.wellingtoncollege.org.uk/admissions/joining-at-11/
- Withington Girls' School
School entrance test · Interview
Registration: Register details with the school to receive updates and priority booking for events (page does not state a deadline)
- Wycombe Abbey
ISEB Common Pre-Test · Group activity
Registration: Registration by 1 June in the calendar year prior to entry (Year 5)
Source: www.wycombeabbey.com/admissions/
What we teach
Whatever the school's own process asks for. We read each school's entry process and prepare your child for each step: the ISEB Common Pre-Test, the school's own papers, interviews and group activities.
Tutors you can trust
Every tutor is interviewed and chosen as the best fit for the role, with years of proven experience. Their qualifications and background are checked, so your child learns safely.
Some of our tutors
Ms Vionnet
Entrance Exams · IB ToK & Extended Essay · GCSE, IGCSE
Currently studying Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Durham University; previously an Academic Scholar at Cheltenham Ladies' College with first-hand knowledge of the entrance examination process.
Mr Neil
English & English Literature — HKDSE, GCSE, iGCSE, IB, A-Level
A registered teacher in both Hong Kong and the UK with nearly 28 years of experience teaching literature and language in top-level schools in both places.
Mr Michael
Mathematics & Further Maths — iGCSE, GCSE, A-Level
Teaching for over fourteen years, he was awarded the IMA prize at Cardiff University for the highest-scoring degree average of his year, later completing an MSc in mathematics and PhD research in computational mathematics.
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