2026 / 2027 admissions cycle
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August – January · 319 key datesAugust
Nothing scheduled.
September
19
Benenden SchoolAssessment Day - 11+ and 13+ Entry
19
Benenden School11+ and 13+ Assessment Day 2026 (for 2027 and 2029 entry)
19
Benenden School13+ Assessment Day 2026 (for 2029 entry)
+4 more
October
01
St Paul's SchoolStage One: ISEB online common pre-test (at current school)
01
St Paul's Girls' School16+ Stage 1 Baseline Testing – Option 1
01
St Paul's Girls' School16+ Stage 1 Baseline Testing (Day 1)
+33 more
November
01
Wetherby Senior SchoolAssessment
03
The Haberdashers' Boys' School16+ Entrance Assessment
03
South Hampstead High School16+ Entrance Examination – Tuesday 3 November 2026
+122 more
December
01
Francis Holland School, Sloane Square11+ Assessment Day
01
Notting Hill & Ealing High School11+ Entrance Test
01
Kingston Grammar SchoolMusic Scholarship Auditions
+24 more
January
01
Bancroft's School7+ English Assessments
04
Bancroft's SchoolMaths and Non-Verbal Reasoning Assessment
04
The Rowans SchoolObserved Play Session for Reception 2028
+111 more
The next forty days.
Ordered by deadline · Toggle alerts per rowYear-round visits.
By appointment · 18 schoolsJames Allen's Girls' School11+ Welcome Mornings (during autumn term)
AssessmentIvy House School4+ Reception Assessment
AssessmentTwickenham Preparatory School7+ Assessment Morning
AssessmentAvon House Preparatory School7+ Entrance Exam
AssessmentBlossom House School, EustonInitial Assessment
AssessmentNotting Hill & Ealing High SchoolMusic Scholarship auditions
Scholarship ExamNewton Prep SchoolNursery Playdate
AssessmentBlossom House School, EustonSchool Trial Assessment
AssessmentNotting Hill & Ealing High SchoolSports Scholarship assessment day
Scholarship ExamBroomwood SchoolsTaster & Assessment Day (Years 5–8 entry)
AssessmentBroomwood SchoolsTaster & Assessment Day (Years 7-8 entry)
AssessmentHornsby House SchoolYears 1-6 Occasional Places Assessment
AssessmentWestminster SchoolScholarship Exam
Scholarship ExamWestminster SchoolScholarship Exam
Scholarship ExamWestminster SchoolScholarship Exam
Scholarship ExamExam
Dulwich CollegeScholarship Exam
Scholarship ExamThomas's CollegeAssessment
Assessment