The Calendar · Month at a glance
January 2027
Every dated event across the London independents, laid out by day. Tap a dot to see the schools.
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- Bancroft's School7+ English Assessments
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- Bancroft's SchoolMaths and Non-Verbal Reasoning Assessment
- Bancroft's School16+ Acceptance Deadline
- St John's School4+ Reception Assessment
- +3 more
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- Bancroft's SchoolAssessment Day for 11+ Entry
- Kingston Grammar School11+ Interview Day
- St Paul's SchoolStage Two: Written assessments in Mathematics and English
- +8 more
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- City of London School for Girls11+ Second assessment and Interview
- City of London School for GirlsOpen Day
- Latymer Upper School11+ Interview Day
- +4 more
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- Alleyn's SchoolEntrance Examinations for overseas candidates
- Dulwich College: The Junior SchoolYear 3 (7+) Entrance Assessment Stage 2
- James Allen's Girls' SchoolSenior School Chance Vacancy Assessments (CAT4, English, Maths)
- +6 more
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- Guildford High School11+ Interview Day at GHS
- Francis Holland School, Sloane Square11+ Interview Day
- Alleyn's SchoolEntrance Examinations
- +7 more
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- Withington Girls' SchoolEntrance Examinations for Year 7
- Wetherby Senior School11+ Interviews
- Dulwich CollegeYear 7 Music Scholarship Auditions
- +5 more
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- St Paul's SchoolGissing Sport Award Assessments
- City of London School for Girls11+ Interviews
- Bedford School13+ and 14+ Entry Assessments
- +1 more
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- Guildford High School11+ Music Scholarship Auditions
- Guildford High SchoolMusic Scholarship Auditions
- Putney High SchoolTennis Sports Scholarship Assessment
- +3 more
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- Queen's Gate School11+ Scholarship assessment in PE
- Putney High SchoolAthena Assessment & Interview
- The Manchester Grammar SchoolEntrance Examination Day
- +2 more
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- Eltham College16+ External Options Evening
- King's College School, WimbledonInterview
- St Paul's School11+ Interviews
- +4 more
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- Bedford School13+, 14+ and 16+ Drama Scholarships
- Godolphin and Latymer School11+ Interviews
- Ampleforth CollegeAssessment Day (11+ Entry)
- +1 more
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- Wetherby Senior School13+ Interviews 2029 entry
- St Paul's Girls' School11+ Interviews
- Eastbourne CollegeAll-rounder Scholarship Assessment (Year 9 2027 entry)
- +12 more
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- Ardingly CollegeSwimming Masterclass
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- Dulwich CollegeYear 7 Sports Scholarship Assessment
- Eastbourne CollegeSport Scholarship Assessment Boys (Year 9 2027 entry)
- James Allen's Girls' School7+ Second stage interviews
- +2 more
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- Eastbourne CollegeArt Scholarship Assessment (Year 9 2027 entry)
- Dulwich CollegeScholarship Exam
- Bedford School16+ Assessments and Academic Scholarship
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- Eastbourne CollegeMusic Scholarship Assessment (Year 9 2027 entry)
- Bedford School13+, 14+ and 16+ Art Scholarships
- Dulwich CollegeYear 7 Interviews
- +1 more
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- Eltham College11+ Music, Sport, Drama, Chess and Art Scholarship Assessments
- Eastbourne CollegeDrama & Dance Scholarship Assessment (Year 9 2027 entry)
- St Albans High School for GirlsScholarship Assessment
- +1 more
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- Dulwich CollegeScholarship Exam
- City Junior School7+ Offer Day and Taster Sessions
- City Junior School7+ Offer day
- +1 more
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- Alleyn's SchoolInterview and small group activity for selected candidates
- Dulwich CollegeScholarship Exam
- Bancroft's School11+ Interviews for Selected Candidates
- +4 more
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- St Paul's Girls' School11+ Interviews – Date Option 2
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- Loughborough High SchoolOpen Door Event (All years)
- Harrow SchoolMusic Scholarship Assessment
- Dulwich College: The Junior School4+ Offer Holder Tour
- +4 more
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- City Junior School7+ Taster session
- Lady Eleanor Holles School11+ Interviews (Stage 2)
- City Junior School7+ Offer and Taster Day
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- Immanuel SchoolQuiz Evening
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- Dulwich College: The Junior SchoolYear 3 (7+) Results
- Bancroft's School11+ Music Award Auditions
- Dulwich College: The Junior School7+ Results Day
- +2 more
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- Alleyn's SchoolWorkshops for selected Academic Scholarship candidates
- Dulwich College: The Junior School4+ Acceptance Deadline
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- St Paul's SchoolStage Three: Interviews for selected candidates
- RGS WorcesterWhole School Open Morning
- Shrewsbury House SchoolObserved Play Session (4+)
- +1 more
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- Wycombe Abbey13+ Offers and Scholarships
- 01Fri7+ English Assessments · 7+
- 04MonMaths and Non-Verbal Reasoning Assessment · 7+
- 04Mon16+ Acceptance Deadline
- 04Mon4+ Reception Assessment · 4+
- 04MonObserved Play Session for Reception 2028 · 4+
- 04Mon7+ Assessment Day — Maths and Non-Verbal Reasoning · 7+
- 04Mon11+ Interview Date
- 05TueAssessment Day for 11+ Entry · 11+
- 05Tue11+ Interview Day · 11+
- 05TueStage Two: Written assessments in Mathematics and English · 13+
- 05TueGetting to Know You session (2028 entry) · Reception
- 05TueEntrance Assessment · 11+
- 05Tue11+ Entrance Examination · 11+
- 05Tue11+ Entrance Exams (Day 1) · 11+
- 05Tue11+ Entrance Assessment · 11+
- 05Tue7+ Assessment Day – Tuesday 5 January 2027 · 7+
- 05Tue7+ Assessment · 7+
- 05Tue11+ Assessment Day · 11+
- 06Wed11+ Second assessment and Interview
- 06WedOpen Day
- 06Wed11+ Interview Day · 11+
- 06Wed11+ Second Assessment (English & Maths papers) · 11+
- 06Wed11+ Second Assessment · 11+
- 06Wed11+ Entrance Examination · 11+
- 06Wed11+ Entrance Exams (Day 2) · 11+
- 07ThuEntrance Examinations for overseas candidates · 11+
- 07ThuYear 3 (7+) Entrance Assessment Stage 2 · 7+
- 07ThuSenior School Chance Vacancy Assessments (CAT4, English, Maths) · 11+
- 07ThuChance Vacancy Assessment (Years 8-10) · 3+
- 07ThuAll-Rounder (including hard-ball cricket) Sports Scholarship Assessment · 11+
- 07Thu7+ Second Round Assessment
- 07Thu11+ Sport Scholarship Assessment - All-rounder · 11+
- 07ThuAll-Rounder (incl. hard-ball cricket) Sports Scholarship Assessment · 11+
- 07Thu7+ Entrance Assessments Stage 2 · 7+
- 08Fri11+ Interview Day at GHS · Year 7
- 08Fri11+ Interview Day · 11+
- 08FriEntrance Examinations · 11+
- 08FriOffers Acceptance Deadline
- 08FriEntrance Day at GHS · 7+
- 08Fri11+ Second Stage Creative Assessment · 11+
- 08Fri11+ Stage 2 — Creative Assessment · 11+
- 08FriInterview Day at GHS · Year 7
- 08Fri11+ Entrance Examinations · 11+
- 08Fri16+ Acceptance Deadline · 16+
- 09SatEntrance Examinations for Year 7
- 09Sat11+ Interviews · 11+
- 09SatYear 7 Music Scholarship Auditions · 11+
- 09Sat7+ Taster Event · 7+
- 09SatMusic Scholarship Auditions – Year 7 candidates · 11+
- 09Sat11+ Scholarship auditions for Music, Drama and Art · 11+
- 09Sat11+ EDGE Experience Day (assessments in Maths and EDGE paper) · 11+
- 09Sat11+ EDGE Experience Day · 11+
- 11MonGissing Sport Award Assessments · 11+
- 11Mon11+ Interviews · 11+
- 11Mon13+ and 14+ Entry Assessments
- 11Mon11+ Co-curricular Scholarship Assessments · 11+
- 12Tue11+ Music Scholarship Auditions · Year 7
- 12TueMusic Scholarship Auditions · Year 7
- 12TueTennis Sports Scholarship Assessment · 11+
- 12TueAdvance Pre-Test Programme Assessment and Familiarisation Day · 13+
- 12Tue11+ Sport Scholarship Assessment - Tennis · 11+
- 12TueOpen Evening
- 13Wed11+ Scholarship assessment in PE · 11+
- 13WedAthena Assessment & Interview · 11+
- 13WedEntrance Examination Day · 11+
- 13Wed11+ Athena Assessment & Interview · 11+
- 13WedYear 7 Entrance Examination Day
- 14Thu16+ External Options Evening · 16+
- 14ThuInterview
- 14Thu11+ Interviews · 11+
- 14Thu13+ Assessment Day · 13+
- 14ThuGymnastics Sports Scholarship Assessment · 11+
- 14Thu11+ Music Scholarship Audition · 11+
- 14Thu11+ Sport Scholarship Assessment - Gymnastics · 11+
- 15Fri13+, 14+ and 16+ Drama Scholarships
- 15Fri11+ Interviews · 11+
- 15FriAssessment Day (11+ Entry) · 11+
- 15Fri11+ Interview · 11+
- 16Sat13+ Interviews 2029 entry · 13+
- 16Sat11+ Interviews · 11+
- 16SatAll-rounder Scholarship Assessment (Year 9 2027 entry) · 13+
- 16SatMusic Scholarship Auditions
- 16SatReception Visit for Children on Waiting List · reception
- 16SatScholarship Exam
- 16Sat13+ Entrance Examinations · 13+
- 16SatAssessment Day (13+ Entry) · 13+
- 16SatYear 7 (11+) Interview and Group Experience · 11+
- 16SatMusic Scholarship Auditions – Year 9 candidates · 13+
- 16Sat11+ Interviews – Date Option 1 · 11+
- 16SatYear 7 (11+) and Year 6 (10+) Interview and Group Experience · 11+
- 16Sat7+ Assessment Day
- 16SatUpper School Entrance Assessment (Year 7 & Year 9 entry) · 11+
- 16Sat11+ Interviews (allocated date) · 11+
- 17SunSwimming Masterclass
- 18MonYear 7 Sports Scholarship Assessment · 11+
- 18MonSport Scholarship Assessment Boys (Year 9 2027 entry) · 13+
- 18Mon7+ Second stage interviews · 7+
- 18Mon4+ Offers Sent · 4+
- 18Mon13+ Art, Sports & Peter Robinson Scholarship Assessment Day · 13+
- 19TueArt Scholarship Assessment (Year 9 2027 entry) · 13+
- 19TueScholarship Exam
- 19Tue16+ Assessments and Academic Scholarship · 16+
- 20WedMusic Scholarship Assessment (Year 9 2027 entry) · 13+
- 20Wed13+, 14+ and 16+ Art Scholarships
- 20WedYear 7 Interviews · 11+
- 20WedOpen Morning
- 21Thu11+ Music, Sport, Drama, Chess and Art Scholarship Assessments · 11+
- 21ThuDrama & Dance Scholarship Assessment (Year 9 2027 entry) · 13+
- 21ThuScholarship Assessment · 11+
- 21Thu13+ and 14+ Academic Scholarship Call Back
- 22FriScholarship Exam
- 22Fri7+ Offer Day and Taster Sessions
- 22Fri7+ Offer day · 7+
- 22Fri16+ Sport Scholarships · 16+
- 23SatInterview and small group activity for selected candidates · 11+
- 23SatScholarship Exam
- 23Sat11+ Interviews for Selected Candidates · 11+
- 23Sat11+ Interview Day · 11+
- 23SatJunior School assessments · 7+
- 23Sat8+ Entrance Examinations · 8+
- 23SatOpen Day
- 24Sun11+ Interviews – Date Option 2 · 11+
- 25MonOpen Door Event (All years)
- 25MonMusic Scholarship Assessment · 13+
- 25Mon4+ Offer Holder Tour · 4+
- 25MonSenior school tours for offer holders
- 25Mon13+, 14+ and 16+ Golf Scholarships
- 25Mon11+ Interviews · 11+
- 25MonMusic Scholarship Auditions (11+) · 11+
- 26Tue7+ Taster session · 7+
- 26Tue11+ Interviews (Stage 2) · 11+
- 26Tue7+ Offer and Taster Day · 7+
- 27WedQuiz Evening
- 28ThuYear 3 (7+) Results · 7+
- 28Thu11+ Music Award Auditions · 11+
- 28Thu7+ Results Day · 7+
- 28Thu11+ Scholarship Examinations · 11+
- 28Thu13+, 14+ and 16+ Computer Science Scholarships
- 29FriWorkshops for selected Academic Scholarship candidates
- 29Fri4+ Acceptance Deadline · 4+
- 30SatStage Three: Interviews for selected candidates · 13+
- 30SatWhole School Open Morning
- 30SatObserved Play Session (4+) · 4+
- 30SatYear 11 Parents Day (Parents Retreat & Parent Reps Meeting Fri 29 Jan)
- 31Sun13+ Offers and Scholarships · 13+
Dates TBC · 27 events
- TBCDowne House11+/12+/13+ Assessment Days (Autumn Term)
- TBCStowe School11+ Academic Scholarship Assessment Day
- TBCThe Haberdashers' Boys' School11+ and 13+ Senior Summer Tour
- TBCSt Mary's School Ascot11+ Assessment
- TBCWycombe Abbey11+ Assessment Day at Wycombe Abbey
- TBCGodolphin and Latymer School11+ Autumn Open Days
- TBCBancroft's School11+ Bancrofts in Action Morning
- TBCSherborne Girls11+ Boarding Taster and Assessment Weekend
- TBCCaterham School11+ Co-curricular Scholarship Assessments
- TBCThe John Lyon School11+ Entrance Assessment
- TBCNotting Hill & Ealing High School11+ Entrance Test
- TBCKing's College School11+ Forums
- TBCCaterham School11+ Informal Interviews
- TBCForest London11+ Information Morning
- TBCSouth Hampstead High School11+ Interviews (incl. Sports & Music Scholarship assessments)
- TBCUniversity College School11+ Interviews (mini-lesson + one-to-one)
- TBCSouth Hampstead High School11+ Interviews, Music Scholarship auditions, Sport Scholarship assessments – mid-January 2027
- TBCSouth Hampstead High School11+ Interviews, Sports Scholarship Assessments & Music Scholarship Auditions
- TBCJames Allen's Girls' School11+ ISEB Common Pre-test Assessment
- TBCEltham College11+ Music, Sport, Drama, Chess and Art Scholarship Assessments
- TBCPutney High School11+ Offer Holders School Tours & Taster Events
- TBCLatymer Upper School11+ Open Day - Autumn 2026
- TBCKing's College School11+ Open Evening
- TBCWinchester College11+ Open Events
- TBCWinchester College11+ Open Events (via The Pilgrims' School)
- TBCWestminster School11+ Open Morning
- TBCAlleyn's Junior School11+ Registration Deadline