The 11+ intake at WUS has grown to 36+ places following its decision to admit boys and girls from September 2026. The list of individual schools sending a significant number of children to WUS at 11+ is small given the small intake, but there are a few prep schools with a decent number of offers […]

There are 180 11+ places available at Latymer Upper School, although 40 of those are usually taken up by pupils moving up from Latymer Prep School. Latymer Upper also aims to take a considerable share of pupils from state primary schools at this stage, which means only about 70 places are available for boys and

Feedback from parents this year is that the 11+ at SPGS was as hard and selective as ever. If anyone expected admission would be easier due to Westminster Under opening up places for girls, they were disappointed. In terms of prep schools with the most SPGS offers, the usual suspects are on the list, dominated

St James Senior School has announced it will begin a transition to co-education, welcoming both girls and boys into Year 7 and Year 12 from September 2027. Currently, boys are educated at the separate St James Boys’ Senior School in Ashford, Surrey. This will be welcome news for families in West London keen on co-educational

Horris Hill School, located in Newtown, Newbury, has confirmed it will shut its doors at the end of the academic year in July. The school, which serves pupils aged two to 13, is owned and run by parent company Forfar Education. The closure was communicated to parents just before the Easter holidays. A spokesman for

The University of Oxford has announced that in 2026, for entry in 2027, candidates do NOT need to take a written test as part of an application for any of the following courses: Classics, Classics and English, Classics and Modern Languages and Classics and Asian and Middle Eastern Studies. Candidates’ linguistic ability and potential will