Eaton House Schools is delighted to announce the appointment of Mrs Claire Fildes as the new Headmistress of Eaton House The Manor Girls’ School. Mrs Fildes will take up her post from September 2022, at which time the current Headmaster, Mr Oliver Snowball, will join St Paul’s Juniors as Headmaster, after 6 successful years. Mrs Fildes has

London’s private and state secondary schools have offered all 11+ places out by now, and they have largely been accepted, although there are a tiny number of waiting list places potentially coming up in the next months. But decisions have mainly been finalised, and some prep schools have started publishing their results with a varying

The Shine Academy is excited to announce that it will offer Shine 7+ and 8+ programmes from Summer term (April 2022). These will comprise 1.5 hour sessions every weekend during term time. These sessions will aim to reinforce a strong maths foundation and to stretch the children to the right level for their upcoming 7+

Every September up to six boys join Westminster Cathedral Choir School in Year 4 as choristers. Becoming a chorister offers them the opportunity to sing in a world famous choir, and to join a thriving, inclusive, independent school for boys, age 4 – 13.  Discover more about the adventure of chorister life at WCCS. 10.00 amGuests arrive, Westminster

City of London School for Girls, which has run a highly successful prep school for girls aged 7 – 11 in the past, will be opening a junior school for girls and boys aged between 7 and 11 in September 2022. Boys were previously only able to join City of London School at 10+ or

Guest post by Tony Thomas. My daughter recently prepared for the 11+ entrance exams across a variety of grammar and independent schools (Feb 2020-Jan 2021, for entry in Sep 2021). While there are (quite literally) a ton of resources and guides out there for prospective parents and their wards, I thought it might help to

Officially, there is no such thing as a feeder school to St Paul’s Girls’ School. However, a handful of London prep schools have historically filled a large share of the 90-100 places available at St Paul’s Girls’ School at 11+. Most of these tend to be highly selective themselves, so it is no surprise they

Some exciting changes are afoot at Arnold House School in St John’s Wood. Following The Hall School‘s move from 4+ and 5+ admission to 4+ admission only, it was a matter of time before Arnold House would change its admissions process, but they have gone further than we expected and moved to 3+ admission entirely.

Guest post by Alex Paseau. The author teaches at Oxford University. The 11+ exam has been roundly criticised by opponents of academic selection. But even those who believe in academic selection should recognise that the 11+ in its current form is flawed. It needs to be rethought. The first argument against the current 11+ is

One distinguishing feature of British private schools is that many of them still separate children by gender from as early as 3 or 4 years old. While there are more co-educational prep schools, from age 11, parents are almost forced to consider single sex education, if they are aiming for a top ranked school. This

Here we are, 9 months into the pandemic, and perhaps predictably, the absurdity of testing thousands of 6 to 10 year olds just after the Christmas holidays is becoming apparent to all. The wisest schools shifted their exams to the autumn term (7+ and some 8+ in person, 11+ online via ISEB or CEM pre-test),

We live in extraordinary times, and many secondary schools have changed their 11+ admissions process for September 2021 as a result. If you are following the news, you will have heard about the ISEB by now. What is the ISEB and how will it affect admissions this year? Will all schools use this test and

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

The below are London’s highest performing state primary schools based on 2019 SATS test data for Year 6 pupils (see here for most up to data 2023 rankings). The schools are ranked based on the percentage of pupils who achieve a high level of attainment in Writing, Reading and Maths. These statistics tend to be

This is a post from 2020. See here for an updated 2022 feeder list. Officially, there is no such thing as a feeder school to St Paul’s Girls’ School. However, you will certainly notice that a small handful of London prep schools have historically filled a large share of the 90-100 places available at St