Sat in Year 11, for entry into Year 12.

16+ Sixth Form Entry

16+ entry is sixth-form admission, sat in Year 11 for entry into Year 12. It is assessed differently from every round below it: papers in the specific A Level subjects a candidate intends to take, one or more interviews, and a conditional offer pinned to GCSE grades. It is also the round where the published thresholds are specific enough to check yourself before applying.

First, the thing that costs people a year

The number in 7+, 11+ or 13+ names the assessment, not the year group your child joins. The assessment is always sat the academic year before entry, so a child sitting the 11+ is in Year 6 at the time and joins in Year 7.

So the 16+ is sat in Year 11, at age 15–16, for entry into Year 12. Sixth-form entry, assessed on subject papers, an interview and predicted GCSE grades, and the usual route for scholarship applications.

Who runs a 16+, and what they set

14 of the 14 schools we cover run a 16+ round

There is no national 16+ paper. Each school sets its own, and the differences are large enough that preparing for the wrong one is preparing for a different exam. Every assessment below is taken from that school's own admissions pages.

The schools we prepare 16+ candidates for, and the assessment each sets
SchoolWhereWhat they set at 16+
The Perse SchoolCambridgeQuest, a 70-minute computer-based test (maths 20 minutes, English 30, non-verbal reasoning 10, verbal reasoning 10), plus a 30-minute handwritten creative writing task, a group activity and a short informal interview. Prep entry at 7+ to 10+ is a half-day of English, maths and reasoning.
Westminster SchoolLondon11+: ISEB Common Pre-Tests in November of Year 6 (English, maths, verbal and non-verbal reasoning), then 40-minute maths and English papers in January and an interview with two senior members of staff in February. 13+: the same ISEB pre-tests in Year 6, further 40-minute maths and English papers in early January, then an interview. 16+: a 45-minute paper in each of four chosen subjects, four subject interviews, a general interview and a 45-minute Interview Day Assessment.
St Paul's SchoolLondon13+: the ISEB online pre-test in Year 6, then a 75-minute maths paper and a 45-minute English paper in early January, followed by an interview. 7+ entry to St Paul's Prep is a written exam and half-day group assessments.
King's College SchoolWimbledon, LondonKing's sets its own tests rather than the ISEB pre-test: English, mathematics and verbal reasoning, sat in December of Year 6, with interviews in January and offers in mid-February. Both 11+ and 13+ are assessed in Year 6 and a boy may apply for one or the other, not both.
Brighton CollegeBrighton, East Sussex11+: an Academic Assessment Day in early December of Year 6 covering maths, English and verbal and non-verbal reasoning, then an Interview and Activities Day in January with two short interviews. 13+: ISEB Common Pre-Tests in Year 6, then an Orientation Day in February with interviews and written assessments in English and maths, with places offered in early March.
Sevenoaks SchoolSevenoaks, Kent13+: the ISEB pre-test in the autumn, then competitive English and maths examinations, a group discussion activity and a reference from the candidate's school.
Latymer Upper SchoolHammersmith, London11+: the School's own papers, sat in one sitting in early December of Year 6 — English comprehension and multiple choice (35 minutes), English descriptive writing (45 minutes) and mathematics (60 minutes). Shortlisted candidates return in January for a half day of classroom activities and a 1:2:1 interview. 16+ is three papers in November covering mathematics, written communication and critical thinking. The School does not use the ISEB Common Pre-Test.
North London Collegiate SchoolEdgware, London11+: two written papers sat on paper, English (1 hour 15 minutes, comprehension and creative writing) and mathematics (1 hour 15 minutes). NLCS sets no verbal or non-verbal reasoning test and does not use a computer-based assessment. Candidates who do well are invited to a 30-minute interview in January.
Godolphin and LatymerHammersmith, London11+: the London 11+ Consortium assessment, a bespoke 100-minute online test sat once and shared across the fourteen member schools, covering verbal, mathematical and non-verbal ability alongside creative and critical thinking, analysis, synthesis and problem solving. It is not the ISEB Common Pre-Test. Candidates who do well are invited to a Godolphin interview in January.
City of London School for GirlsBarbican, London11+: a one-hour computer-based test, Cambridge Select Insight, assessing numerical, verbal and non-verbal skills, then two 45-minute written papers in January — English testing creative writing and analytical skills, and mathematics testing problem solving — followed by interview.
St Paul's Girls' SchoolBrook Green, London11+: the ISEB Common Pre-Test, then three written papers sat on one day — English (close reading of literary prose), mathematics (arithmetic and problem solving, then multi-part questions), and General Comprehension (deduction and inference from visual, numerical or written material) — then an interview of around twenty minutes.
Magdalen College SchoolOxford11+: a test day of two online sessions and one written — 115 minutes online across mathematics, non-verbal reasoning, verbal reasoning, English, puzzles and problem solving, and creative comprehension, three of which adapt to the candidate's answers, plus a 45-minute handwritten creative writing task. Candidates invited back sit a 30-minute interview.
Dulwich CollegeDulwich, London11+: about three hours of online tests (maths, English, non-verbal and verbal reasoning, puzzles and problem solving, creative comprehension) plus a 20-minute handwritten creative writing task, with interviews in January. Years 3 to 5: digital assessments, creative writing and a short written maths paper, then a one-to-one assessment and group activities.
City of London SchoolCity of London10+ and 11+: a 105-minute online assessment (maths, English, non-verbal and verbal reasoning, puzzles and problem solving, creative comprehension) plus a 30-minute creative writing task, with a 15 to 20-minute interview and a group activity for those shortlisted.

14 of these 14 assessment descriptions are checked against the school's own admissions pages, and each school page carries the date it was last verified and a link to the source. We prepare candidates at every entry point these schools run, from 7+ through to 16+ sixth-form entry.

The 16+ mistake: reading the minimum as the target

Schools publish a qualifying standard and then say, in various words, that it is not the real bar. Dulwich, for example, asks for 65 points at GCSE with a grade 8 in English, maths and every A Level subject chosen. Treating the published minimum as the target is how strong candidates get caught out.

When to start

Start in Year 10 or the first term of Year 11. Registration for several schools closes in early October of Year 11, before most families have thought about it.

What we have actually done

25 of the 35 candidates we prepared for 2026 entry received offers. That is every candidate we prepared across every school and every entry point, not a figure for this round alone. 84 students prepared for entrance assessments since 2024.

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16+ tutoring prices

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