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Both, and this is the fact most worth knowing about this school. In the School's own words: "Pupils have secured entry to both schools. They enter the Under School in Year 7 before progressing to Westminster School in Year 9, with no further entry testing." So the 11+ is the whole competition rather than the first of two rounds. A family holding preparation back for a 13+ hurdle at Westminster is preparing for something that will not test them.

ISEB Common Pre-Tests in november of year 6 — Online tests in English, Mathematics, Verbal Reasoning and Non-Verbal Reasoning, sat at Westminster or at the candidate's own school where that has been approved. written papers in january — Mathematics, 40 minutes, testing the ability to apply mathematics in the context of problem solving. English, 40 minutes, covering reading and writing, comprehension, descriptive writing and short reviews. interviews in february — Two interviews with senior members of staff, one from each school, focused on a candidate's genuine interests and enthusiasms. About 40 boys and girls join at 11+ each year.

Registration opens 1 september, two years before entry and closes 30 september of the year before assessment. That is a longer window than most schools allow, which is a mixed blessing: there is no urgency to force the decision, and families routinely let it pass.

No, and the constraint is wider than Westminster. The School states it plainly: "The tests can only be taken once for all schools applied for, and children cannot re-sit them." One sitting covers every school a child applies to, so it cannot be treated as a practice run for the schools further down your list.

Yes, fully, at every stage. That is worth checking rather than assuming, because several of the other schools families shortlist alongside Westminster are single-sex at 11+ and 13+ and admit girls only at sixth form.

Most families we work with start twelve to eighteen months out. That leaves room to build the underlying English and maths before anything is timed, and to spend the final autumn on the two 40-minute papers and the pair of February interviews. Shorter runs work and are common — we have prepared candidates in under four months — but a short run is triage rather than a full pass, and we will be straight with you about what is realistic before you book anything.

Every one of our Westminster tutors is an alumnus of the school and sat this assessment themselves. We teach in person in Westminster and online anywhere in the UK. Tutoring is charged per hour from £60, with no contracts and no packages to buy up front. The first lesson is no commitment and you can stop at any time, and a free 20-minute consultation comes first.