Pupils may be admitted to the school at any age, but the principal points of entry are at 11+ and 16+ (Sixth Form). Please complete our online application form below if you wish to apply.
In the last academic year the school was significantly over-subscribed and was obliged to operate a waiting-list for girls wishing to secure a place.
Before the school can consider any candidate for entry, the application form must be completed and submitted, together with:
For occasional vacancies in other years please contact our Head of Admissions, at admissions@schs.gdst.net or download our Senior School Application Form.
Registration for 11+ Admission is now open.
Entrance Exams, Interviews and Creative Writing Submissions
Streatham & Clapham High School is a selective school and each year we receive more applications than the number of places we have available. However, the criteria on which we base our selection is not solely the entrance examination (although all its elements do play a considerable role in both the offering of places and academic scholarships). We are interested in finding and celebrating the unique potential of girls whom we believe will flourish at SCHS, which is not always visible from a single measure such as a standardised examination. We therefore also consider a creative-writing submission and conduct our interview process via a fun group assessment that enables candidates to explore whether the school ignites their interests too.
11+ Entrance Exams
All external candidates for 11+ admission to SCHS sit the ISEB (Independent Schools’ Examination Board) Common Pre-Test. The examination is an online and adaptive test comprising exercises in English, Mathematics, Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning.
Our Sixth Form gives you greater independence as you embark on the challenges of academic study at A Level, in which we hope you will continue to foster a love of learning for life and the confidence to think independently.
If you embrace your time in the Sixth Form in this way, you will have a hugely rewarding experience and will be ready for life at university and beyond.
Entry procedure and requirements for existing SCHS pupils
Girls in U5 (Year 11) of Streatham & Clapham High School are not required to submit an application form or submit a registration fee or deposit. During the course of the academic year, the Assistant Head (Sixth Form) will meet every U5 girl with her parents to discuss her route into the Sixth Form, her A Level options and aspirations beyond formal study.
In order to enter the Sixth Form, existing girls should achieve a minimum of 7 GCSEs awarded at grade 6 or above. These should include English and Mathematics. In subjects they intend to study at A Level, girls should achieve a minimum of a grade 7 in that subject. In the case of a subject being a ‘new’ subject (for example, Psychology and Economics) alternative grade requirements may be set in other subjects. Candidates for Economics should have competent mathematical skills (grade 6 at GCSE).
Entry procedure and requirements for external candidates
We encourage and welcome applications from external candidates, as you have so much to offer our school. Out 16+ new joiners swiftly become a fundamental part of our rich community.
Before the school can consider any candidate for entry, the application form must be completed and submitted, together with
Please complete the online Application Form, which should be submitted before 31 October 2023 for any applications which indicate an interest in a bursary place or specialist scholarship application). Applications after this date may be considered on a case-by-case basis.
Places are awarded on one or more of the following criteria
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