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Wandsworth Year 6 Test

The admissions assessment used for partial selection and fair banding at four schools.

GL AssessmentYear 6 test → Year 7 entry

Official sources checked 28 Sept 2026

HOW TO APPLY

Test registration & school applications

Test registration and your school application are two separate steps.

01 · TEST REGISTRATION

Register for the test

With Wandsworth Council

2027 entry registrationSeptember registration closed 3 September
Registration & access arrangements

Applicants for Ashcroft, Burntwood, Chestnut Grove or Graveney need to register for the Year 6 Test, subject to the council’s EHCP exception.

An additional specialist-place assessment does not replace this test. The council says late-test registration will reopen in mid-October.

Official registration details
02 · SCHOOL APPLICATION

Choose your schools

On your home council’s CAF

School application deadline31 October 2026
How do I apply for a place?

Use the Common Application Form (CAF) for the council where you live, including when applying across council boundaries. List schools in your genuine preference order.

Check each school’s admissions policy and any supplementary form. Taking the test does not secure a place.

How to order your schools

TEST FORMAT

Two reasoning assessments

GL Assessment · Multiple choice · Mark answers on the separate sheet

PART 155 minutes total

Non-verbal reasoning

Non-verbal reasoning
What skills are tested?
Non-verbal reasoning
Identify patterns, shapes and spatial relationships.
PART 250 minutes

Verbal reasoning

Verbal reasoning
What skills are tested?
Verbal reasoning
Recognise relationships between words, letters and information.

The 55-minute non-verbal session includes guidance and practice. The 50-minute verbal time is for answering questions, excluding the introduction.

PARTIAL SELECTION & BANDING

This is not a universal grammar-school pass

  • Selective placesSome admissions categories use attainment in the test to prioritise applicants.
  • Fair bandingOther arrangements use the result to place applicants into ability bands.
  • School policyThe same score can have a different role at different schools. Read the named school’s full criteria.

Official guidance: Council test structure.

SEPTEMBER 2027 ENTRY

Dates to keep track of

Tests take place in 2026, for children starting Year 7 in September 2027. Follow your invitation for your child’s session.

  1. September registration closed

    The extra-time request deadline was also 3 September.

  2. Allocated test day

    Each child is allocated one date and venue. The venue need not be a preferred school.

  3. Late-test registration

    The council advises families who missed the September deadline to return for the late-test registration window.

  4. September test results

    Results are sent by email before the CAF deadline.

  5. Submit your school application

    Name your preferred schools on your home council’s CAF. Send any school supplementary forms separately by their published deadlines.

  6. National Offer Day

    Your home council confirms the school place offered. Read the acceptance and waiting-list instructions in the offer.

Official timetable: Council timetable. Check the school’s instructions for late, exceptional or additional testing.

THE PRACTICE LIBRARY

Get to know the questions

Official verbal and non-verbal reasoning question examples.

Start with the official guidanceLocal instructions, sample questions & answer sheets

The answer sheet is scored, not the question booklet. Start by practising the pencil marks and question numbering before adding timed work.

SCHOOLS & ADMISSIONS

Which schools require this test?

These four schools use the Year 6 Test. Their partial-selection, banding and other admissions categories must be read separately.

BEFORE YOU APPLY

Three school-specific checks

  1. Read how the school uses the result

    Identify whether the relevant category is selection, fair banding or another criterion. Avoid treating every applicant as taking a grammar-school pass/fail test.

  2. Check any specialist assessment

    A specialist-place application at Ashcroft or Chestnut Grove still requires the Year 6 Test under the council’s guidance.

  3. Submit the school preferences separately

    Use the same monitored personal email for registration and eAdmissions where possible. The council test does not create your school application.

KEEP READING

Help with your next decision

CAF preference order

How to put your school choices in order.

Read the guide Offer day and waiting lists

Understand your options after the council’s allocation.

Read the guide

GOOD TO KNOW

A few common questions

Is the Wandsworth Year 6 Test an 11+ grammar test?

It is a local admissions assessment used for partial selection and fair banding. It is not a shared fully selective grammar-school route.

Does my child need it for a specialist place?

The council says specialist-place testing at Ashcroft or Chestnut Grove does not replace the Year 6 Test.

What if my child has an EHCP?

The council says children with an EHCP do not have to take the test. Follow the relevant admissions and EHCP process for the child.

What if I missed September registration?

The council says a late-test registration window will reopen in mid-October. Read how late or untested applicants are treated by the preferred school.

OFFICIAL SOURCES

Checked 28 Sept 2026. Follow the current school policy and your child’s test invitation for individual arrangements.