The ISEB Common Pre-Test is an online, adaptive admissions test taken by children applying to many of the UK’s leading independent senior schools. It covers English, mathematics, verbal reasoning and non-verbal reasoning, takes around two and a quarter hours, and is usually sat once in Year 6.

What is the admissions process for Winchester at 13+? Students can enter Winchester at 13+ and 16+. The application deadline for 2027 entry for 13+ is 3 July 2024. 

Summer holidays are long, and by mid-August the days start to blur. This is a good moment for the kind of English work that rarely fits into term time - writing something for the fun of it, sitting with a poem long enough to actually enjoy it.

Last December, a school in Hackney became the first in England to be the subject of a safeguarding review triggered by complaints about its behaviour policy. 

Since landing in New York, we’ve spent a year sitting in classrooms, running school days, and getting to know families across the city.