How to apply
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Occasional Places
We have limited spaces for Year 1 starting in September 2026
4+ Entry (Reception) 2026/7
Welcome
We are delighted you would like to learn more about our Junior school. We have set out below the five main steps showing how to join us.
If you are still looking for a place for Reception 2025 do get in touch. Please email admissions@nhehs.gdst.net or call our team on (020) 87998400.
If you are ready to apply click here
If you would prefer just to talk through the admissions process, please contact the Admissions Team.
Ms L. Whitaker-Smith, Registrar
Visit Us
The best way to discover what life is really like at school is to join us at one of our Junior Open Days. These offer a unique opportunity on a normal day at school to find out what life is like as a pupil at Notting Hill & Ealing Junior School. Here you will have a tour from our Junior School pupils, get the chance to see the school in action and hear from our Head of Junior School, Ms Kate Bevan and Deputy Head, Mrs Nicola Pitt.
Register
We hope you and your daughter will have enjoyed visiting the school and are interested in becoming part of our amazing school community. We’d love you to join us! The next stage is to apply for a 4+ place through our easy to use online application process.
The deadline for 4+ registration is November 3rd 2025.
An academically excellent school that nurtures its pupils and helps them to develop into happy, confident girls.
Assessment
Assessment takes place in late November or early December.
Joining the Junior School at 4+ is selective and the offer of a place is based on an informal ‘play’ assessment in small groups of up to four girls (at this stage we do not expect girls to have any formal education or knowledge).
Offers & Acceptances
Offers are sent out by email before Christmas.
Acceptances to be made by mid-January.
Before the first day
2025 Autumn Term Starts: 4th September
In the summer term before starting school our new Reception pupils are invited to come into school for a fun morning where they will get to see their new classrooms and meet their new teachers and classmates. We also hold an informal evening event at school for new Reception parents to give them the chance to meet each other and their daughters’ new form teachers.
Awarded: London Independent School 2024
Rated: ISI Inspection Report 2025
Awarded: Best City Prep – The Week 2025
7+ Entry (Year 3) 2026/27
Welcome
We are delighted you would like to learn more about our Junior school. We have set out below the five main steps showing how to join us.
If you are still looking for a place in Year 3 for 2026 entry, please either call us on 020 8991 2165 or email the Admissions team via the link below.
Ms L. Whitaker-Smith, Head of Admissions
Visit Us
The best way to discover what life is really like at school is to join us at one of our Junior Open Days. These offer a unique opportunity on a normal day at school to find out what life is like as a pupil at Notting Hill & Ealing Junior School. Here you will have a tour from our Junior School pupils, get the chance to see the school in action and hear from our Head of Junior School, Ms Kate Bevan and Deputy Head, Mrs Nicola Pitt.
Head of Admissions
We hope you and your daughter will have enjoyed visiting the school and are interested in becoming part of our amazing school community. We’d love you to join us! The next stage is to apply for a 7+ place through our easy to use online application process.
Entrance Test & Interviews
Joining the Junior School at 7+ is based on entrance tests in English, Maths and reasoning, and a school reference. Girls who do well in the test will be invited back for a short, informal interview and have the chance to look around the school.
An academically excellent school that nurtures its pupils and helps them to develop into happy, confident girls.
Offers & Acceptances
Assessments take place in the first half of the Spring term and we aim to offer places by the February half term.
Before the first day
2025 Autumn Term Starts: 4th September
In the summer term before starting our new Year 3 girls pupils are invited to come into school where they will get to see their new classrooms and meet their new teachers and classmates. We also hold an informal evening event at school for new Year 3 parents to give them the chance to meet each other and their daughters’ new form teachers.
Awarded: Independent London Girls’ School 2024
Rated: ISI Inspection Report 2025
Awarded: Best City Prep – The Week 2025
11+ Entry (Year 7) 2026/27
Welcome
We are delighted that you would like to learn more about our school. We have set out below the five main steps showing how to join us. If you would prefer to talk through the admissions process, or find out more about bursaries and scholarships available for students joining our Senior School, please do contact me directly.
Ms L. Whitaker-Smith, Head of Admissions
Visit Us
The best way to discover what life is really like at school is to join us at one of our Open Days.
Here you and your daughter will get the chance to see the school in action on a tour by our current students, as well as hearing from our Head and Head Girls’ Team.
Register
We hope you and your daughter will have enjoyed visiting the school and are interested in becoming part of our amazing school community.
We’d love you to join us! The next stage is to apply for an 11+ place through our easy to use online application process. You can also apply for an 11+ Bursary or Scholarship at this stage.
Registrations for 2027 entry will open here on 1st May 2026.
Entrance Test & Interviews
Entrance test: December 2026
Interviews: January 2027
Joining the Senior School at 11+ is selective and involves written tests and an interview. We are part of the London 11+ Consortium and for 2026 entry, the Consortium schools will be using a bespoke, online entrance test. Our entrance test seeks to discover a child’s potential in creative and critical thinking, analysis, synthesis and problem-solving.
The test will be 100 minutes in length, with a break part-way through and can be taken in a student’s current school, or at one of the Consortium schools to which she has applied.
Applicants taking the entrance test here at Notting Hill & Ealing High School will take it in early December.
All applicants are interviewed to allow us to gather as much information as possible about each applicant, and we do all we can to put students at ease so they can perform to the best of their abilities on the day.
An academically excellent school that nurtures its pupils and helps them to develop into happy, confident girls.
Offers & Acceptances
Offer letters will be emailed to parents on Friday 13th February 2026, with a deadline of midday on Wednesday 4th March 2026 by which to accept the place.
Before the first day
2025 Autumn Term Starts: 4th September
In the summer term we hold an informal evening event at school for new joiners and their parents to give students the chance to meet their new form tutors and start to make new friends. During the summer holidays we also hold a pre-season sports training open to all new Year 7s, giving them the chance to get to know each other a bit more, meet our PE Department and have fun playing sport.
Awarded: Independent Girls’ School of the Year 2024
Report : Read our ISI Inspection 2025
Awarded: Read our Senior School review
16+ Entry (Sixth Form) 2026/27
Welcome
We are delighted you would like to learn more about our school. We have set out below the five main steps showing how to join us.
If you would prefer to talk through the admissions process, or find out more about the 100% bursaries available for students joining our Sixth Form, please contact me directly.
Ms L. Whitaker-Smith, Head of Admissions
Visit Us
The best way to discover what life is really like in our Sixth Form is to join us at one of our Sixth Form Open Events. Here you will get the chance to visit our Sixth Form Centre and Senior School, talk to our Head of Sixth Form and subject tutors, and meet some of our students.
If you would like to arrange a tour at another point during the year, please email our Admissions team and we will be happy to help.
Head of Admissions
The deadline for registration for 2026 entry is 7th November 2025.
We hope you will have enjoyed visiting the school and are interested in becoming part of our amazing Sixth Form community. We’d love you to join us! The next step is to apply for a 16+ place through our easy to use online application process.
You can also apply for a Sixth Form Bursary or Scholarship at this stage.
Entrance Test & Interviews
Entrance test: Thursday 6th November 2025
Interviews: Tuesday 18th and Wednesday 19th November 2025
Students are selected for Sixth Form entry based on written assessments, predicted GCSE grades, a reference from the applicant’s current school and subject interviews.
The written assessment for 2026 entry consists of the following:
For all applicants:
(a) a 45 minute, non subject-specific, computer-based test to assess general competencies
(b) a 40 minute non subject-specific essay paper with a choice of questions allowing applicants to demonstrate subject-specific interests and knowledge
For applicants wishing to study Maths, Further Maths, Economics, Chemistry or Physics at A level:
(c) an hour long Maths paper
An academically excellent school that nurtures its pupils and helps them to develop into happy, confident girls.
Offers & Acceptances
Offer letters will be sent out by email on 1st December and are usually conditional upon GCSE grades with a specified deadline by which to accept the place.
Before the first day
2025 Autumn Term Starts: 4th September
Our new Sixth Formers are invited along to special orientation days in July to meet everyone so that when you start in September you’ll feel at home.
Awarded: London School of the Year 2024
Rated: ISI Inspection Report 2025
Awarded: Awesome Sixth Form 2024
Occasional Places at NHEHS
Applying for Occasional Places
We sometimes have occasional places available in Junior and Senior School and are happy to welcome students into most year groups in the school other than at our standard 4+, 7+, 11+ and 16+ entry points.
Junior School September 2026
We have places for Year 1 starting in September. Find out more here.
Senior School September 2026 – Years 8 and 10
We have a small number of places available for Year 8 and Year 10 entry in September 2026.
If you are interested in applying for a place in any of these year groups, please contact the admissions team. We will talk through our admissions process, help answer any questions and support you with your application. If you are ready to apply please click here.
Ms L. Whitaker-Smith, Head of Admissions
Junior School
From time to time we have spaces within year groups 1, 2, 4 or 5. We do not generally admit into Year 6. As these vacancies arise, we will contact applicants on our waiting list and make arrangements for them to take the entrance test for that year group. We hold a number of assessment mornings during the school year.
Join our Occasional Places waiting list by registering an enquiry for an Occasional Vacancy here. This ensures you will be automatically updated if a place becomes available.
Senior School
We sometimes have places available in Years 8, 9 or 10. Assessment for these year groups consists of written papers in Maths, English and a Modern Foreign Language (French, German, Spanish or Mandarin), an interview (subject to performance in the written papers) and a reference from the applicant’s current school. We only accept students into Year 10 at the start of the academic year and do not admit into Year 11.
Join our Occasional Places waiting list by registering an enquiry for an Occasional Vacancy here. This ensures you will be automatically updated if a place becomes available.
Before your first day
Once you have accepted your occasional place, we aim to invite new students to come in for a day before they start, to spend the day with their Form group. They will be allocated buddies for the day and for their first couple of weeks in school.
Awarded: London Girls’ School 2024
Rated: Inspection Report 2025
Awarded: Read our Senior and Junior School Reviews
