Habs' Girls 4+ V NLCS 4+ 2024 Entry

Each year, I prepare a maximum of 12 children for the 4+ Assessments.

Last year, I prepared 8 girls for NLCS and Habs’ Girls (they were or course preparing for other schools too).

Generally, girls who prepare for NLCS, also prepare for Habs. Not always. I did have girls prepare for either Habs or NLCS.

Because I have prepared so many girls for these two schools, I know exactly what these two schools are looking for in their students. I also know exactly what they don’t want.

When you book one of our packages, I will of course share this all with you.

This is so that we can avoid certain things that went wrong in the Assessments this year and make sure that your daughter has the skills that these two schools are looking for in order to be successful.

Habs’ Girls’ was ‘easier’ to get into this year in the sense that a lot of our girls passed their 4+ and were successful at gaining entry to this school. Four of our girls were offered a place at Habs’ girls. This is exceptional. After all, they only have 40 places available and 4 of those girls were prepared by me!

I say ‘easier’ in inverted commas because is was definitely NOT easy! But we had a lot more of our girls getting into Habs’ Girls.

NLCS was a different story this year. We still had a lot of success but all of the girls who were successful at getting into Habs were not successful at getting into NLCS. The student who was successful at getting an offer for NLCS hadn’t applied to Habs.

Perhaps the two schools communicate with each other? Could be!

This is how the 4+ Assessment works at Habs’ Girls:

All applicants are invited to an assessed group activity session, lasting about 50 minutes, in December. The groups are organised by age – those of a similar birth month are grouped together. Twins are invited on separate dates. 

The second stage involves a selected number of candidates, with their parents, meeting the Head of the Junior School and other members of the Leadership Team. These informal meetings are an opportunity for parents to ask questions about the school and to establish whether they think it is the right place to educate their child. It is also an opportunity for us to spend more time with the child and their family, to establish that the parents are seeking the education which the school is offering, whilst also identifying whether the ethos and values of the school and the parents are aligned.  

This is how the 4+ Assessment works at NLCS:

Round 1 - Play activities testing school readiness which lasts about an hour.  Children are grouped by age and there are about 12-16 children per group. Activities usually include pre-school tasks such as colouring, cutting and sticking.

Round 2 - A smaller group are recalled for the second round, which includes a group activity followed by one to one puzzles and games with a member of our teaching staff.

The 4+ Assessments to both of these schools are rigorous. They are challenging. And your daughter 100% needs to be prepared.

However you do this, please do prepare them.

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