The Guildford High 4+ assessment report (2026 entry)

Results from the Guildford High 4+ assessment were released yesterday (18/10/25)

We’ve had superb results this year. Again!

I am not surprised. All 3 of our girls started last October preparing for this 4+ assessment.

I know how hard it is to pass the 4+ Assessment at this school. And that’s why I encourage my potential new clients to start working with us at least 12 months before their 4+ assessment at GH. We know that this is one of the earliest assessments (early October) so if you are preparing for GH for 2027 entry, the time to start is now.

Myself and my team have personally been preparing our youngest students for Guildford High for many, many years. Before sending their children into the GH 4+ assessments, my clients are very well aware of the expectations at GH. We tell them openly about all of them. You see, we know historically the calibre of girl who has actually passed and we have seen girls who have not passed. That’s the nature of an assessment. Someone will pass and someone will not pass.

Our clients are so happy with the GH results this year. Most of them are currently over the moon.

Myself and my team of teachers prepared 3 girls for GH (for 2026 entry).

All three girls are just a delight. They are funny, kind, caring, easy to engage with, wonderful to teach, thirsty to learn, inquisitive and hard working.

All three students started working with us at least 12 months before the 4+ assessment at GH.

1.Stats

Two girls have been offered a place at GH.

One of our girls has been waitlisted. Although it is rare that parents will decline a place at GH, it does happen and it will happen this year so I’m quite sure that our student will be offered a place. GH is not her first choice however and we are still working together to prepare her for Highgate and WUS. Highgate is her parents’ first choice of school. Of course, it was disappointing but also not. You see, all of the students that we have prepared who have historically been waitlisted at any 4+ school, have eventually been offered a place because they are always so high up on the waiting list!

2. Three key reasons for success at GH.

• Children who perform highly across the board (in all 7 areas of the EYFS curriculum)

• Regular communication between parents and teacher during the week between the lessons.

• Consistent daily activity - Children completing all of the home learning sent every single day in preparation for this assessment.

3. Key reason for not being offered a place at GH.

• I spoke to several parents yesterday who called me to tell me the results of the GH 4+ assessment. There was a lot of heart ache and sadness. No one wants to read a letter that tells them that their child has not been successful. However, when you sign up for any assessment process that is what you are opening up your heart to and you have to be aware of this. The parents that I spoke to yesterday told me that they didn’t formally ‘prepare’ their daughters for the GH 4+ assessment and that they ‘sent them to nursery’. I’ve always said that a nursery alone cannot prepare children for their 4+ assessments. So the key reason is lack of preparation for the GH 4+ assessment.‘Unprepared’ girls are unlikely to be able to go in and demonstrate the skills that GH are assessing and to show their ‘readiness to learn’ which is ultimately what GH are assessing.

It is important to note that all of our girls’ parents put in at least 220 hours of dedicated focused learning with their daughters over the course of the year. They worked hard. They dedicated their time and attention to their daughters. They persevered when it got hard. They trusted in the learning process and despite a lot of negativity from their nurseries/friends/families, they continued. I admire their dedication. They are my ideal clients. They are the clients we want to be working with.

Both of our girls who have been offered a place, still have any more 4+ assessments coming up and we continue to prepare and work hard towards those.

My student who has been waitlisted - we will need to see if she is offered a place or not - I will update this blog once we hear. She is continuing to prepare for her other upcoming assessments. Usually they will let us know around mid/end of November once parents have accepted their places and paid their deposits.

Congratulations to our amazing girls who have been incredibly successful. And to all of our clients who trusted our process and went all in to support their children. This is not an easy assessment to pass at all. We are all so incredibly proud of you all!

To our beautiful girl who has been waitlisted, I know you will be offered a place anyway. Let’s focus on the other assessments!

To those of you who have received positive news - huge congratulations, your daughters did incredibly well, I hope you fully understand that. And to those of you who didn’t receive good news, keep going - you have other assessments to focus on!