Who are the girls that get into South Hampstead at 4+?
/We have been preparing our girls for their South Hampstead 4+ assessments for nearly 2 decades. We know exactly how to prepare our girls to go into their 4+ assessment at South Hampstead and have the highest chances for success.
So who are the girls that get into this very competitive school at 4+?
The girls who get into SHHS are girls who are very academically able. What I mean by this is that they have covered all 7 areas of the EYFS curriculum at great depth.
They are girls who can:
communicate beautifully
listen perfectly well to adults
follow instructions perfectly
articulate their answers very well and have a very high level of vocabulary
socially interact very well with the other girls in the assessment
emotionally regulate themselves
demonstrate strong gross and fine motor skills
read to a very high standard
write to a very high standard
demonstrate a very strong aptitude for maths (the full maths curriculum)
show their knowledge and understanding of the world by being able to express their own opinions to a very high standard
show their creativity in their drawings
genuinely a pleasure to be around
I can picture very clearly one of my girls from last year (2025 entry) who was offered a place after being initially waitlisted. She would show up to each lesson with a big smile on her face. Some days she was more interested in joining me than others (we are all human after all!) but for the most part, she was delighted to see me and she was thrilled to see the activities that I had planned and prepared for her. She would answer all of my questions to a very high standard and would demonstrate a very high level of vocabulary. She knew all of her phase 2 and phase 3 phonics, she could blend and at the time she was learning her digraphs and trigraphs.
I can picture another girl that I prepared the year before who was offered a place (2024 entry). She was highly articulate and would answer all of my questions in detail and depth. She would extend her answers without prompting. She was highly intelligent and genuinely a delight to be with. She was mature, courteous, kind and caring.
I could give you many more examples!
So if you are preparing your daughter for her 4+ assessment at South Hampstead, begin preparing her at least 12 months before the assessment. Whether you choose to have formal support or not, leave yourself one full year to cover a full curriculum with your daughter. Support her with her questioning skills throughout the year and ensure that she is at the right level to go in and be offered a place to study at SHHS.
