What are NLCS even looking for in the 4+ Assessment?

If you truly want your daughter to go to NLCS from Reception, you need to know exactly what NLCS will be looking for in the 4+ Assessment. If you don’t know this, how will you ever prepare her to go in and pass?

Your daughter will need thorough and bespoke tuition for NLCS. You absolutely must only work with a teacher who has real and actual experience with this school.

NLCS is one of the hardest schools to get into at 4+ (and 7+!) but today I am talking about the 4+.

Don’t ever underestimate how hard it will be to get into this school.

This school is so overly subscribed each year. Hundreds of parents want their daughter to go to North London Collegiate School. At least 500 girls will be applying to do their 4+ Assessment for 2026 entry. There are 40 places on offer!

Having visited it several times myself and even having lunch there once with the teachers, I have seen exactly what it is like to be at this school. Their facilities are exceptional and the grounds are just divine. I get it!

I have prepared hundreds of girls for the 4+ Assessment at NLCS over the last 15 years and what I’ve learnt is this. Passing the first round is very challenging. As in, it’s very hard to pass!

If your daughter does pass, passing the second round is also challenging but not as challenging as the first round (if you have the right support in place!)

If your daughter makes it to the second round, it’s because NLCS have seen that she is the right fit for their school. They have seen through assessing her that she will be able to thrive at their school. In the second round, they will be assessing her further, deeper and more thoroughly (way smaller groups than the first round).

NLCS have a very specific Assessment criteria in the sense of what they are looking for. Of course, I’m not going to give that away here!

We have supported girls to be very successful at gaining entry to NLCS for over 15 years. In fact, I supported one of my oldest students with her Spanish GCSE last year! She worked with me when she was 6 and I prepared her for her 7+ at NLCS!

Preparing for 2026 entry? Join our Waiting List today. Once joined, I will be personally in touch to choose your preferred days and times to begin from January/February 2026. The Waiting List fee will make up your registration fee once you start your package.