2027 4+ entry to Guildford High?
/So you have your heart set on Guildford High?
Perhaps you’ve even moved house to make this a possibility!
Perhaps you plan to move house to make this a possibility?
Perhaps you’ve started preparing your daughter? Perhaps you have? I do hope it’s the latter!
I know exactly what GHS write on their website so you don’t need to tell me! Our girls who have historically passed this 4+ assessment have gone in being able to read and to write. By reading I mean reading cvc words with confidence and some digraph words and by writing I mean being able to write their name perfectly and write numbers 1-10 (at a minimum).
GHS have 2 45 minutes assessments at 4+. GHS say that they assess ‘readiness for learning’. Sure. Amongst hundreds of other things that they will be assessing.
At the point of writing this blog GHS haven’t yet updated their admissions guide for 2027 entry.
The 4+ assessments are super early for GHS (October 2026). So you have 6 months left to prepare. Factoring holidays and sickness (you, your child and your teacher), you have about 4 months left to prepare!
Starting now preparing for GHS for the 4+ is really not something I would ever advise you to do. But it’s better to start now if you haven’t yet started! Even better would be to start with 12 months of assessment preparation time for this school.
My opinion based on facts (ie. girls who have passed this assessment histrically).
Also, just because ‘assessments are reflective of the girls’ ages’ doesn’t mean that the assessment will be ‘easier’ for your summer born girls so do get that thought out of your heads!
Key take aways
Prepare as early as possible (at least 12 months before).
If you haven’t already started preparing, start now.
Don’t listen to people telling you this is an ‘easy’ assessment to pass. Why would it be east? This is an exceptional school with exceptional results.
Don’t listen to people who WILL tell you that their daughter just went in and ‘played’ and was offered a place.
Join our Waiting List for 2028 entry and beyond.
Book your Ultimate Emerald Curriculum Sample week for support with 2027 entry.
