The HONEST truth about the Falkner House Girls' 4+ assessment 2026 entry)

We prepared 4 girls for the Falkner House 4+ Assessment. 2 girls were offered a place.

The 2 girls who were offered a place were already at the FH Nursery. Do not read that to mean that all girls who go to the Nursery are offered a place at Falkner House at 4+. That is 100% not the case and I have personally spoken to at least 5 parents whose daughters were at the FH Nursery and did not pass the 4+ assessment.

Of the two girls who were not offered a place at FH - one had over 12 months of 4+ assessment prep and the other had 3 months of assessment preparation. Both girls are exceptional. Both girls are highly articulate and highly intelligent. They are both going to exceptional schools but my clients were disappointed that their daughters were not offered a place at FH (understandably so).

So why weren’t they?

Obviously only FH will know this. Obviously FH will have their own way of selecting who they want to offer a place to.

It’s crystal clear that FH Girls’ school value their family connections and they clearly establish strong relationships with the parents and the girls at this school. I think that this definitely has something to do with the girls that they choose to come to their school from 4+ (Reception).

Regarding the characters of the girls, I would say that they are 100% looking for girls who are able to follow the instructions perfectly well in the assessment and for girls who are able to communicate to a very high standard. Of course they are assessing all of the other typical things that are assessed at 4+ but those two stood out to me the most with regards to this school in particular.

So does your daughter already need to be in the Nursery in order to be offered a place? I would say yes - based on this year’s results and based on my personal experience having spoken to many parents (obviously I’ve not spoken to all the parents in London who applied to this school!).

Does it mean that she is guaranteed entry just because she in at FH Nursery? No. And please do apply to other schools/ have your back ups. It’s never wise to apply to just one school in the 4+ assessment process anyway!

Does your daughter need to be able to follow instructions perfectly well? Yes!

Does your daughter need to have strong communication and language skills? Yes!

They write that they are looking for potential rather than attainment and I am of the firm opinion and belief that they are looking for both.

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