The Alleyn's Dulwich 4+ Assessment - Is your child really ready?
/Registration opens on Monday 1st September and Registration closes Friday 13th November 2026 (for 2027 entry).
Approx. 36 new children will be welcomed into the Reception classrooms at Alleyn’s Dulwich.
The Assessments for Alleyn’s Dulwich will be in January 2027 (7th-9th January 2027).
One of the most secretive schools in terms of the 4+ Assessments. Parents keep very hush, hush about this one. Perhaps because they don’t want to help others to have an edge over their child or perhaps they don’t wish to speak openly about their rejection. Alleyn’s Dulwich is a very challenging assessment to pass following the 4+ assessment.
I dare you to ask a mother or a father who has sent their child for a 4+ assessment at this school and I guarantee you that they will either be extremely vague or they will simply change the subject.
One of the hardest schools to pass at 4+, it is also one of the least prepared for by our clients here at CMT. As in this is a school that parents typically start preparing for 3 months before the assessment. I know for a fact that this is not enough time to prepare for a 4+ at a school like Alleyn’s Dulwich. The only thing the Admission Policy reveals is that children are assessmed based on the Early Years Curriculum. That is all.
Dulwich parents are drawn to this school for their children because of the simple fact that once in, they will progress (unless in exceptional circumstances) to the Senior School and therefore avoid having to do the 11+.
There are rumours that they have a sibling policy but I know of many, many siblings who have not passed so I wouldn’t even consider this to be honest.
A highly academic 4+ assessment, your child will need to cover a broad and vast curriculum in all areas of the Early Years Curriculum. Spatial reasoning and logic are important features of this 4+ assessment and your child will need to be prepared thoroughly and well and have been exposed to many different elements of spatial reasoning during their 4+ assessment preparation in order to go in and have a clue what to do! Numeracy and phonics will need to be at a very high level. Language development and language skills will be vital to your child’s chances of success at Alleyn’s Dulwich.
If you are preparing for the 4+ assessments in 2028 and beyond, please join our Waiting List.
