Schools / City of London School for Girls
City of London School for Girls is an independent school for girls in Barbican, City of London, educating around 790 pupils aged 10 to 18. Entrance begins with a Cambridge Select Insight computer-based assessment, followed by the school's own written papers in English and mathematics, and interviews.
Athena holds admission-route records for City of London School for Girls. They are shown by entry cycle below; where the provider changes between cycles, each cycle keeps its own recorded exam.
Set by Cambridge Select Insight (Cambridge, post-CEM successor)
Stage 1: Cambridge Select Insight computer-based test (outside the 9-profile tag set, so no slug is assigned for this stage). Stage 2: school-set written papers in English and Mathematics (45 minutes each); then interviews.
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Route record: needs review · Athena schools expansion research 2026-10-27
Set by Cambridge Select Insight (Cambridge, post-CEM successor)
Stage 1: Cambridge Select Insight computer-based test (outside the 9-profile tag set, so no slug is assigned for this stage). Stage 2: school-set written papers in English and Mathematics (45 minutes each); then interviews.
966 published practice questions tagged for this exam
Route record: needs review · Athena schools expansion research 2026-10-27
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Test: Autumn term of Year 6 — the assessment day set by the school (see the route description)
Results: Outcomes follow the school’s published timetable, typically in the spring term of Year 6
Offers: February of Year 6 — the school publishes its offers to its own timetable (London day schools cluster around a mid-February offer point)
When to start preparing: Start preparing in the spring term of Year 5 (the standing rule: about 18 months before the test).
General guidance: this follows the rule of thumb of starting about 18 months before the test. It is not the school's own published advice.
Source: official admissions information · checked 2026-10-28
Test: Autumn term of Year 6 — the assessment day set by the school (see the route description)
Results: Outcomes follow the school’s published timetable, typically in the spring term of Year 6
Offers: February of Year 6 — the school publishes its offers to its own timetable (London day schools cluster around a mid-February offer point)
When to start preparing: Start preparing in the spring term of Year 5 (the standing rule: about 18 months before the test).
General guidance: this follows the rule of thumb of starting about 18 months before the test. It is not the school's own published advice.
Source: official admissions information · checked 2026-10-28
No catchment — open competition
There is no catchment area. Admission is by the school’s own assessment process (examinations and, usually, an interview); the school sets its own oversubscription criteria in its admissions policy — commonly the assessment result first, with sibling or other connections considered at some schools.
GCSE: 95% of grades awarded 7–9 (A*–A)
School-published
A level: Average point score per A level entry 51.53 (average grade A); 70.8% of A level students achieved AAB or higher
DfE performance tables
Source: official source · checked 2026-10-28
A level: Average point score per A level entry 52.21 (average grade A+)
DfE performance tables
University destinations:
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Schemes recorded from the school's own published information. A scholarship is a merit award; a bursary is means-tested. Values are shown exactly as the school states them — where a scheme is honorary, its stated value says so.
BursaryOther
What is assessed: Means-tested (net household income up to c.£70,000 p.a. as a general guide, with very limited assets); awarded if the applicant is successful in the entrance exams and interview and funds are available; 12-15 places at 11+
When: Timing not stated on the published pages
What it's worth: Financial assistance of up to 100% of school fees; full-bursary holders also receive support with lunches, laptop, compulsory trips, uniform (£500 one-off at 11+), travel and public exams
How to apply: Separate application required (bursary application process online; link sent to those who indicate they wish to apply, after registration closes)
Official scholarship information
Checked 2026-10-28
BursaryOther
What is assessed: Means-tested, as at 11+; 3-4 bursary places at 16+
When: Timing not stated on the published pages
What it's worth: Financial assistance of up to 100% of school fees, plus extras support for full-bursary holders
How to apply: Separate application required (online bursary application, as at 11+)
Official scholarship information
Checked 2026-10-28
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