Schools / King's High School, Warwick
King's High School, Warwick is an independent school for girls in Warwick, educating around 820 pupils aged 10 to 18. Entrance is by the school's own 11+ examinations, usually in English and mathematics, together with an interview. Boarding places are available alongside day places.
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School-set papers - English, mathematics and an online verbal/non-verbal reasoning test.
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Set by Individual schools / small consortia (no board)
School-set papers - English, mathematics and an online verbal/non-verbal reasoning test.
1038 published practice questions tagged for this exam
Route record: verified · Athena schools expansion research 2026-10-27
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Test: January of Year 6 — the school’s own examination day (a few schools test in November or December of Year 6)
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 autumn 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: January of Year 6 — the school’s own examination day (a few schools test in November or December of Year 6)
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 autumn 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: 78% of all grades were 9-7 (over 56% at grades 9-8; over 30% at grade 9)
School-published
A level: Average point score per A level entry 41.59 (average grade B); 22.6% 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 42.11 (average grade B+)
DfE performance tables
Source: official source · checked 2026-10-28
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.
ScholarshipAcademic
What is assessed: All entrance exam candidates automatically considered for Academic (including English and Mathematics) scholarships per school guidance in listings; Academic Scholarship Day by invitation only
When: Scholarship/bursary application closing date early September; entrance examination in October; Academic Scholarship Day in early November (2027 entry dates)
What it's worth: Up to 20% fee reduction (up to 26 scholarships in Year 7 across categories, per school's GSG text)
How to apply: All entrance candidates automatically considered for academic; separate application for other categories
Official scholarship information
Checked 2026-10-28
ScholarshipAll rounder
What is assessed: Separate application; exceptional performance across areas, interview
When: Subject Scholarship Assessments in late September
What it's worth: Up to 20% fee reduction
How to apply: Separate application required
Official scholarship information
Checked 2026-10-28
ScholarshipArt
What is assessed: Separate application; portfolio review and interview
When: Subject Scholarship Assessments in late September
What it's worth: Up to 20% fee reduction
How to apply: Separate application required
Official scholarship information
Checked 2026-10-28
ScholarshipDrama
What is assessed: Separate application; audition and interview
When: Subject Scholarship Assessments in late September
What it's worth: Up to 20% fee reduction
How to apply: Separate application required
Official scholarship information
Checked 2026-10-28
ScholarshipAll rounder
What is assessed: For pupils living in the CV34 postcode demonstrating outstanding achievement or potential, academic or all-round; NOT means-tested (explicitly unlike bursaries), subject to annual review, must remain resident in CV34
When: Scholarship application closing date early September before entry
What it's worth: Fee remission of up to 50%; in exceptional cases can be extended to full fee remission with Foundation Principal's agreement
How to apply: Separate application required
Official scholarship information
Checked 2026-10-28
ScholarshipMusic
What is assessed: Separate application; music assessment/audition and interview
When: Subject Scholarship Assessments in late September
What it's worth: Up to 20% fee reduction
How to apply: Separate application required
Official scholarship information
Checked 2026-10-28
ScholarshipSport
What is assessed: Separate application for PE / sport (including Dance and/or Gymnastics ability test in school guidance); interview
When: Subject Scholarship Assessments in late September
What it's worth: Up to 20% fee reduction
How to apply: Separate application required
Official scholarship information
Checked 2026-10-28
BursaryOther
What is assessed: Means-tested Foundation bursary support (scholarship and bursary applications share the early September closing date)
When: Closing date for Scholarship and Bursary Applications early September before October entrance exam
What it's worth: Value not stated on the school's published pages
How to apply: Separate application required (tick bursary interest on application)
Official scholarship information
Checked 2026-10-28
ScholarshipAcademic
What is assessed: Two subject-based examination papers of candidate's choice (45 minutes each, best subjects predicted at least Grade 7, ideally 8/9), a thinking skills paper, and a scholarship interview; MFL candidates also have an oral assessment; internal and external candidates may apply; most applicants expected to be on course for Grades 7-9 in all GCSE subjects
When: Sixth Form Scholarship Week in early February; deadline late January (2027 entry: deadline 22 January 2027, scholarship week 1-8 February 2027)
What it's worth: Value not stated on the school's published pages
How to apply: Separate application required via internal/external application form, with contribution statement and (external) letter from present Head
Official scholarship information
Checked 2026-10-28
ScholarshipAll rounder
What is assessed: CV34 residents, outstanding achievement/potential; not means-tested, annual review, must remain resident in CV34
When: Sixth Form scholarship deadline in late January
What it's worth: Up to 50% fee remission, exceptionally full remission
How to apply: Separate application required
Official scholarship information
Checked 2026-10-28
ScholarshipAcademic
What is assessed: Named Sixth Form scholarship where outstanding Mathematical ability is the main criterion (exception to the general Grades 7-9 expectation); assessed within the academic scholarship process (subject papers, thinking skills paper, interview)
When: Sixth Form Scholarship Week in early February
What it's worth: Value not stated on the school's published pages
How to apply: Separate application required via academic scholarship application
Official scholarship information
Checked 2026-10-28
BursaryOther
What is assessed: Means-tested bursary support at Sixth Form entry
When: Deadline for Sixth Form Scholarships and Bursaries late January
What it's worth: Value not stated on the school's published pages
How to apply: Separate application required
Official scholarship information
Checked 2026-10-28
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