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Wallington High School for Girls

Wallington High School for Girls is a selective grammar school for girls in Wallington, Sutton, educating around 1,500 pupils aged 11 to 18. Entry is in two stages: the shared Sutton Selective Eligibility Test (multiple-choice English and mathematics), then the school's own second-stage examination for candidates who reach its pass mark.

RegionLondon
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DfE URN136789

The exam

Athena holds admission-route records for Wallington High School for Girls. They are shown by entry cycle below; where the provider changes between cycles, each cycle keeps its own recorded exam.

2027 entry

2028 entry

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Key dates & preparation

2028 entry

Test: Mid-September of Year 6 (Selective Eligibility Test), with the shared Second Stage examination in late September

Results: Outcomes in mid-October 2027, before the CAF deadline

Offers: National Offer Day — Wednesday 1 March 2028

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

2027 entry

Test: Selective Eligibility Test on Tuesday 15 September 2026; the Nonsuch & Wallington Second Stage Entrance Examination on Saturday 26 September 2026

Results: Outcomes in mid-October 2026, before the 31 October CAF deadline

Offers: National Offer Day — Monday 1 March 2027

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

Admissions rules

Catchment applies

The school operates a catchment priority arrangement alongside open, score-ranked places (see its policy for the current catchment ring and place split). Looked-after children come first by law, ranking within each tier is by combined SET and Second Stage score, and distance breaks ties.

Read the school's admissions policy

Admissions in numbers

Entry yearQualifying scoreIntake placesNotes & source
2027210Published Admission Number as reported in secondary admissions guides; the school shares the Nonsuch & Wallington Second Stage examination and Girls' Learning Trust arrangements. Source: official source · checked 2026-10-28
2027No pass mark is published in advance: each school sets its own Selective Eligibility Test (SET) pass mark after the papers are markedStage 1 is the shared Sutton SET; candidates who reach a school’s pass mark are invited to that school’s second-stage examination. Wording per Wilson’s School’s published admissions FAQ, which speaks for the six participating schools. Source: official source · checked 2026-10-28

Results & destinations

2025 results

GCSE: Attainment 8 score 80.5; 99.5% of pupils achieved grade 9-5 or above in English and maths GCSEs

DfE performance tables

A level: Average point score per A level entry 45.54 (average grade A-); 41.5% of A level students achieved AAB or higher

DfE performance tables

University destinations:

  • 7 leavers (3%) — Oxford or Cambridge — School-published: 'Last year our Year 13 pupils moved to a range of providers: University 225 (91%), Oxbridge 7 (3%), Russell Group 141 (60%)' (places). Recorded exactly as printed in the school's published destinations summary.
  • 141 leavers (60%) — Russell Group universities — School-published: 'Last year our Year 13 pupils moved to a range of providers: University 225 (91%), Oxbridge 7 (3%), Russell Group 141 (60%)' (places). Recorded exactly as printed in the school's published destinations summary (the school prints 60% alongside its counts of 141 of 225 university-goers).

Source: official source · checked 2026-10-28 · official source · checked 2026-10-28

2024 results

GCSE: Attainment 8 score 79.4; 99.5% of pupils achieved grade 9-5 or above in English and maths GCSEs

DfE performance tables

A level: Average point score per A level entry 44.98 (average grade B+)

DfE performance tables

Source: official source · checked 2026-10-28

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