Schools / Westminster School
Westminster School
- Independent school
- Boys
- Day & boarding
- Ages 12–19
- 780 pupils
Westminster School is an independent school for boys in Westminster, London, beside Westminster Abbey (girls join in the sixth form). Its main point of entry is Year 9 (13+), but selection is completed in Year 6 — ISEB Pre-Tests, further mathematics and English tests, a school report and interview — and offers made by the end of February in Year 6 are unconditional.
RegionLondon
DfE URN101162
The exam
Athena holds admission-route records for Westminster School. They are shown by entry cycle below; where the provider changes between cycles, each cycle keeps its own recorded exam.
Registration deadline: register by 30 September of Year 6. Registration for these schools closes well before the entrance tests — check the school's own admissions page for the exact form and dates.
2027 entry
Set by ISEB (tests commissioned from GL Assessment)
Confirmation: Unconditional offer — no confirmation exam
Register by: 30 September of Year 6
13+ entry - Stage 1 (the 11+ pre-test stage, in Year 6): candidates for Westminster sit the ISEB Common Pre-Tests in October/November of Year 6 (registration closes 30 September of Year 6), with school reports weighted heavily; shortlisted candidates sit further Maths and English tests and an interview in January/February, leading to unconditional offers by the end of February. See the school's Independent School 13+ Entry route for the full pathway.
9489 published practice questions tagged for this exam
Route record: verified · Athena independents completion research 2026-10-28
Set by ISEB Common Entrance / school scholarship papers
Confirmation: Unconditional offer — no confirmation exam
Register by: 30 September of Year 6
Westminster's 13+ selection is completed in Year 6 — ISEB Pre-Tests, school report, further Maths/English tests and interview — and offers (by end of February, Year 6) are unconditional; there is no Common Entrance confirmation, only continued progress and a supporting school reference in March of Year 8. The Challenge in Year 8 is a scholarship examination, open even to unregistered candidates.
Route record: verified · Athena independents completion research 2026-10-28
2028 entry
Set by ISEB (tests commissioned from GL Assessment)
Confirmation: Unconditional offer — no confirmation exam
Register by: 30 September of Year 6
13+ entry - Stage 1 (the 11+ pre-test stage, in Year 6): candidates for Westminster sit the ISEB Common Pre-Tests in October/November of Year 6 (registration closes 30 September of Year 6), with school reports weighted heavily; shortlisted candidates sit further Maths and English tests and an interview in January/February, leading to unconditional offers by the end of February. See the school's Independent School 13+ Entry route for the full pathway.
9489 published practice questions tagged for this exam
Route record: verified · Athena independents completion research 2026-10-28
Set by ISEB Common Entrance / school scholarship papers
Confirmation: Unconditional offer — no confirmation exam
Register by: 30 September of Year 6
Westminster's 13+ selection is completed in Year 6 — ISEB Pre-Tests, school report, further Maths/English tests and interview — and offers (by end of February, Year 6) are unconditional; there is no Common Entrance confirmation, only continued progress and a supporting school reference in March of Year 8. The Challenge in Year 8 is a scholarship examination, open even to unregistered candidates.
Route record: verified · Athena independents completion research 2026-10-28
Key dates & preparation
2028 entry
Test: Stage A pre-assessment during Year 6 (some schools assess in Year 7); confirmation — Common Entrance or the school’s own process — in May/June of Year 8 (see the route description for this school’s exact model)
Results: Conditional offers follow the Stage A assessment, typically by the spring of Year 6
Offers: Places are confirmed in Year 8 once the school’s confirmation condition is met (see the route description)
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: Stage A pre-assessment during Year 6 (some schools assess in Year 7); confirmation — Common Entrance or the school’s own process — in May/June of Year 8 (see the route description for this school’s exact model)
Results: Conditional offers follow the Stage A assessment, typically by the spring of Year 6
Offers: Places are confirmed in Year 8 once the school’s confirmation condition is met (see the route description)
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
No catchment — open competition
There is no catchment area. Entry at 13+ is governed by the school’s own pre-assessment and confirmation process (see the route description); registration deadlines fall early — typically during Year 5 or Year 6 — and places at this level are heavily oversubscribed.
Read the school's admissions policy
Results & destinations
2025 results
GCSE: 77% of grades at grade 9; 92% at grades 9/8; 97% at grades 9–7 (122 pupils)
School-published
A level: Average point score per A level entry 53.69 (average grade A+); 70.1% of A level students achieved AAB or higher
DfE performance tables
University destinations:
- 72 leavers — Oxford or Cambridge — Summed from the school's published 2025 per-university destinations list: Oxford 48 + Cambridge 24 (places). The same list names nine of the ten top-10 universities (St Andrews is not listed), so no complete top-10 count is stored.
Source: official source · checked 2026-10-28 · official source · checked 2026-10-28
2024 results
A level: Average point score per A level entry 53.91 (average grade A+)
DfE performance tables
Source: official source · checked 2026-10-28
Scholarships & bursaries
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.
13+ entry
The Challenge — King's Scholarships
ScholarshipAcademic
What is assessed: The Challenge examination: core papers plus a chosen specialism (revised Core + Specialism format from 2027 — e.g. a 60-minute Latin core; specialisms include English, Maths, Greek, Humanities, Art and Drama). Up to 8 King's Scholarships a year; King's Scholars board in College.
When: April/May of Year 8
What it's worth: Value not stated on the school's published pages
How to apply: Open application, including unregistered candidates — but the school is not obliged to offer a regular place to an unsuccessful unregistered candidate
Official scholarship information
Checked 2026-10-28
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