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Withington Girls' School

Withington Girls' School is an independent school for girls in Manchester, educating around 730 pupils aged 7 to 19. Entrance is by the school's own 11+ examinations, usually in English and mathematics, together with an interview.

RegionNorth West
AdmissionsSchool admissions page
DfE URN105595

The exam

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Key dates & preparation

2028 entry

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

2027 entry

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

Admissions rules

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.

Read the school's admissions policy

Results & destinations

2025 results

GCSE: 92.9% of results at grade 7 and above (82.2% of all grades were grade 8 or 9; 58.1% at grade 9)

School-published

A level: Average point score per A level entry 50.59 (average grade A); 52.2% of A level students achieved AAB or higher

DfE performance tables

University destinations:

  • 10 offers — Oxford or Cambridge — School-published: ten Year 13 students received offers from Cambridge (six) and Oxford (four) — offers, not confirmed places.

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

2024 results

A level: Average point score per A level entry 50.91 (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.

11+ entry

  • Bursaries (Marjorie Hulme Bursary Fund)

    BursaryOther

    What is assessed: Means-tested bursaries funded by the Marjorie Hulme Bursary Fund; the School does not offer scholarships of any type and does not make financial awards based solely on ability

    When: Apply at the same time as applying to join the School

    What it's worth: 10%–100% of the full Senior School tuition fee; 100% awards may add help with uniform, music/drama lessons and trips

    How to apply: Apply at the same time as the application to join the School

    Official scholarship information

    Checked 2026-10-28

16+ entry

  • Bursaries (Marjorie Hulme Bursary Fund)

    BursaryOther

    What is assessed: Means-tested bursaries funded by the Marjorie Hulme Bursary Fund; the School does not offer scholarships of any type and does not make financial awards based solely on ability

    When: Apply at the same time as applying to join the School

    What it's worth: 10%–100% of the full Senior School tuition fee; 100% awards may add help with uniform, music/drama lessons and trips

    How to apply: Apply at the same time as the application to join the School

    Official scholarship information

    Checked 2026-10-28

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