Sydenham & Dulwich Girls GDST 11+ entrance exam 2027: dates
Girls’ independent school in Lewisham.
Sydenham & Dulwich Girls GDST · Girls’ independent school · LewishamSydenham & Dulwich Girls GDST: Admissions (the school’s website)
Sources checked 22 September 2026; the school’s admissions page is the final word.
11+ For Year 7
The 11+ entrance test
Sydenham & Dulwich Girls GDST’s 11+ entrance test is set by GL Assessment (inferred from the pages, which do not name it outright). It tests verbal reasoning, non-verbal reasoning, spatial reasoning, maths and a piece of writing.
Who sits it. Children in Year 6, for a place in Year 7 in September 2027: sat on Wednesday 6 January 2027.
Places: not published on the pages read.
When it is sat
Wednesday 6 January 2027
For Year 7 in September 2027, sat in Year 6. Registration closes 13 November 2026. Sydenham & Dulwich Girls GDST
Interviews Saturday 9 January 2027; offers Thursday 11 February 2027; acceptance by 3 March 2027.Not yet published
For Year 7 in September 2028, sat in Year 6. The date is not on the pages read. Sydenham & Dulwich Girls GDST
What the school says
- Who sets it Inferred
- GL Assessment. Sydenham & Dulwich Girls GDST
Standardised verbal, non-verbal, spatial and quantitative reasoning = the GL CAT4 batteries; the school does not name the test. Earlier note (superseded): ‘Standardised assessments’ of verbal, non-verbal, spatial and quantitative reasoning; the test publisher is not named. - How it is taken
- Not found on the pages read. Sydenham & Dulwich Girls GDST
- What it tests Inferred
- Verbal reasoning, non-verbal reasoning, spatial reasoning, maths and a piece of writing. Sydenham & Dulwich Girls GDST
- The papers
- Not found on the pages read: how long it is, how many papers and what kind of questions. Sydenham & Dulwich Girls GDST
- How places are decided
- The test and an interview. Standardised reasoning assessments, creative writing, interview and a reference from the current school. Sydenham & Dulwich Girls GDST
- Practice and familiarisation
- Nothing found on the pages read. Sydenham & Dulwich Girls GDST
- Interview
- Yes. Sydenham & Dulwich Girls GDST
Individual interview of about 15 minutes with a teacher for all applicants.
How Remelia helps with the 11+
What Remelia practises for every GL plan, part by part, is on one page; this plan leaves out science. GL 11+ and 13+: what Remelia practises for 92 exams
Particular to this test
Covered
A reasoning test
Remelia reads the maths this test names as quantitative reasoning, the number part of a reasoning test, which it does not teach. Curriculum maths and English are kept up to the national standard beside the reasoning.
The last fortnight
The plan works to January of Year 6; until the school publishes the day for your child’s year, that date is an estimate.
Practice papers
GL-style papers in maths, English, verbal reasoning and non-verbal reasoning; a GL-style spatial reasoning paper; a writing paper; and the maths and English papers that need no exam.
In part
The timed mock In part
Not in this exam’s mock: Quantitative reasoning (Remelia does not teach it); The school’s own written paper (this mock has a writing task of Remelia’s own instead); Spatial reasoning question types other than hidden shapes, and folding and punching paper (the real section may set them).
Spatial reasoning In part
Partly taught: hidden shapes, and folding and punching paper. The real section may set other types.
Not covered
Quantitative reasoning
Remelia does not teach quantitative reasoning.
A written paper: the school’s written task (not practised as the school sets it; Remelia prints a writing paper to practise the writing, marked at home by a grown-up)
Sources
Where every line comes from.
- Senior Admissions | Sydenham & Dulwich Girls GDST checked 22 September 2026
The page’s words
“11+ applicants will be invited to attend an Assessment Day on Wednesday 6 January 2027. The Entrance Assessment is designed to assess pupils’ academic potential and reasoning skills, including verbal, non‑verbal, spatial, and quantitative reasoning. Alongside these standardised assessments, applicants will complete a short creative writing task and an observational extension activity.”
“You must apply by the following date: Friday 13 November 2026 ... All applicants will also be invited to attend an individual interview on Saturday 9 January 2027 ... Interviews last approximately 15 minutes ... Our offer date for 11+ is Thursday 11 February 2027 .”
“The Entrance Assessment is designed to assess pupils’ academic potential and reasoning skills, including verbal, non‑verbal, spatial, and quantitative reasoning.”
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