All information contained is relevant to students applying for September 2025 admissions. Please note all details provided may be subject to change.
[updated 07.12.23]
If you are applying for a Year 7 September 2025 school place for your child at any one of the following schools: Greenshaw High School, Nonsuch High School for Girls, Sutton Grammar School, Wallington County Grammar School, Wallington High School for Girls and/or Wilson’s School then please see below for the key dates related to your application.
Participating Schools
The boys’ schools participating in the SET are:
The girls’ schools participating in the SET are:
Selective Eligibility Test (SET) – Stage 1 assessment
The SET will take place on Tuesday 17th September 2024.
The SET is a standardised test consisting of two multiple choice papers, each 40 – 50 minutes long. Students who pass the SET will be invited to sit the Second Stage Entrance Examination.
The scores from the Maths and English paper are combined to give a total score which is then standardised. The pass mark for the SET is decided by the participating schools and each school may determine its own pass mark.
SET Maths:
The SET Maths paper will be multiple-choice format. Each question will have five options to choose from and students will be required to select one answer per question. Students will be required to record their answers on a separate answer sheet.
SET English:
The SET English will be multiple-choice format and will include the following four sections:
– Spellings
– Comprehension Text 1
– Comprehension Text 2
– Comprehension based on a comparison of Texts 1 and 2
Each question will have five options to choose from however there will also be varied question types such as:
– Select one answer – students will be required to select 1 option only, they will only gain marks if they select the correct answer.
– Select the two most accurate answers – students will be required to select 2 options only, they will only gain marks if they select both of the correct answers.
– Select all that are correct – students will be required to select 2, 3 or 4 answers. They will never be required to select all 5 options. Students may gain marks even if they did not select all of the correct answers. Student will not gaining marks if they select all 5 options.
– Select the most accurate explanation – students will be required to select 1 option only.
Second Stage Entrance Examination:
If students are successful in the SET then they will be invited to sit the Second Stage Entrance Examination.
Each of the participating schools have different Admissions Criteria as well as different ways of determining if a student has passed the SET. This means it is possible to pass the SET for one school and not for the other.
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