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Thousands of practice questions and up to 6 mock papers, all in the exact Blackheath High School 11+ format, on one simple plan. It starts with a free diagnostic.
Blackheath High School
Blackheath High School is an independent girls' day school in Greenwich, London, that admits pupils into Year 7 through a single-stage 11+ process. Candidates sit three written papers in November of Year 6 using the GL exam board, followed by an interview stage in January. Part of the Girls' Day School Trust, the school offers a supportive environment on its Vanbrugh Park senior campus.
If you are looking for a small girls' school in south east London, Blackheath High has been doing exactly that in the same corner of it since 1880. It is an independent day school for girls from three to eighteen, part of the Girls' Day School Trust, on two sites a short walk apart. The junior school sits in the middle of Blackheath village and the senior school is on Vanbrugh Park, at the edge of Greenwich Park. Girls join Year 7 after three written papers in November of Year 6 and an interview in January.
It opened on 7 January 1880 as the Trust's first purpose-built school, inaugurated by Princess Louise and built for three hundred girls. The first pupil on the register, Margaret Robertson, enrolled twelve days later alongside sixty-seven others. During the war the school was evacuated to Tunbridge Wells and spent a few years under the double-barrelled name Blackheath and Tunbridge Wells High School while the army held its building. The senior school moved out to Vanbrugh Park in 1994, which means today's seven-year-olds are taught in the Victorian building the school started in.
The Good Schools Guide, which counts a little over four hundred girls in the senior school, says most of them 'walk, cycle or scoot their way in', and found the girls it met 'curious, polite, open-minded and balanced'. A new sixth former told it, 'I thought it was going to be really difficult changing school but everybody's so nice.' Girls keep the same house, Meridian, Morden, Paragon or Vanbrugh, from the day they arrive to the day they leave. It suits a girl who would rather be known by name in a small school than disappear pleasantly into a large one.
Key facts
Annual fees
Senior School (Years 7-11) £8,640 per term for 2026/27, inclusive of VAT, plus a compulsory lunch charge of £326 per term. Sixth Form £8,640 per term, lunch optional. Registration fee £150 plus VAT for UK applicants (£200 plus VAT overseas), non-refundable; £1,000 deposit on accepting a place, refunded when the pupil leaves.
Admissions
Admissions contact
admissions@bla.gdst.net
Admissions phone
020 8853 2929
Registration form
https://blackheathhighschoolgdst.applicaa.com/9
Sibling policy
What this school tests
11+ Entrance Examination
English
- Punctuation
- Reading Comprehension - Comparison
- Reading Comprehension - Evaluation
- Reading Comprehension - Grammar and punctuation
- Reading Comprehension - Inference and Deduction
- Reading Comprehension - Information Retrieval
- Reading Comprehension - Language Techniques and Imagery
- Reading Comprehension - Sentence-level Comprehension
- Reading Comprehension - Sequencing
- Reading Comprehension - Structure, Form, Voice and Tone
- Reading Comprehension - Summarising
- Reading Comprehension - Text Classification and Purpose
- Reading Comprehension - Types of Words and Phrases
- Reading Comprehension - Word Meaning / Choice
- Sentence Completion
- Spelling
Maths
- Algebra
- Angles and Degrees
- BIDMAS
- Coordinate Grids
- Estimation and Rounding
- Factors and Multiples
- Fractions, Decimals and Percentages
- Magic squares
- Measurement
- Money
- Number and Place Value
- Number Walls
- Operations
- Perimeter, Area and Volume
- Position and Direction
- Properties of Shapes
- Ratio and Proportion
- Reflection, Rotation and Symmetry
- Sequences
- Special Numbers
- Speed, Distance and Time
- Statistics
- Time
Verbal Reasoning
- Anagrams
- Compound Words
- Embedded Words
- Form a Word
- Insert a Letter
- Letter Analogies
- Letter Calculations
- Letter Codes
- Letter Grids
- Letter Sequences
- Move 1 / 2 Letters
- Number Analogies
- Number Calculations
- Number Sequences
- Related Words
- Rhyming Synonyms
- Shuffled Sentences
- Synonyms
- Word / Logic Puzzles
- Word Analogies
- Word Completion
- Word Match
- Word Opposites
- Word Pairs
- Word Relationships
- Words and Codes
Catchment area
Selection review and safety net
Previous exam results
GCSE results
2026: 77% of grades at 7-9, 54% at 8-9, and 36% of students achieved 9-7 across every subject (school's own published figures).
A-level results
2026: 60% of grades at A*-A and 83% at A*-B; 89% of students received at least one A* or A grade (school's own published figures).
Frequently asked questions
What exam board does Blackheath High School use for the 11+?
Blackheath High School uses GL Assessment for its 11+ entrance exam.
Does Blackheath High School interview candidates for Year 7 entry?
Yes, girls who sit the written papers in November of Year 6 are invited to an interview in January.
Is Blackheath High School co-educational or single-sex?
Blackheath High School is an independent school for girls aged three to eighteen.
What are the fees for Blackheath High School?
Senior School fees for 2026/27 are £8,640 per term (inclusive of VAT), plus a compulsory lunch charge of £326 per term. There is also a non-refundable registration fee of £150 plus VAT for UK applicants.
What is Blackheath High School's website?
The school's official website is https://www.blackheathhighschool.gdst.net/.
Location
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