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Thousands of practice questions and up to 6 mock papers, all in the exact Brighton Girls School 11+ format, on one simple plan. It starts with a free diagnostic.
Brighton Girls School
Brighton Girls is an independent day school for girls in East Sussex that uses a two-stage 11+ admissions process featuring Quest Admissions and an interview. Located on Montpelier Road in Brighton, the school is part of the Girls' Day School Trust (GDST) and offers Year 7 entry for girls. Parents should note that the entrance procedure requires a non-refundable registration fee and includes a formal interview stage.
If your daughter is at a small primary and the thought of a big secondary makes her go quiet, Brighton Girls is worth a visit. It is an independent day school for girls, part of the Girls' Day School Trust, with the senior school and sixth form on Montpelier Road in central Brighton and the prep school next door in Temple Gardens. Sport happens off site, at pitches and an astroturf in Hove. Parents who knew it as Brighton and Hove High School are in the right place: it took its present name in 2019.
It was founded in 1876, the tenth school the Trust opened, and marks its hundred and fiftieth year in 2026. Teaching happens in Regency houses rather than on a purpose-built campus. The main one, The Temple, is listed, and was built as a private house for Thomas Read Kemp, who developed Kemp Town and is said to have based the design on biblical descriptions of Solomon's temple. It went up in open fields. Girls join Year 7 after written papers in December and a one to one interview, then go into one of four houses named after early pioneers of girls' education.
The senior day ends at half past three, with enrichment and study until quarter to five. Year 10 girls train as peer supporters for the new Year 7s, and Year 8 girls spend time with Year 6 before they arrive, which is the detail that matters in September. The Good Schools Guide calls the school 'firmly back on local families' radar' and reports a parent of a recent leaver saying they would 'choose it again in a heartbeat'. One pupil told the Guide, 'There's nothing I feel I couldn't ask a teacher about here.' It suits a girl who wants a school small enough that somebody asks how she is.
Key facts
Annual fees
Senior School Years 7-9 £7,159 per term for 2026/27, which the school states is gross and inclusive of VAT; Years 10-11 £7,390 per term. Lunch is charged separately at £295 per term for Year 7 and is VAT exempt. Non-refundable registration fee £120, covering administration of the entrance procedure and test. Deposit £750 for UK students, or one term's fees for international students, refunded when the pupil leaves.
Admissions
Admissions contact
admissions@brightongirls.gdst.net
Admissions phone
01273 280280
Registration form
https://brightongirlsgdst.applicaa.com
Sibling policy
What this school tests
Computer Based Assessments
English
- Grammar
- 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
- Spelling
- Vocabulary
Maths
- Algebra
- Angles and Degrees
- BIDMAS
- Coordinate Grids
- Estimation and Rounding
- Factors and Multiples
- Fractions, Decimals and Percentages
- Measurement
- Money
- Number and Place Value
- 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
Non-verbal Reasoning
- Figure Analogies
- Figure Matrices
- Figure Series
- Grid Matrices
- Horizontal Codes
- Match to a Group of Figures
- Most Like Three Figures
- Odd Figure Out
- Odd Shaped Matrices
- Star Matrices
- Triangle Matrices
- Vertical Codes
Verbal Reasoning
- Alphabet Logic
- Anagrams
- Compound Words
- Embedded Words
- Form a Word
- Insert 2 / 3 Letters
- Insert a Letter
- Letter Analogies
- Letter Sequences
- Move 1 / 2 Letters
- Ordering Words
- Rhyming Synonyms
- Shuffled Sentences
- Synonyms
- Word / Logic Puzzles
- Word Analogies
- Word Completion
- Word Match
- Word Opposites
- Word Pairs
- Word Relationships
- Word Swap
- Words and Codes
Spatial Reasoning
- 2D Rotations
- 2D View of 3D Shape
- 3D Rotations
- Block Counting
- Building Blocks
- Combining Shapes
- Diagonal Reflections
- Figure Missing from Image
- Fold and Punch
- Folding Cubes
- Hidden Shapes
- Missing Face of Cube
- Nets of 3D Shapes
- Shape Completion
Written Assessment
English
- Creative Writing - Descriptive
- Creative Writing - Narrative
- Creative Writing - Personal
Catchment area
Selection review and safety net
Previous exam results
GCSE results
2026: nearly 60% of all grades at 9-7, with over 70% at 9-7 in Biology and Chemistry and 67% in Physics (school's own published figures).
A-level results
2025 (no 2026 set published yet): the school's results announcement reports 43% of grades at A*-A and a 100% pass rate, while its achievement page gives 29% A*-A and 76% A*-C for the same year. The two published figures disagree (school's own published figures).
Frequently asked questions
What exam board does Brighton Girls use for the 11+?
Brighton Girls uses Quest Admissions for its 11+ entrance assessment process.
Does Brighton Girls interview candidates as part of the 11+?
Yes, Brighton Girls includes an interview stage as part of its two-stage 11+ admissions process.
Is Brighton Girls co-educational or single-sex?
Brighton Girls is a single-sex independent day school for girls.
What are the school fees for Year 7 at Brighton Girls?
For the 2026/27 academic year, Senior School fees for Years 7-9 are £7,159 per term, which is gross and inclusive of VAT. Lunch for Year 7 is charged separately at £295 per term.
What is the website for Brighton Girls?
The official website for the school is https://brightongirls.gdst.net/.
Location
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