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Thousands of practice questions and up to 6 mock papers, all in the exact Northwood College for Girls 11+ format, on one simple plan. It starts with a free diagnostic.
Northwood College for Girls
Northwood College for Girls is an independent day school for girls. The 11+ entrance exam for Year 7 entry uses the Quest Admissions board, and there is no interview stage. Specific pass marks and selectivity information are not available.
For a hard-working, ambitious girl who would value warm pastoral care as much as academic challenge, Northwood College for Girls is the kind of school that earns loyal parents. The Good Schools Guide sums it up as a down-to-earth, friendly school with strong teaching, where care for the individual is built into daily life alongside a purposeful, ambitious culture. The reviewers describe go-getting girls who want to make a difference, and a parent body that values how aware of the wider world their daughters become; the pupil community is diverse, and parents report a notable absence of cliques.
This is an independent day school in north-west London, taking girls from nursery through to the sixth form. It was founded in 1878 near Euston by the headmistress Catherine Buchan-Smith, who moved the school out to Northwood fifteen years later, and it joined the Girls' Day School Trust in 2014. Her motto, that education is an atmosphere, a discipline and a life, still sits at the centre of how the school describes itself. The all-through setting shows in the facilities, including a 25-metre indoor pool where even the youngest pupils have weekly lessons, a sports hall with a climbing wall, and a performing arts centre with its own drama studio and recital hall.
Led since 2021 by headmistress Mrs Rebecca Brown, an Oxford historian by training, Northwood suits a girl who might join at one of several entry points and who wants to be stretched and looked after in equal measure as she grows up.
Key facts
Admissions
Admissions contact
admissions@nwc.gdst.net
Admissions phone
0192 384 5007
Registration form
https://northwoodcollegeschoolgdst.applicaa.com/9
Sibling policy
What this school tests
11+ Assessment
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
Critical Thinking
- Logical & Deductive Reasoning
- Inference & Evaluation
- Extracting & Distilling Information
- Visual Sources
- Comparison & Ordering
- Data Analysis
- Codes & Decoding
Puzzles And Problem Solving
- Number Properties & Proportion
- Logic & Systematic Thinking
- Geometry, Measures & Data
- Equations & Early Algebra
- Magic Shapes & Additive Puzzles
- Calculation Fluency
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
Catchment area
Selection review and safety net
Previous exam results
GCSE results
In 2025 students achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 69.9 across their GCSEs. 94.3% gained a grade 5 or better in both English and Maths. 31.4% achieved the English Baccalaureate at grade 5 or above.
Reference: https://www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk/
A-level results
In 2025 students achieved a B+ average grade per A-Level entry. 34% gained AAB or better including two facilitating subjects.
Reference: https://www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk/
Frequently asked questions
What exam board does Northwood College for Girls use for the 11+?
Northwood College for Girls uses the Quest Admissions board for its 11+ entrance exam.
Does Northwood College for Girls interview as part of the 11+ process?
No, there is no interview stage for the Northwood College for Girls 11+ admissions process.
Is Northwood College for Girls a single-sex or co-educational school?
Northwood College for Girls is a single-sex independent day school, admitting girls only.
What is the official website for Northwood College for Girls admissions?
You can find admissions information on their website: https://www.northwoodcollege.gdst.net/admissions/year-groups/senior-school-year-7/
What is the 11+ admissions process like at Northwood College for Girls?
The 11+ admissions process at Northwood College for Girls is a single stage, using the Quest Admissions exam, and does not include an interview.
Location
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