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St Helen's School London

School type

Independent

Also known as

Address

Eastbury Road

Northwood

London

England

HA6 3AS

St Helen's School, Northwood is an independent girls' day school. Its 11+ entrance exam is administered by Quest Admissions as a single stage, with no interview process. Annual fees for the Senior School are £9,759 per term for 2026/27.

If you want your daughter stretched academically but would hate to see her become a child who only ever has her head in a book, St Helen's is built for exactly that balance. It is a girls' day school in Northwood, and the Good Schools Guide describes a place full of ambition, academic and otherwise, that openly cares as much about value added and happy girls as about league-table position. A 'superb' extracurricular offering is a big part of why parents choose it. Staff count more than 200 clubs and societies, and one teacher put it bluntly: a committed bookworm with no interest in life beyond the classroom would be wasted here.

The school was founded in 1899 by May Rowland Brown, a young Cambridge-trained teacher who set up her own school at the age of 25, and it has long worked closely with the Merchant Taylors' Company and the neighbouring boys' school of the same name. It sits on a surprisingly vast green site for a place so close to a town centre, with playing fields, floodlit courts and pitches across that end of Northwood. Behaviour is described as exemplary, driven by high expectations and clear boundaries rather than long lists of rules, and most girls go through school without ever picking up a detention. A Yondr phone-pouch policy keeps Years 7 to 11 phone-free through the school day, which parents tend to be quietly grateful for.

Led since September 2024 by head Bridget Ward, and part of the London 11+ Consortium for senior entry, St Helen's suits an all-rounder who wants to be pushed while throwing herself into sport, the arts and clubs. It draws families from a wide area, and supports many girls on means-tested bursaries, just under half on full awards.

Key facts

Gender

Girls

Year 7 places

Between 40 and 50 (external applicants at 11+ / Year 7)

Annual fees

£9,759 per term (Senior School, including VAT), 2026/27

Pass mark

Selectivity ratio

Website

Visit school website

Admissions

Open day

Sep

Registration opens

Registration closes

CAF deadline

Admissions contact

admissions@sthelens.london

Admissions phone

01923 843230

Registration form

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

A-level results

Frequently asked questions

What exam board does St Helen's School Northwood use for the 11+?

St Helen's School Northwood uses Quest Admissions for its 11+ entrance exam.

Does St Helen's School Northwood interview as part of the 11+?

No, St Helen's School Northwood does not include an interview stage in its 11+ admissions process.

Is St Helen's School Northwood co-educational or single-sex?

St Helen's School Northwood is a single-sex school for girls.

What are the annual fees for St Helen's School Northwood?

The annual fees for the Senior School at St Helen's School Northwood are £9,759 per term for 2026/27.

What is the website for St Helen's School Northwood admissions?

The admissions website for St Helen's School Northwood is https://www.sthelens.london/admissions/joining-senior-school/.

Is St Helen's School Northwood part of a consortium?

Yes, St Helen's School Northwood is part of The London 11+ Consortium.

Location

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