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St Margaret's School
St Margaret's Hampstead is an independent girls' school that uses the Quest Admissions board for its 11+ entrance exam. The school is part of The London 11+ Consortium, and the 11+ process does not include an interview stage.
If you are weighing up a small school for your daughter, St Margaret's Hampstead is about as small as London gets. Around 170 girls aged 4 to 16 share one welcoming house on Kidderpore Gardens, a quiet residential street in leafy Hampstead, and the school makes a point of knowing each girl as an individual. "The school knows every girl personally and knows their personality, so they can work with them individually and understand what they need," one mother told the Good Schools Guide. With sixteen or so in a junior class and small senior groups, no girl slips by unnoticed.
The school has been part of Hampstead life since 1884, when Elizabeth Tulloch, a former governess from Perthshire, opened it as one of the many small girls' schools then dotted around the area. For years it was known simply as "Miss Tulloch's", and the name St Margaret's only stuck after a brief move out of London and back again. Most of those early schools came and went within a decade or two; this one stayed, and is now in its fifth home under its fourteenth head. The novelist Daphne du Maurier was a pupil here.
What parents tend to notice is the family feel. The Good Schools Guide describes it as a tiny school with a homely feel, a cosy and grounded education delivered in a happy family atmosphere. Pupils, staff and parents talk about the place as one big household rather than an institution, which is rare for a London school and clearly part of the appeal. The current head, Sharron Shackell, keeps that personal, settled character at the centre while preparing each girl for the next stage. For a daughter who does best when she is properly known, it is worth a look.
Key facts
Admissions
Admissions contact
admissions@st-margarets.co.uk
Admissions phone
020 7435 2439 (Option 3)
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
In 2025 students achieved a B average grade per A-Level entry. 16.7% gained AAB or better including two facilitating subjects.
Reference: https://www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk/
Frequently asked questions
What exam board does St Margaret's Hampstead use for the 11+?
St Margaret's Hampstead uses the Quest Admissions board for its 11+ entrance exam.
Does St Margaret's Hampstead interview as part of the 11+ process?
No, St Margaret's Hampstead does not include an interview stage as part of its 11+ entrance exam process.
Is St Margaret's Hampstead a single-sex or co-educational school?
St Margaret's Hampstead is a single-sex school for girls, from age 4 to 16.
What is the admissions website for St Margaret's Hampstead?
The admissions website for St Margaret's Hampstead is https://st-margarets.co.uk/admissions/how-to-apply/.
Is St Margaret's Hampstead part of The London 11+ Consortium?
Yes, St Margaret's Hampstead is part of The London 11+ Consortium for its 11+ admissions.
Location
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