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Streatham & Clapham High School
Streatham & Clapham High School (SCHS) is an independent day school for girls in Lambeth, London, offering Year 7 entry. The 11+ admissions process consists of two stages, utilizing the ISEB Pretest and independent assessments, with no interview stage. Part of the Girls' Day School Trust, the school is located on a leafy four-acre site in Streatham.
Streatham & Clapham High School suits a curious, academically able girl who wants to be known by name rather than lost in a crowd, and who quite likes the idea of trying things she is not yet good at. It is an independent day school for girls and part of the Girls' Day School Trust, with the senior school taking girls from 11 to 18 at 42 Abbotswood Road in south London, SW16 1AW. Nursery and prep sit separately in Streatham Hill, so plenty of girls arrive at 11+ from other primaries. The senior site runs to roughly four leafy acres, greener than most London schools manage, with playing fields, courts and a sports hall on the grounds.
The school opened in 1887 as Brixton Hill High School, one of the Trust's early foundations, and took its present name after merging with Clapham High School in 1938. The senior school moved to Abbotswood Road in 1993, into buildings that had been a boys' grammar school. There are five houses named after notable women; the novelist Angela Carter was a pupil here. Fortnightly Kinza sessions give girls a carousel of courses with no exam at the end, from pottery and bouldering to British Sign Language, the name taken from the Arabic for 'hidden treasure'. Form tutors usually stay with the same group from Year 7 through to Year 11.
The Good Schools Guide reviewer found the place busy and warm, noting 'kindness and enterprise' everywhere, and parents talk about pastoral care before anything else. It suits a girl who will sing in a choir, turn out for a team, and still put her hand up in the subject she finds hardest.
Key facts
Annual fees
Senior School (Years 7-11) £9,201 per term (2026 fee list), inclusive of VAT, plus lunch £453 per term. Sixth Form (Years 12-13) £9,201 per term, inclusive of VAT, lunch not charged separately. Reception to Year 6 £7,016 per term plus lunch £419; Nursery £4,772 per term plus lunch £404 (nursery fees VAT-exempt). Registration fee £180 (Senior), £120 (Nursery/Prep), £240 (overseas); deposit £1,000.
Admissions
Admissions contact
seniors@schs.gdst.net
Admissions phone
020 8677 8400
Registration form
Sibling policy
What this school tests
Creative Writing Task
English
- Creative Writing - Descriptive
- Creative Writing - Narrative
- Creative Writing - Personal
- Creative Writing - Persuasive
ISEB Common Pre-test
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 Series
- Grid Matrices
- Horizontal Codes
- Most Like Three Figures
- Most Like Two Figures
- Odd Figure Out
- Star Matrices
- Triangle Matrices
- Triangle Series
- Vertical Codes
Verbal Reasoning
- Compound Words
- Embedded Words
- Form a Word
- Insert a Letter
- Move 1 / 2 Letters
- Odd Word Out
- Shuffled Sentences
- Synonyms
- Verbal Classification
- Word Analogies
- Word Completion
- Word Match
- Word Opposites
- Word Pairs
Spatial Reasoning
- 2D Rotations
- 2D View of 3D Shape
- 3D Rotations
- Block Counting
- Building Blocks
- Combining Shapes
- Fold and Punch
- Folding Cubes
- Hidden Shapes
- Missing Face of Cube
- Nets - Opposite Face
- Shape Completion
- Vertical/Horizontal Reflections
Catchment area
Selection review and safety net
Previous exam results
GCSE results
2025: 76% of all grades at 9-7, 54% at 9-8, 24% at grade 9 and 90% at 9-6 (up from 61% at 9-7 the previous year).
A-level results
2025: 33% of all grades at A*-A (national 28%) and 68% at A*-B
Frequently asked questions
What exam board does Streatham & Clapham High School use for the 11+?
The school uses a two-stage assessment process involving the ISEB Pretest and independent school exams.
Is there an interview stage for 11+ entry at SCHS?
No, there is no interview stage as part of the 11+ admissions process at Streatham & Clapham High School.
Is Streatham & Clapham High School co-educational or single-sex?
Streatham & Clapham High School is a single-sex independent school for girls.
What are the school fees for Year 7 at Streatham & Clapham High School?
According to the 2026 fee list, Senior School fees are £9,201 per term (inclusive of VAT), plus lunch which is £453 per term.
What is the website for Streatham & Clapham High School admissions?
You can find more details on the senior admissions page at https://schs.gdst.net/senior-admissions/.
Location
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