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Thousands of practice questions and up to 6 mock papers, all in the exact Walthamstow Hall 11+ format, on one simple plan. It starts with a free diagnostic.
Walthamstow Hall
Walthamstow Hall is an independent day school for girls in Sevenoaks, Kent, offering Year 7 entry. The 11+ admissions process is a single-stage assessment using the ISEB Pretest, alongside a formal interview stage. The school is designed for a small roll, focusing on recognizing each pupil as an individual of intrinsic value.
Walthamstow Hall suits a curious girl who is willing to have a go at things without needing to be the best at them. It is an independent day school for girls, and the senior school takes pupils from Year 7 through to Year 13, on Holly Bush Lane in Sevenoaks, Kent (TN13 3UL), within walking distance of the station. There is no boarding. The roll is small by design, and the school's own words for what it wants are plain enough: every pupil seen as 'the person of intrinsic value that each one is'.
The name confuses people, so it is worth saying clearly that the school is in Kent, not east London. It was founded in 1838 in Walthamstow, then a village outside the capital, as a school for the daughters of missionaries working abroad, and it moved to Sevenoaks in 1882, bringing its old name with it. The original Arts and Crafts building is still the middle of the site, and lunch is eaten under the vaulted ceiling of the Victorian dining room. Drama is taken as seriously as maths, with a theatre of its own and full-time drama staff, while lacrosse is played by girls of every standard. Since September 2025 the junior school has sat on the same campus, so younger and older sisters cross paths daily.
The Good Schools Guide describes girls who are 'at ease in their own skin', and reports parents calling the place 'definitely not a hothouse'; the therapy dog and the peer mentoring draw particular warmth. The head speaks of wanting 'quietly confident individuals'. It suits a girl who would rather be genuinely known by a few hundred people than counted among a few thousand.
Key facts
Annual fees
£8,386 per term tuition plus VAT at 20% (£1,677), giving £10,063 per term including VAT, from September 2025. Registration fee £180.00, non-refundable.
Admissions
Admissions contact
registrar@whall.school
Admissions phone
01732 468703
Registration form
Sibling policy
What this school tests
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: approximately one third of all GCSEs were awarded grade 9; 88% of grades were 9-6; 14% of pupils achieved all grades 8-9. More than 50% of grades in Biology, Drama, History and RS were grade 9, with 93% of Drama grades at grade 9
A-level results
2026: 24% of all grades A*; 50.7% A*-A; 81.5% A*-B; 29% of Year 13 leavers achieved all A*/A grades
Frequently asked questions
What exam board does Walthamstow Hall use for the 11+?
Walthamstow Hall uses the ISEB Pretest for its 11+ entrance assessment.
Does Walthamstow Hall interview candidates as part of the 11+?
Yes, there is an interview stage as part of the Year 7 admissions process.
Is Walthamstow Hall co-educational or single-sex?
Walthamstow Hall is an independent day school for girls.
What are the school fees for Walthamstow Hall?
From September 2025, tuition fees are £8,386 per term plus 20% VAT (£1,677), totalling £10,063 per term. There is also a non-refundable registration fee of £180.
What is Walthamstow Hall's website?
You can visit the admissions page on their official website at https://www.walthamstow-hall.co.uk/senior-school/admissions/.
Location
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