Year 7

The “participating schools” in the Selective Eligibility Test, “SET”, are Greenshaw High School, Nonsuch High School for Girls, Sutton Grammar School, Wallington County Grammar School, Wallington High School for Girls and Wilson’s School.

No. If your child passes the Selective Eligibility Test for a particular school it means:

For Greenshaw High School – Greenshaw High School use the outcome of the Selective Eligibility Test to determine those children who may be eligible to be considered for one of their 60 ability places. You may wish to list this school on your Common Application Form (CAF). Please note that even if your child does not achieve the pass mark in the Selective Eligibility Test they may still be eligible for a place at Greenshaw under one of the school’s other criteria.

For Wallington County Grammar School – Wallington County Grammar School uses the outcome of the Selective Eligibility Test to determine boys who are eligible to be considered for a place at the School. You may wish to list the School as a preference on the CAF. Please note that Wallington County Grammar School does not hold a second stage test. Further information is available on their website.

For Nonsuch High School for Girls, Sutton Grammar School, Wallington High School for Girls and Wilson’s School – your son or daughter is eligible to sit the second stage Entrance Examinations, details of which will be sent to you by email.

For boys:
A shared second stage test will be held by Sutton Grammar School and Wilson's School on Saturday 28 November 2020. The test will be common to both schools, but the criteria applied to be of selective ability will be determined by each school individually. If your son is deemed to be of selective ability by one or the other or both schools, and you have named the school(s) on your CAF then your son will be considered for a place in accordance with the school’s admissions policy.

For girls:
A joint second stage test will be held by Nonsuch High School for Girls and Wallington High School for Girls on Saturday 28 November 2020.  Both the test and the criteria applied to be of selective ability will be common to both schools.  If your daughter is deemed to be of selective ability, you will be able to name either or both schools on your CAF in your chosen order of preference. 

The outcome of the second stage entrance examinations will be emailed to parents/carers by the end of December. Please note that success in the examinations does not mean that a place will be offered.

Please note:

• Greenshaw High School admits both boys and girls.
• Sutton Grammar School, Wallington County Grammar School and Wilson's School admit only boys.
• Nonsuch High School for Girls and Wallington High School for Girls admit only girls.

For a place at Wilson’s School in Year 7 September 2021 you must register your son to take the Selective Eligibility Test by completing the online Registration Form which can be accessed here. This online Registration Form can also be accessed via the websites of Greenshaw High School, Nonsuch High School for Girls, Sutton Grammar School, Wilson’s School, Wallington High School for Girls and Wallington County Grammar School.

The online Registration Form will be available to complete online from 1 May 2020. The closing date for the completion of the registration form is midnight on Friday 14 August 2020. No late registrations will be accepted under any circumstances. Please note there is an earlier deadline of 19 June 2020 for submission of requests for special adjustments for candidates with SEN, and for supporting evidence (see further information in the section about “What if my child has special needs or medical requirements that I think should be taken into account?”).

In addition, if you are an overseas candidate and wish a test to be organised at an overseas centre, you must also register online by 19 June 2020. Failure to do so will result in an overseas test not being possible and overseas candidates will be expected to travel to the UK to take the Selective Eligibility Test.

You must complete your registration using the online form in advance of this closing date.

Should your son be successful in the Selective Eligibility Test, he will be invited to sit the Second Stage Entrance Examination for Wilson’s School.

As the entrance tests have had to be moved to November you will not know whether your child has passed the entrance examinations when you complete your Common Application Form (CAF). If you wish to be considered for a place at Wilson’s School you will need to name the school on your CAF (in your true order of preference). If you have not named Wilson’s School on your CAF we will not be able to consider him for a place even if your son passes the entrance examinations in November. It is also important that you ensure you include at least one non-selective school local to you in your list of preferences to act as a safety net in the event that your son does not pass the entrance tests.

If you wish to apply for a place at Wilson’s School you must name the school on the CAF to be eligible for consideration for a place at Wilson’s School.

The CAF is provided by your home Local Authority when your child is in Year 6 and you use it to apply to any school regardless of the Local Authority in which the School is located. It can also be completed online via this link.

The closing date for submission of the CAF is 31 October 2020.

If your son does not pass the Selective Eligibility Test for Wilson’s School you should be able to change your preferences or order of preferences on your Common Application Form after the submission deadline up to 10 December 2020. Contact your Local Authority for more information.

In order to make a valid application to Wilson’s School:

• you must name Wilson’s School on your home Local Authority’s Common Application Form; and
• your son must have passed the Wilson’s School Second Stage Entrance Examination.

The Registration Form for the Selective Eligibility Test serves as the Supplementary Form for Wilson’s School, and for all the schools in the SET group.

No. You only need to complete the online Registration Form once. This is the case no matter how many of the participating schools you are interested in.

That’s fine. Just complete the online Registration Form to sit the Selective Eligibility Test (accessed via the website of any of the participating schools). Your child must sit the Selective Eligibility Test in order to be considered by any of the following schools: Nonsuch High School for Girls, Sutton Grammar School, Wallington County Grammar School, Wallington High School for Girls, Wilson's School or for one of the 60 ability places available at Greenshaw High School.

If you register your child for the SET but then decide that you do not want him or her to take the test after all, please let us know by emailing SET2021Entry@suttongrammar.sutton.sch.uk as soon as you decide. For 2020 entry we received 6100 registrations but only 5645 children attended the test. So we made unnecessary arrangements for 455 children: printing of test papers and personalised answer sheets, employing invigilators, printing desk cards and room plans, plus arranging test rooms and so on. This represents a significant cost to our schools at a time when financial resources are stretched.

Are you genuinely interested in applying for a place at one or more of the selective schools in the London Borough of Sutton? While any parent of a child who will be transferring to secondary school in September 2021 is entitled to register their child for the SET, we respectfully request that you only register if you are genuinely seeking a place in one or more of the SET participating schools.

Parents using our tests as a free “mock” for more distant grammar schools or for independent schools generate unnecessary costs for us as described above. When the children qualify for, and sit, second stage tests the costs can be quite significant as second stage tests are marked by teaching professionals.

You will be asked when you start your registration how many children you are going to register. Your children will then be linked to your parental information so that we know they are from the same family group. Please follow the instructions on the registration form.

The Selective Eligibility Test is for children who will be in Year 6 of primary school at the date of the test being held on 15 September 2020 (expected date of birth range 1 September 2009 to 31 August 2010). Children can only sit the Selective Eligibility Test once. A younger child cannot sit the test in earlier years as a practice. The participating schools will conduct year on year comparisons of the names of registered children.

If your child is going to be in Year 6 at the time of the test but is out of date range (i.e. their birth date is not between 1 September 2009 and 31 August 2010) then there are instructions on the registration form on who to contact to make the registration. You will be asked to provide supporting evidence from your child’s primary school confirming why the decision was taken to either promote them by a year group or hold them back before any registration can be made.

You have been asked to complete these questions because your child’s eligibility for Free School Meals and/or your child’s Primary School receiving Pupil Premium in respect of him or her forms part of the oversubscription criteria in the admissions policies of the following schools within the SET group:

Nonsuch High School for Girls
Wallington High School for Girls
Wallington County Grammar School
Wilson’s School

You should consult the Admissions Policy of these specific schools for further information.

In the case of Nonsuch High School for Girls and Wallington High School for Girls, those candidates who have triggered Pupil Premium are eligible to achieve up to 10% below than the standardised pass mark for the SET (and the minimum standardised pass marks in the NWSSEE Maths and NWSSEE English). cut off point for all other candidates to be considered for the Second Stage Test.  Documentary evidence to support such an application will be required from the current primary school or local authority prior to the closing date for test registration. as evidence of Pupil Premium registration before the child sits the Selective Eligibility Test. It is the parents’ responsibility to ensure this documentary evidence is available.

For Wallington County Grammar School, there is an admissions band of up to 25 places available for students reaching the WCGS pass mark from the SET and who are eligible for Pupil Premium. If your son reaches the WCGS pass mark from the SET, documentary evidence to confirm Pupil Premium eligibility will be required from your child's current primary school. It is the parents’ responsibility to ensure this documentary evidence is available.

Pupil Premium is triggered for children who at any time in the previous six years:

• were registered as eligible for free school meals at their primary school;
• had been Looked After (registered in public care) for 1 day or more;
• had been adopted from care;
• had left care under a special guardianship order, a residence order or a child arrangements order.

You should speak to your child’s primary school who will be able to help answer this question. This link gives a list of the reasons why your child could be eligible for free school meals.

The online form has been designed to be very straightforward to complete. However if you are having problems you are invited to attend any one of the events listed below where there will be members of staff from the participating schools available to help you complete your registration, including taking and uploading a photograph of your child:

If it is not possible to attend one of the above events and you are still having problems with your registration please contact the admissions office at any of the participating schools.

The Selective Eligibility Test will be held on Wednesday 11 November 2020. If there is a further lockdown and this test cannot take place, the date of the revised test will be published on our website (and the website of all other participating schools) and will be emailed to you as soon as it is known.

The Selective Eligibility Test (hereafter SET) is made up of two papers; a multiple-choice Maths paper and a multiple-choice English paper. The tests do not include verbal reasoning or non-verbal reasoning.

Candidates record their answers on a separate answer sheet by filling in a lozenge-shape for answer A, B, C, D or E. You can see an example of the answer sheet here. If candidates change their mind about the answer, they need to rub out as fully as possible the wrong answer and replace it with the new answer. The exam papers take between 40 and 50 minutes each and there is a rest and toilet break between the two.

We do not provide specimen or past papers.

The content of the Maths and English tests is broadly based on the Key Stage 2 curriculum. Here you can download examples of the sorts of questions asked for both the English and Maths Selective Eligibility Tests. 

Dropping off and Collecting candidates at Wilson’s School

Clear guidance is given in advance of test day to ensure that no-one is on site (candidates, staff, student helpers) if they are showing any symptoms of COVID or are self-isolating because of recent contact with someone showing symptoms or testing positive.

On Wednesday 11 November the school is closed to the school’s current students in order to facilitate the testing and this also reduces the amount of contacts on the day.

We ask that only one parent/carer bring and collect each candidate please. Please make alternative arrangements for the care of siblings if at all possible.

Candidates and their parents/carers should arrive within the specified arrival time slot for their relevant session. During that time period candidates will be escorted into their exam venue by student helpers/staff as they arrive.

Those that arrive before the start of the arrival time slot will be asked to queue in a socially distanced way. So far as possible we will arrange for queuing within the school site. The school’s Combined Cadet Force (CCF) will assist with managing queues within the school grounds.

Parents/carers and candidates are advised to wear appropriate clothing for the weather on the day.

For collection parents/carers will be grouped by colour zone in areas that will allow social distancing. Candidates will be escorted out to parents as their test ends so there will be a natural staggering at collection time.

Entering the school grounds/building

Candidates will be required to use hand sanitiser prior to entering the building and we ask that they bring their own hand sanitiser and tissues.

Parents/carers will NOT be permitted to enter the site when dropping off candidates. We apologise in advance but this means that parents/carers will not be able to use toilet facilities on the school site under any circumstances.

Candidates will be collected from the designated arrival gate and escorted into the school buildings and to their exam venue by a member of staff or student helper.

We will have systems in place inside the premises so that candidates are able to maintain appropriate social distancing.

Face coverings

Candidates are requested to wear face coverings on arrival and departure and in the school communal areas such as corridors and toilets unless they are exempt.

Candidates do not need to wear face coverings during the exam, but may wear them if they wish.

Any parent/carer or candidate who uses public transport to travel to Wilson’s School should follow the Government requirements for wearing face coverings.

Parents/carers are expected to wear face coverings (unless exempt) on arrival and collection at all times whilst queuing (on and off the school site) and waiting for their child.

Staff and student helpers escorting the candidates will be wearing a face covering or visor.

Maintaining distance between staff and candidates

All candidates will be seated at an appropriate social distance from one another. Where it has been possible to do so, arrangements have been made to seat children from the same primary school in the same room. This is so that these children are most likely to be near others from the same Year 6 bubble.

Invigilators will wear a face covering or visor except for when they are socially distanced from candidates.

Invigilators will stand at socially distanced viewing points in the room. They may walk up and down aisles between desks to observe throughout the exam and during these brief moments they will not be socially distanced from candidates.

If a candidate requests assistance during an exam, invigilators will wear a face covering or visor whilst standing alongside candidates when interacting with them rather than face to face.

Good ventilation will be ensured and maximised wherever possible, for example opening windows and propping open doors where safe to do so. We would therefore recommend candidates bring warm layers of clothing i.e. a jumper or fleece.

Cleaning

Exam rooms, toilet facilities and circulation areas will be kept clean; any frequently touched surfaces (door handles, taps, individual desks, chairs and so on) will be cleaned before each exam session with the usual cleaning products.

Equipment

As part of our coronavirus risk assessment we do not have shared equipment in the school, so are unable to lend candidates equipment so please ensure that your child is equipped with spare items such as pencils and rubbers.

Please do NOT bring your child to the test if they are showing any symptoms of COVID or are self-isolating because of recent contact with someone showing symptoms or testing positive.

Please notify Wilson’s School by calling 020 8773 2931 as soon as possible. Evidence may be requested.

The school reserves the right to refuse admission to any candidate who appears to be showing symptoms which could be COVID-19.

If there is a further lockdown and this test cannot take place, the date of the revised test will be published on our website (and the website of all other participating schools) and will be emailed to you as soon as it is known.

Yes, you should be able to do so. You should visit your Local Authority website for information on this. London local authorities have agreed that such changes may be made up until 10 December 2020, but this may not be the case if you live outside of London.

It will not, however, be possible to change preferences after second stage entrance examination results are issued by Wilson’s School or any other SET participating school with a second stage test.  Following the second stage entrance examination we will email parents/carers with the outcome of the exam before the Christmas break but this will not be before 10 December 2020. There is simply not enough time between the test on 28 November and this date to ensure proper and careful marking of all exam scripts, checking processes, standardisation of scores and processing of outcome emails. It is therefore important that you are aware that you will not have an opportunity to change your preferences or order of preferences on your CAF following notification of the outcome of the second stage entrance examination. This is an unfortunate but unavoidable consequence of the postponement of the Selective Eligibility Test from its normal September date as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

There are no alternative dates to sit the Selective Eligibility Test except in the case of a child not being fit to sit the test on the day or if they are self-isolating because of recent contact with someone showing symptoms of COVID-19 or testing positive for the virus. A medical certificate or other evidence confirming the position on the day of the test will be required.

All six participating schools will be hosting the Selective Eligibility Test at their schools during the same time periods on the same day. About a week before the test date you will be notified by email of the test centre your child should attend, along with other details needed to sit the test. Regardless of your preferences, girls will be allocated to sit the test at either Nonsuch High School for Girls, Wallington High School for Girls or Greenshaw High School. Boys will be allocated to sit the test at one of Sutton Grammar School, Wallington County Grammar School, Wilson's School or Greenshaw High School. Boy/girl twins or siblings will be allocated to sit the test at Greenshaw High School.

No. In view of the number of candidates, it is not possible to manage requests for a specific venue.

It doesn’t matter. The school your child attends to sit the Selective Eligibility Test has no relevance to your preferences for a school place.

If you are resident overseas and your child is at school in your country of residence, we may be able to arrange for your child to sit the SET in his or her current school or at an overseas test centre.
If you would like us to organise an overseas test for your child, please contact a potential test centre (likely to be your child’s current school or the British Council) before you register, then email the test centre’s details with the name and contact email address of the correct liaison staff member to admissions@wcgs.org.uk.

Please ensure that you complete the SET registration form by Friday 19 June 2020 if you wish for such arrangements to be made. You should also refer to your request for an overseas test in the “Additional Information” box on the registration form.

Late requests for overseas tests will not be accepted after this date and the overseas candidates will be expected to travel to the UK to sit the Selective Eligibility Test.
For advice about sitting the SET overseas please contact admissions@wcgs.org.uk.

You should be aware that when you are applying for a school place, rather than simply registering your child to sit the SET, applicants living outside England may only submit an application if they have a linked address within an English Local Authority area. Documentary evidence must be supplied to the Local Authority at the time of application to show you will return to the address prior to September in the year of entry. If you wish to discuss your circumstances prior to making an application, you should contact the school admissions department of your likely home Local Authority. Local Authority contact details in the local area are as follows:

Sutton: suttonadmissions@cognus.org.uk (020 8770 5000)
Merton: admissions@merton.gov.uk (020 8274 4901)
Croydon: school.admissions@croydon.gov.uk (020 8726 6400)
Surrey: schooladmissions@surreycc.gov.uk (0300 200 1004)

No. In view of the number of candidates, it is not possible to manage requests for a specific time during the test day.

If your child has an EHCP, there are separate processes to be followed and you should speak first with your Local Authority who administer the process. You still need to complete the online Registration Form for your child to be able to sit the Selective Eligibility Test. Your child will need to pass the Selective Eligibility Test (and second stage tests where applicable) to be eligible for a place at Nonsuch High School for Girls, Sutton Grammar School, Wallington County Grammar School, Wallington High School for Girls, Wilson's School or for one of the 60 ability places at Greenshaw High School.

Please note that supporting documentary evidence must be submitted if you wish us to consider putting a special arrangement in place for the tests. The required evidence must be submitted to Wilson’s School (for male candidates) and Nonsuch High School for Girls (for female candidates) not later than Friday 19 June 2020. Further guidance and information on the evidence that is required and the basis on which decisions on special arrangements will be made can be found here.

The online registration form asks you to provide details of any special needs or medical conditions your child may have. It is particularly important that you should tell us if your child has any physical, medical, sensory, learning or behavioural issues or conditions or is suffering from a temporary injury that may substantially disadvantage him/her in the context of an examination. Letting us know will not disadvantage your child in any way. It is also important that you tell us if your child has a disability in relation to mobility that has an impact upon their ability to access the exam venue so that appropriate arrangements can be made.


Please note that any supporting evidence must be submitted if you wish us to consider putting a special arrangement in place for the tests. The required evidence must be submitted to Wilson's School (for male candidates) and Nonsuch High School for Girls (for female candidates) no later than Friday 19 June 2019. Further guidance and information on the evidence that is required and the basis on which decision on special arrangements will be made can be found here.

Your child will need:

1. A print out of the invitation email which will be sent to you the week before the test. This contains your child’s venue details and candidate number. This is very important. If you don’t have access to a printer you can write your son’s name, date of birth and candidate number on a piece of paper.
2. Two or more pencils (HB or B) — we cannot loan equipment
3. A good quality rubber
4. A book to read before the tests start and during the break. Make sure the book is one that your son really enjoys as he may be waiting in his test room for an extended period before the tests start.
5. A small, personal bottle of hand sanitiser and tissues
6. A jumper or fleece. Make sure that your son has enough warm layers as we will be keeping windows and doors open to ensure good ventilation.

We strongly request that candidates bring a face covering to wear on arrival and departure and when moving around the school buildings.

They may also bring:

• A bottle of water – no fizzy drinks please – and a snack (no nuts)
• A ruler to help them keep their place on the answer sheet
  

Your child must not bring:

1. A mobile telephone or any other electronic device.
2. A calculator or calculator watch.
3. A watch that beeps.
4. Any piece of stationery which displays times tables or other such information.
5. A dictionary.

Your child may bring their usual medication with them to the test venue. It is important to provide details of their medical requirements on the online registration form so that we can make sure that the members of staff supervising their test venue are aware.

If your child is ill on the day of the Selective Eligibility Test you must ring the school to which he / she has been allocated as a venue to sit the test before the test is due to start. You will then need to take your child to the doctor and produce a doctor’s certificate with the same date as that of the test confirming illness on the day. We will then arrange for your child to sit the test at a later date.

Greenshaw High School: 020 8715 1001
Nonsuch High School for Girls: 020 8394 3400
Sutton Grammar School: 020 8642 3821
Wallington County Grammar School: 020 8647 2235
Wallington High School for Girls: 020 8647 2380
Wilson’s School: 020 8773 2931

If a candidate is unable to attend on the day of the tests due to illness or injury then provided a genuine medical certificate covering the day of the test is received an alternative test date will be provided. Where a candidate becomes indisposed during a test the test venue will make appropriate arrangements to care for the child and to inform his or her parents. These arrangements may include allowing the candidate to leave the test room for a short period under supervision returning to finish the tests. If the candidate is unable to continue and leaves the premises then he or she will not be allowed to finish any test that he or she has already started.

It is not possible to state a pass mark in advance of the test. The pass mark will be decided by the participating schools after the test has been marked. Each School may determine its own pass mark.

Please note: following the Selective Eligibility Test, no review or re-marking of papers will be available.

It is the total score that determines whether your child has passed the test: so for example, a very good performance in English can compensate for one that is a little weaker in Maths.

Yes. The rank order of the entrance examinations at each of these schools will be determined on the basis of the aggregate scores of the Selective Eligibility Test and the papers which make up the shared Second Stage Entrance Examination. For the specific ratio to be applied for each school you are advised to look further at the websites of the individual schools.

Yes. A standardisation for age mechanism is applied to the outcome of the Selective Eligibility Test.

You will receive an email about a week after the test with the outcome of the Selective Eligibility Test.

Each school may determine its own pass mark.

If your child meets the required standard for at least one participating school:
You will not be given any information regarding his/her scores but will be told that he/she has met the required standard(s) and will be invited to second stage testing (where applicable).

If your child does not meet the required standard for any of the participating schools:
You will be given his/her standardised scores in both papers which will include any appropriate age adjustment and their total score.

Please note: following the Selective Eligibility Test, no review or re-marking of papers will be available.

If your child does not pass the Selective Eligibility Test for a particular school it means:

For Greenshaw High School – your son or daughter is not eligible for one of the 60 ability places at Greenshaw High School but they may still be eligible for a place at Greenshaw High School under one of the school's other criteria. Please see the Greenshaw High School website for details of its admissions criteria.

For all the other participating schools – your child is not eligible for a place at any of these schools as they will not have met the admissions criteria. If you have named any of these schools on your CAF you may have an opportunity to change your preferences or order of preferences up to a final deadline of 10 December 2020. You should contact your home Local Authority directly about this. However, if you think you might want to lodge an appeal, you will need to name the relevant school(s) on the CAF. This will give you the opportunity to lodge any appeal(s) after National Offer Day.

No. All SET answer sheets are marked twice as a matter of course: firstly by machine and then by hand, to ensure that all marks are recorded.

You will not receive an offer until 1 March 2021 (National Offer Day). Offers of places at Wilson's School are dependent not only on passing the Wilson's School second stage Entrance Examination and your son's position in the rank order, but also on whether or not you have placed another school or schools higher on your list of preferences and, if you have, on the outcome of the process at those schools.

If your query relates to the SET, you should email it to SET2021Entry@suttongrammar.sutton.sch.uk

If your query relates to admission to one of the participating schools, you should contact a member of the Admissions Team at that school:

• Greenshaw High School: 020 8715 1001 or email admissions@greenshaw.co.uk
• Nonsuch High School for Girls and Wallington High School for Girls: 020 8394 3400 or email admissions@girlslearningtrust.org
• Sutton Grammar School: 020 8642 3821 or email admissions@suttongrammar.sutton.sch.uk
• Wallington County Grammar School: 020 8647 2235 or email admissions@wcgs.org.uk
• Wilson’s School: 020 8773 2931 or email admissions@wilsonsschool.sutton.sch.uk.