Specialist 11 Plus tutors in Barnet, North London prepare children for the GL Assessment exam format used by local grammar schools, including Queen Elizabeth's School (QE Boys), Barnet. Compare rates and profiles, and enquire directly with no agency fees.
Barnet is home to two of the most competitive state schools in England: Queen Elizabeth's School (QE Boys) and The Henrietta Barnett School for girls. Find a specialist tutor, compare rates, read profiles and enquire directly. No agency fees.
QE Boys sets two multiple-choice papers in maths and English, based on KS2 content, sat in mid-September. Henrietta Barnett uses a two-round system: a first-round GL Assessment paper covering English, verbal reasoning and non-verbal reasoning, with the top-scoring girls invited to a second round of school-set English and maths papers. The Latymer School tests GL maths and verbal reasoning plus a school-set English paper with comprehension and creative writing.
QE Boys allocates its 180 places purely by test score with no catchment, so it draws applicants from across London and the Home Counties. Henrietta Barnett receives around 2,000 applications for roughly 93 places and gives some priority within a three-mile area. The Latymer School restricts entry to its published inner-area postcodes across north London. These are among the highest scores-per-place schools in the country, and most successful applicants prepare for well over a year.
Registration deadline
Registration windows run from May to early July of Year 5, and the entrance tests are sat in mid-September of Year 6. Each school requires its own registration.
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Barnet has two state grammar schools: Queen Elizabeth's School (QE Boys) in Barnet itself and The Henrietta Barnett School in Hampstead Garden Suburb. Many Barnet families also apply to The Latymer School in Edmonton, which is in neighbouring Enfield but admits from north London postcodes. Each school runs its own registration and its own entrance exam.
QE Boys sets two multiple-choice papers, one in English and one in maths, based on Key Stage 2 content and sat in mid-September of Year 6. Registration runs from May to early July of Year 5. All 180 places are allocated strictly by test rank with no catchment area, which is why competition is national in scale.
Henrietta Barnett regularly receives around 2,000 applications for roughly 93 Year 7 places, making it one of the most oversubscribed schools in the country. Entry is a two-round process: a GL Assessment first round in September, then school-set English and maths papers for the top scorers. Some priority applies within three miles of the school.
For QE Boys, Henrietta Barnett or Latymer, most successful families start structured preparation in Year 4 or very early in Year 5. Because each school sets a different exam, preparation needs to cover multiple formats: multiple-choice maths and English for QE, reasoning papers for the Henrietta Barnett first round, and comprehension plus creative writing for Latymer.
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