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Sydenham & Dulwich Girls 11+: guide for 2028 entry

For girls in Year 5 now, who would take part in the Assessment Day in Year 6 to join Year 7 in September 2028. Sydenham & Dulwich Girls is the GDST school formerly called Sydenham High School. The format and dates are taken from the school's own senior admissions page, checked October 2026.

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At a glance

School
Sydenham & Dulwich Girls, formerly Sydenham High School: an independent girls' school in the Girls' Day School Trust
The assessment
A standardised reasoning assessment covering verbal, non-verbal, spatial and quantitative reasoning, a short creative writing task and an observational extension activity
Assessment day date
Wednesday 6 January 2027 for September 2027 entry. The date for 2028 entry isn't published yet
Interview
An individual interview follows, on Saturday 9 January 2027 for 2027 entry
Reference
The school also asks the candidate's current school for a reference

Key dates

For 2028 entry

The school hasn't published its dates for September 2028 entry yet. Going by this year, expect the Assessment Day in early January of Year 6 with interviews the same week. Check the senior admissions page for the registration deadline.

Source: Sydenham & Dulwich Girls: Senior Admissions

This year's dates (2027 entry), as a guide to the pattern

Wednesday 6 January 2027
Assessment Day
Saturday 9 January 2027
Individual interviews

Source: Sydenham & Dulwich Girls: Senior Admissions

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What happens on the Assessment Day

Standardised reasoning assessmentVerbal, non-verbal, spatial and quantitative reasoning. The school doesn't publish the length or the number of questions.
Creative writingA short creative writing task.
Observational extension activityAn activity done on the day. The school doesn't describe it in more detail.

Reasoning first

The written part of the day is mainly reasoning: word, shape, space and number puzzles. There is no separate English comprehension or maths paper listed on the school's page, though good reading and number skills help with the verbal and quantitative questions.

What the school doesn't publish

The school doesn't give timings, question counts or sample papers. Our Sydenham & Dulwich Girls-style practice paper uses timings we have estimated: three short reasoning sections and a short piece of writing. The observational activity happens on the day and isn't part of our paper.

Five reasoning sample questions

These are our own questions, written to show the level. They are not taken from any real paper. Tap a question to see the answer and the method. Non-verbal and spatial reasoning need pictures, so practise those in the app.

1. Which word is opposite in meaning to generous?
  • A) kind
  • B) mean
  • C) rich
  • D) polite
Answer: B) mean. Generous means happy to give and share. The opposite is mean, which here means unwilling to give or share. Kind and polite are close to generous, not opposite.
2. What number comes next in the sequence: 2, 6, 18, 54, ?
  • A) 108
  • B) 162
  • C) 72
  • D) 158
Answer: B) 162. Each number is three times the one before: 2 × 3 = 6, 6 × 3 = 18, 18 × 3 = 54. So the next is 54 × 3 = 162.
3. Which word can go in front of all of these to make new words: ball, print, step, path?
  • A) hand
  • B) foot
  • C) sun
  • D) door
Answer: B) foot. Try each word in front of all four. Foot makes football, footprint, footstep and footpath. Hand fails with handstep and handpath, sun fails with sunball, and door fails with doorprint.
4. Bird is to flock as fish is to which word?
  • A) school
  • B) river
  • C) fin
  • D) pond
Answer: A) school. A group of birds is called a flock, so we want the word for a group of fish. That is a school (or shoal). A river and a pond are places, and a fin is part of a fish.
5. A film starts at 2:45 pm and lasts 1 hour 50 minutes. What time does it finish?
  • A) 4:25 pm
  • B) 4:35 pm
  • C) 4:45 pm
  • D) 3:35 pm
Answer: B) 4:35 pm. Add the hour first: 2:45 pm + 1 hour = 3:45 pm. Then add 50 minutes: 15 minutes takes you to 4:00 pm, and the other 35 minutes takes you to 4:35 pm.

What a Year 5 parent can do now

  1. Visit the school at an open event and watch its senior admissions page for the 2028 registration deadline.
  2. Start short, regular reasoning practice now, covering verbal, non-verbal and number puzzles.
  3. Build a habit of short, timed creative writing pieces.

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How to prepare

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Quick answers

When is the Sydenham & Dulwich Girls 11+ exam?

Wednesday 6 January 2027 for September 2027 entry. The date for 2028 entry isn't published yet.

What is in the Sydenham & Dulwich Girls 11+ exam?

Standardised reasoning assessment. Verbal, non-verbal, spatial and quantitative reasoning. The school doesn't publish the length or the number of questions. Creative writing. A short creative writing task. Observational extension activity. An activity done on the day. The school doesn't describe it in more detail.

Is there an interview for Sydenham & Dulwich Girls?

An individual interview follows, on Saturday 9 January 2027 for 2027 entry.

How can my child practise for the Sydenham & Dulwich Girls 11+?

Practise verbal, non-verbal and number reasoning little and often, mixing the question types.

Sources

Checked 26 October 2026. Schools change their tests, so always confirm dates and details on the official pages below.

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