At a Glance
Assessment: Individual
Fees Type: Free
Boarding: Day school
Admissions: Girls Only
Places per year: 210
Introduction
Nonsuch High School for Girls is a selective grammar school with academy status in the London Borough of Sutton, located at the edge of Nonsuch Park. The school holds specialisms in Science and Languages, which attracts additional funding for these programmes. The school has also been awarded multiple accolades including obtaining Beacon status, the Sportsmark Award, the Schools Achievement Award and Education Extra award at Distinction level. Ofsted school certified the school as ‘Good’ both overall and in all 5 categories. Extracurricular opportunities are plentiful, allowing girls to develop their interests, character and sense of community whether they enjoy music, sports, the arts, debating and the school even has its own observatory for astronomical study.
Academic Achievement
The latest statistics from 2019 (data gap due to coronavirus) show that Nonsuch High School for Girls helps girls to achieve very strong grades at GCSE at a level of achievement greater even than their strong starting points upon entry would indicate. Perhaps the two most indicative measurements of the high quality education at Nonsuch High School for Girls are the schools Progress 8 and Attainment 8 scores. Both metrics refer to the grades received in up to 8 of the girls best GCSE subjects from a series of ‘bins’ including English, Maths, 3 English Baccalaureate subjects (including Sciences, History, Geography, Languages) and any three other approved subjects. Attainment 8 adds the scores of childrens GCSE marks, applies a standardisation and averages these scores across a school. Nonsuch High School for Girls received an Attainment 8 score of 80.7 versus the national average 46.7 and the local average of 58.6. Progress 8 is more a metric of the school itself as it compares children who achieved similar Key Stage 2 results and asks how much progress they have made at a given school by the time they receive their GCSE results in Key Stage 4, compared to all other schools. Nonsuch High School for Girls has a Progress 8 score of 1.04 meaning that girls in attendance on average achieve one grade higher than the national expected progress for girls with their Key stage 2 starting point across these 8 GCSE’s. Nonsuch High School for Girls could therefore be said to have helped the girls exceed expectations.
How 11 Plus Hero can help
Grammar Schools in the London Borough of Sutton are highly competitive which means that making effective preparations is very important so that there are no confusing surprises for your daughter come test day. Luckily we at 11 Plus Hero are here to help! We can provide you with all of the school specific information enabling you to decide if Nonsuch High School for Girls is the right choice for your daughter. We can then provide you with familiarisation guides and practise paper materials to make preparation for the combined Entrance Test procedure. This consists of two assessments, the Selective Entrance Test or SET and the Nonsuch and Wallington Second Stage Entrance Examination or NWSSEE.
Nonsuch High School for Girls Key Information
11 Plus Hero provides key details on the contact information for Nonsuch High School for Girls as well as core information about the school.
School Address
Full Address:
Nonsuch High School for GirlsEwell Road
Cheam
Surrey
SM3 8AB
Contact Information
Parking in the school
Parking can be found 10 to 15 minutes walk away from the school premises.
Additional parking off site
Kingsway Road Car Park, Sutton, London, SM3 8SL. Open Mon to Sun 24h.
Cheam Station Car Park, Upper Mulgrave Road, Sutton, London, SM2 7AJ. Mon to Sun 24h.
Additional parking off site
Kingsway Road Car Park, Sutton, London, SM3 8SL. Open Mon to Sun 24h.
Cheam Station Car Park, Upper Mulgrave Road, Sutton, London, SM2 7AJ. Mon to Sun 24h.
Key Information for Nonsuch High School for Girls
PAN for Year 7 intake (2023)
Total Student Capacity Years 7 to 13 (2022)
Total Students Years 7 to 13 (2022)
Percentage Capacity (2022)
Latest Ofsted Rating (2021)
Entrance Test - Round 1
Entrance Test - Round 2
Nonsuch High School for Girls’ Key Dates and Application Information
To help you keep track of all the important dates for applicants to Nonsuch High School for Girls we at 11 Plus Hero have put together this chronological guide for your convenience.
Deadline for Applications for Secondary School intake 2023
Open Events
Registration for Selective Eligibility Test (SET)
Registration of Special educational needs and disability by the child's current school’s special educational needs coordinator.
Stage one testing: Selective Eligibility Test (SET) Exam date
Stage one testing: Selective Eligibility Test (SET) Results date
Stage two testing: Nonsuch and Wallington Second Stage Entrance Examination (NWSSEE) Test date
Stage two testing: Nonsuch and Wallington Second Stage Entrance Examination (NWSSEE) Results date
Common Application form (CAF) Deadline
Application Documents for Nonsuch High School for Girls
Below you will find a list of the most important sources of information from both the school and local Sutton council to help you stay informed. These include both core application documents and familiarisation guides for the Selective Entrance Test (SET) and Nonsuch and Wallington Second Stage Entrance Examination (NWSSEE).
Nonsuch High School for Girls Admissions Policy 2023-2024
View PDFNonsuch High School for Girls Pupil Premium Application Form
View PDFNonsuch High School for Girls - Application flowchart
View PDFSET English Paper Practise material
View PDFSET Maths Paper Practise material
View PDFNWSSEE Maths Paper Practise material
View PDFNWSSEE English Paper Practise material
View PDFNWSSEE English Paper Practise material Notes
View PDFVirtual open day 2020
View PDFNonsuch High School for Girls Exam Format
Nonsuch High School for Girls operates a two stage selection process which together is referred to as the Entrance Test. Along with the other grammar schools in Sutton the first stage of this testing is the Selective Eligibility Test (SET) which contains multiple choice English and Maths questions. If your daughter passes this test they will be invited to sit the Nonsuch and Wallington Second Stage Entrance Examination (NWSSEE) which is sat by the two girls grammar schools in Sutton. This test again has English and Maths sections, but is not multiple choice in format. The results of both tests will form an aggregate score which is compared to the other students in your daughter’s year group to decide if she would be a good fit for a grammar education at Nonsuch High School for Girls. 11 Plus Hero is here to guide you through the specifics of both tests and provide your daughter with practice papers materials so that there are no surprises come the day of the test!
The Selective Eligibility Test (SET)
The English and Maths papers which make up the SET are expected to last between 40-50 minutes each with some inter year variation. Both will be sat on the same day with a short break in between. They feature a variety of multiple choice questions aimed at the level of the Key Stage 2 Curriculum with separate question and answer sheets.
Questions in Mathematics will be presented both as purely numerical equations and in text format, which will require candidates to interpret the mathematical operations to perform. The English paper features a short spelling section that students are advised to spend 5 minutes completing and a series of comprehension exercises requiring students to interpret provided passages of text and then compare between these passages.
Paper 1: Maths
Multiple choice paper lasting 40-50 minutes.
Paper 2: English
Multiple choice paper lasting 40-50 minutes
Spelling – Suggested timing 5 minutes.
Comprehension 1 – Suggested timing 25 minutes.
Comprehension 2 – Suggested timing 10 minutes.
Comprehension 3 Comparison of texts – Suggested timing 10 minutes.
The Selective Eligibility Test (SET) - Assessment Criteria
| English | Maths | Verbal Reasoning | Non-Verbal Reasoning | Addittional |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Nonsuch and Wallington Second Stage Entrance Examination (NWSSEE)
Nonsuch High School for Girls shares its second stage selective test with the other nearby girls grammar school, Wallington High School for Girls. The Nonsuch and Wallington Second Stage Entrance Examination (NWSSEE) is again composed of English and Maths papers, this time featuring no multiple choice questions.
Mathematics questions are posed in full sentences, describing problems in which candidates must interpret what mathematical processes to carry out. The English paper provides the applicants with prompts to carry out continuous writing exercises. This is an opportunity for the girls to display the quality of their writing in terms of sentence structure, use of paragraphs, punctuation, vocabulary, spelling and descriptive language.
Paper 1: Maths
Questions requiring interpretation and written answers
Paper 2: English
Extended Writing task to show quality of written English
Nonsuch and Wallington Second Stage Entrance Examination (NWSSEE) - Assessment Criteria
| English | Maths | Verbal Reasoning | Non-Verbal Reasoning | Addittional |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Pass Mark
The Selective Eligibility Test (SET) Pass Criteria:
In the week following the SET parent will receive an email with their child’s results. The threshold pass mark for the SET changes on a yearly basis as it is partially dependent on how well the year group taking the test performed. As such it is difficult to quote an exact number and indeed each individual grammar school in Sutton can decide upon their own minimum threshold for the shared test. It is however expected that the top 25-30% of children will pass the SET and be invited back to take the NWSSEE. For more information please see our article ‘Selective Tests in Sutton’.
The Nonsuch and Wallington Second Stage Entrance Examination (NWSSEE) Pass Criteria:
As with the SET the passing threshold and minimum acceptable standard for each paper of the NWSSEE is decided upon on a yearly basis. The girls will receive a combined Entrance Test score consisting of marks from the SET and NWSSEE. To be eligible for admission it is required that girls pass both the SET and NWSSEE whilst also receiving a minimum acceptable standard in each of the NWSSEE papers. For example a high score in the NWSSEE maths paper cannot compensate for an unsatisfactory score in the NWSSEE English paper. The overall aggregate score of an applicant is calculated by adding half their scores from the SET to their score from the NWSSEE papers. The scores will also be standardised with an adjustment for the age of students so as not to disadvantage younger pupils. This gives a child’s final Entrance Test score. Important to note is that Nonsuch High School for Girls operates superselective admissions meaning that those girls who scored the highest in the combined Entrance Test, consisting of marks from the SET and NWSSEE, will be granted admission with priority.
Pass Mark
The Selective Eligibility Test (SET) Pass Criteria:
In the week following the SET parent will receive an email with their child’s results. The threshold pass mark for the SET changes on a yearly basis as it is partially dependent on how well the year group taking the test performed. As such it is difficult to quote an exact number and indeed each individual grammar school in Sutton can decide upon their own minimum threshold for the shared test. It is however expected that the top 25-30% of children will pass the SET and be invited back to take the NWSSEE. For more information please see our article ‘Selective Tests in Sutton’.
The Nonsuch and Wallington Second Stage Entrance Examination (NWSSEE) Pass Criteria:
As with the SET the passing threshold and minimum acceptable standard for each paper of the NWSSEE is decided upon on a yearly basis. The girls will receive a combined Entrance Test score consisting of marks from the SET and NWSSEE. To be eligible for admission it is required that girls pass both the SET and NWSSEE whilst also receiving a minimum acceptable standard in each of the NWSSEE papers. For example a high score in the NWSSEE maths paper cannot compensate for an unsatisfactory score in the NWSSEE English paper. The overall aggregate score of an applicant is calculated by adding half their scores from the SET to their score from the NWSSEE papers. The scores will also be standardised with an adjustment for the age of students so as not to disadvantage younger pupils. This gives a child’s final Entrance Test score. Important to note is that Nonsuch High School for Girls operates superselective admissions meaning that those girls who scored the highest in the combined Entrance Test, consisting of marks from the SET and NWSSEE, will be granted admission with priority.
Catchment Area
Nonsuch High School for Girls has a priority catchment area simply described as those girls occupying permanent residence within a 5.25 km radius of the school. This catchment area comes into play at several point in the oversubscription criteria outlined below, however principally Nonsuch High School for Girls admits students preferentially based on how highly they scored in the Entrance Test. Ties for admission are however settled by which girls lives closest to the school.
Additional Eligibility
To be eligible for admission to Nonsuch High School for Girls applicants must have passed the minimum threshold of the SET and NWSSEE with a minimum acceptable standard in both NWSSEE papers and have named the school on their CAF form. Any girl who has met these requirements and also has an Education and Health Care Plan which specifically mentions Nonsuch High School for Girls will be automatically admitted. After that girls are awarded admission places based on the oversubscription criteria outlined below.
- Those Girls who currently or previously were in the care of the local authority will be given priority. Applicants must have met the minimum qualifying threshold in the combined Entrance Test or have scored up to 10% lower in the SET and the minimum standardised pass mark in the NWSSEE maths and English papers.
- 85 superselective admission places will be awarded to Girls who achieved the highest scores in the combined Entrance Test, regardless of the proximity to the school or to the catchment area.
- Up to 35 places are earmarked for girls who are in receipt of pupil premium, eligible if at any time in the last six years they were in receipt of free school meals. Applicants must have met the minimum qualifying threshold in the combined Entrance Test or have scored up to 10% lower in the SET and the minimum standardised pass mark in the NWSSEE maths and English papers.
- Up to 110 places are designated to girls living in the priority catchment area, with priority given to those who scored highest in the combined Entrance Test.
- 15 places are ring-fenced for girls scoring most highly in the combined Entrance Test to those girls whose permanent place of residence would make their parents eligible to pay council tax to the London Borough of Sutton.
- Any remaining places in the 210 PAN will be offered to applicants outside the priority area. Priority given to the girls scoring highest in the combined Entrance Test.
Nonsuch High School for Girls FAQs
There is no constant passing threshold for either the SET or NWSSEE assessments. This is because the thresholds are determined every year impart by statistical analysis of all the results achieved by the children taking the test that year. Further details and explanation of how your daughter’s score is calculated can be found in the above section Pass Mark.
Nonsuch High School for Girls has two tests as part of its combined Entrance Test procedure. The Selective entrance Test (SET) is sat by all grammar school applicants in Sutton. Passing this means that girls will be invited back to take the Nonsuch and Wallington Second Stage Entrance Examination (NWSSEE). Both test involve papers in English and maths. For more details on the content specifics please see the sbove section – Nonsuch High School for Girls Exam Format.
The NWSSEE is an entirely written, rather than multiple choice, assessment that is marked by education professionals requiring school resources. This style of assessment lets Nonsuch High School for Girls specifically test the boundaries of a child’s education that they deem most important. The SET is a multiple choice paper which enables it to be marked rapidly by a computer and can be though of as a panning stage to select those most promising students for invitation to the second stage.
Links to example resources and marking schemes for the English and Maths both the SET and NWSSEE can be found in the above section: Application Documents for Nonsuch High School for Girls.
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