About the Year 6 test
Some Wandsworth secondary schools use partial-selection or fair banding as part of their admission criteria. The Year 6 admissions test is designed to provide these schools with the data they need to make offer decisions. The test data is also useful to provide contextual information for Wandsworth primary schools.
All children applying for Ashcroft Technology Academy, Burntwood School, Chestnut Grove Academy or Graveney School must take the Wandsworth Year 6 Test. You must register to be invited to take the test.
This still applies if your child has taken a Specialist place test at Ashcroft Technology Academy or Chestnut Grove Academy.
If your child has an EHCP, they do not have to take the test. If your child receives SEN support, they may be eligible for extra time in the test. See the test structure page for more information.
Registration
You must register your child for the test if you are considering applying for any place at Ashcroft Technology Academy, Chestnut Grove Academy, Burntwood School or Graveney School. If you are not considering applying for a place at one or more of these schools, there is no need for your child to sit the test.
Ensure that the email address you provide is the same one you will use on the eAdmissions website to apply for schools and is a personal address you can monitor over the weekend in case we need to update you urgently.
Registration for the late test in December
The Wandsworth Year 6 late test will be held on 5, 6 and 8 December 2025.
This is the last opportunity to take the test if your child did not take it in September.
Registration will be open from 6 October until 7 November. If you miss the 7 November deadline, it will not be possible for your child to be included in the testing arrangements.
Please note that any untested applicants for Ashcroft Technology Academy will not be able to be placed into a band and their application will not be considered until all banded children have been offered a place or offered a higher preference.
Test invitations
If you registered for the late test by the 7 November 2025 closing date, we will write to you by email with details of where and when your child will take the test. Note that the test venue will not necessarily be a school you are considering applying to. Invitations will be emailed on 21 November 2025.
Test dates
The test will be held over four days during term time – Friday 5, Saturday 6 and Monday 8 December 2025 – at a secondary school test venue. As far as possible pupils from the same primary school will sit the test on the same day and at the same test venue.
You must ensure that your child can take the test on the set date. It will not be possible for an alternative date to be arranged.
Results
If your child takes the test in December you will be notified by email of your child's test results before Christmas 2025.
Find out more about marking and results.
Contact
School Admissions, Place Planning and Exclusions contact details:
- Telephone: 020 8871 7316
- Email: year6test@wandsworth.gov.uk