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 is open until 3 September 2026. If you miss the 3 September 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 test by the 3 September 2026 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 18 September 2026.
Test dates
The test will be held at a secondary school test venue over four days during term time – Thursday 24, Friday 25, Saturday 26 and Monday 28 September 2026. Your child will be allocated one of these dates.
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 September, you will be notified by email of your child's test results on 23 October 2026.
Find out more about marking and results.
Contact
Telephone lines to the School admissions team are open between 9am and 1pm from Monday to Friday.
School Admissions, Place Planning and Exclusions contact details:
- Telephone: 020 8871 7316
- Email: year6test@wandsworth.gov.uk