We welcome applicants to join Habs at any of our four formal entry points: 4+, 7+, 11+ and 16+. Occasionally we also have spaces in Years 4, 5, 8, 9 and 10.

Below, you will find a step-by-step guide to visiting our school, applying, assessments, interviews and accepting an offer.

Which entry point will your child be joining in?
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Key dates for Reception

1. Registration deadline
Friday 22 November 2024
2. Group activity sessions
Monday 16 - Thursday 19 December 2024
3. Parent interviews and child assessment
Monday 13 - Tuesday 21 January 2025
4. Offers sent out
Monday 27 January 2025
5. Offer holders' morning
Friday 31 January 2025 (10am to 11.30am)
6. Offer acceptance deadline
Friday 7 February 2025 (12pm)

Visit us

If you are interested in your daughter joining us in September 2025 for the 4+ entry, please come and visit us at our Open Day on Saturday 5 October or at one of our School in Action days.

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General information

Joining our community in Reception offers girls an academically outstanding education filled with awe and wonder.

We offer 40 Reception places each year.

We have high expectations for our students, so it is important that we ensure your daughter would be given the space to thrive at Habs.

Entry is for candidates aged 4 and below the age of 5 on the 1st September in the year of entry.

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Group activity sessions

In the Autumn term prior to the year of entry, your child will be invited to a group activity session lasting about 50 minutes, which will be assessed.

Children with birth months in close proximity are placed in the same group, with twins from the same family placed in separate groups.

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Parent interviews and child assessment

A select number of children will return for a second stage, which is an informal meeting.

As a parent, you will be invited to meet the Head of the Junior School and other members of our Senior Leadership Team whilst your daughter takes part in some one-to-one activities. In the meeting, you can ask us questions and decide if you think we are right for your daughter.

These meetings are also an important way for us to get to know your family, making sure our ethos and values are aligned with yours.

We will also ask your child’s nursery or pre-school (if applicable) to provide a short written reference.

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If you have any enquiries, please email our admissions team in the first instance at admissionsgirls@habselstree.org.uk or call 020 8266 2300

Meet our admissions team

Avril Tooley

Director of Marketing, Communications and Admissions
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Avril Tooley Director of Marketing, Communications and Admissions

Avril studied Typography and Graphic Communication at Reading University, before completing the ADP at London Business School. Avril spent over 20 years working in leading advertising and brand design agencies, creating, growing and reviving some of the worlds’ most loved brands and businesses such as Brakes, Diageo, GSK, LVMH, McCormick and Twinings before moving to Habs.

Avril loves making a difference for others, helping her colleagues at Habs develop the schools’ vision and purpose, supporting them to clearly communicate it. Being half-Singaporean and holding wine qualifications, food and entertaining is central to Avril’s free time. Her friends and family cannot escape her love for chilli, chicken rice, fishballs and cocktails!

Philanthropy also plays a very important role in her life. Avril can be found regularly campaigning for Auditory Verbal UK, a charity that supports deaf children to listen and talk with Auditory Verbal Therapy and have the same opportunities in life as their hearing peers. The charity has had a profound impact on her family and deaf son.

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Binnur Rogers

Admissions Registrar

Celia Andreas

Admissions Assistant

Admissions FAQs

Preparing for our admission assessments and interviews

Does having a sibling at Habs Girls make admission easier?

My child is currently at a state school. Will they be at a disadvantage?

Is any financial support available?

Will you consider a late application for Sixth Form?