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Performance Results the Gower School 11+ Results 2021 Performance Results The Gower School 11+ results 2021 *Scholarship 11+ results 2021 Name of School Places Offered Places Accepted Camden School for Girls 1 0 (including a Music Place) 8 Channing (including a Music Scholarship 0 and an Academic Scholarship) City of London School for Girls 4 2 (including a Music Scholarship) Collège Français Bilingue de 1 1 Londres Dame Alice Owen 2 1 (including a Music Scholarship) Dulwich College 1 1 Forest School 5 0 (including a Music Scholarship) 7 Francis Holland Regents Park (including a Music Scholarship 0 and an Academic Scholarship) Haberdashers’ Aske School for Girls 1 0 (including a Music Scholarship) Henrietta Barnett 1 1 Highgate 4 1 Maida Vale 2 0 2 The St Marylebone CE School (including a Performing Arts Place (Choral) 0 and a Performing Arts Place (Instrumental)) North Bridge House NW3 4 0 North Bridge House N1 1 0 North London Collegiate School 2 1 (including a Handel Music Scholarship) Portland Place 2 0 6 Queen's College, London (three Major Academic Scholarships, a Music Scholarship 2 and an Academic Scholarship) St Mary Magdalene Academy 3 1 South Hampstead High School 4 1 (including a Music Scholarship) St Albans High School for Girls 1 0 (including a Drama Scholarship) Wetherby Senior 2 1 Performance Results The school underlined is where the place has been accepted Secondary Transfer Offers 2020 – 2021 11+ Education Girl 1: North London Collegiate School, Channing (Academic Scholarship), City of London School for Girls, Francis Holland, Highgate, South Hampstead High School Girl 2: Henrietta Barnett School, Camden School for Girls (Music Scholarship), City of London School for Girls, Dame Alice Owen (Music Scholarship), Haberdashers’ Aske School for Girls (Music Scholarship), North London Collegiate School (Music Scholarship), The St Marylebone CE School (Performing Arts Place - Instrumental) Girl 3: City of London School for Girls, Channing, Highgate, St Mary Magdalene Academy (Governors' Place Aptitude Test) Girl 4: South Hampstead High School (Music Scholarship), Channing (Music Scholarship), Forest School (Music Scholarship), Francis Holland (Music Scholarship), Queen’s College, London (Major Academic Scholarship and Music Scholarship), St Albans High School for Girls (Drama Scholarship), The St Marylebone CE School (Performing Arts Place - Choral) Girl 5: Dame Alice Owen, Channing, Francis Holland (Academic Scholarship), Queens’ College, London (Major Academic Scholarship), South Hampstead High School Girl 6: Highgate, Channing, Forest School, Francis Holland, North Bridge House Senior School (Hampstead), Queen’s College, London (Major Academic Scholarship), South Hampstead High School Girl 7: City of London School for Girls, Channing, Francis Holland, Highgate, Queen’s College, London Girl 8: Collège Français Bilingue de Londres, Channing, Francis Holland Girl 9: Queen’s College, London (Academic Scholarship), Channing, Forest School, North Bridge House Senior School (Canonbury) Girl 10: Queen’s College, London, Francis Holland, North Bridge House Senior School (Hampstead) Boy 1: Dulwich College, Maida Vale, North Bridge House Senior School (Hampstead), Portland Place, Wetherby Senior School Boy 2: Wetherby Senior School, Forest School, Maida Vale, North Bridge House Senior School (Hampstead), Portland Place Boy 3: St Mary Magdalene Academy 7+ Education Girl 1: South Hampstead School Secondary Transfer Offers 2019 – 2020 11+ Education Girl 1: City of London School for Girls, Channing, Forest School, Francis Holland (Academic Scholarship), Highgate, Queen’s College, London (Major Academic Scholarship), South Hampstead High School, St Mary Magdalene Academy (Governors' Place Aptitude Test) Girl 2: Channing, Forest School, Francis Holland, North Bridge House Senior School (Hampstead), Queen’s College, London Girl 3: Channing, Forest School, North Bridge House Senior School (Canonbury) Girl 4: Channing, Francis Holland, North Bridge House Senior School (Hampstead), Queen’s College, London (Academic Scholarship) Girl 5: North Bridge House Senior School (Hampstead), Portland Place (Sports Scholarship) Boy 1: City of London School, Belmont Mill Hill (Academic Scholarship), Forest School (Academic Scholarship), St Mary Magdalene Academy (Governors' Place Aptitude Test), The Haberdashers' Aske's Boys School Boy 2: Dame Alice Owen, City of London School, Highgate, Queen Elizabeth School for Boys, St Mary Magdalene Academy (Governors' Place Aptitude Test) Boy 3: Wetherby Senior School, Belmont Mill Hill, Maida Vale, North Bridge House Senior School (Canonbury) Boy 4: Norwich Senior School (Headmasters Award), Forest School, Greshams, Northbridge House Hampstead, Wymondham College (Headmasters Award) Boy 5: North Bridge House Senior School (Hampstead), Forest School, Maida Vale, Wetherby Senior School Senior Boy 6: St Mary Magdalene (Governors' Place Aptitude Test) Performance Results The school underlined is where the place has been accepted Boy 7: Wetherby Senior School Secondary Transfer Offers 2018 – 2019 11+ Education Girl 1: Dame Alice Owen, Channing, City of London School for Girls, Latymer School, St Mary Magdalene (Governors' Place Aptitude Test), South Hampstead High School Girl 2: City of London School for Girls, Francis Holland (Academic Scholarship), Highgate, St Mary Magdalene (Governors' Place Aptitude Test), Queen’s College, London Girl 3: City of London School for Girls, Camden School for Girls, Channing, Francis Holland (Academic Scholarship), Highgate, Queen’s College, London, South Hampstead High School, St Mary Magdalene (Governors' Place Aptitude Test) Girl 4: Francis Holland, Channing, Highgate, North Bridge House (Hampstead), Queen’s College, London, St Mary Magdalene (Governors' Place Aptitude Test) Boy 1: Dame Alice Owen, City of London School, Merchant Taylors’ School Boy 2: City of London School, Forest School, Wetherby Senior School Boy 3: Highgate, Belmont Mill Hill (Academic Scholarship), Forest School (Academic Scholarship), North Bridge House (Canonbury), University College School Boy 4: Dame Alice Owen, Belmont Mill Hill (Academic Scholarship), Forest School, North Bridge House (Hampstead), St Mary Magdalene (Governors' Place Aptitude Test) Boy 5: Wetherby Senior School, Dwight School London, Forest School, North Bridge House (Canonbury) Boy 6: St Mary Magdalene Secondary Transfer Offers 2017 – 2018 11+ Education Girl 1: Channing, Francis Holland, North Bridge House (Canonbury) Girl 2: South Hampstead High School, Channing, City of London School for Girls, Francis Holland (Academic Scholarship and Headmasters Prize), Queen’s College, London (Major Academic Scholarship) Girl 3: Forest School, North Bridge House (Canonbury), Queen’s College, London Girl 4: Channing, Francis Holland, Forest School, North Bridge House (Canonbury), Queen’s College, London Girl 5: Forest School (Academic Scholarship), North Bridge House (Canonbury) (Academic Scholarship), Queen’s College, London Girl 6: Channing, Francis Holland, Queen’s College, London Girl 7: Camden School for Girls, Forest School, Holland Park (Art Scholarship), North Bridge House (Canonbury), St Mary Magdalene, Queen’s College, London Boy 1: Wetherby Senior School Senior, Eaton Square Upper School, North Bridge House (Canonbury) Boy 2: Forest School, North Bridge House (Hampstead) Boy 3: North Bridge House (Canonbury), Portland Place Boy 4: Thorpe Hall School, Leigh On Sea, North Bridge House (Canonbury) 10+ Education Boy 1: City of London School (Academic Scholarship and Headmasters Prize) Secondary Transfer Offers 2016 – 2017 11+ Education Girl 1: City of London School for Girls, Channing, Highgate, North Bridge House (Canonbury), Queen’s College, London Girl 2: Channing, Francis Holland CG, North Bridge House (Canonbury), Queen’s College, London, St Margaret’s School, St Mary Magdalene Academy (Governor’s place) Girl 3: City of London School for Girls (Sports Scholarship), Channing, Dame Alice Owen, Francis Holland Girl 4: Channing, Francis Holland, South Hampstead High School Girl 5: Brighton College (Academic Scholarship), Bedales, Frensham Heights, North Bridge House (Canonbury), Performance Results The school underlined is where the place has been accepted Sevenoaks Girl 6: Camden School for Girls, Channing, Francis Holland , Queen’s College, London, South Hampstead High School Girl 7: Forest School, Channing, North Bridge House (Canonbury) (Academic Scholarship) Girl 8: Forest School, North Bridge House (Canonbury), Queen’s College, London Girl 9: Queen’s College, London, North Bridge House (Hampstead), St Margaret’s School Girl 10: St Mary Magdalene Academy (Governors' Place Aptitude Test), Hutchesons' Grammar School, Glasgow, North Bridge House (Canonbury), Queen’s College, London Girl 11: Camden School for Girls Boy 1: City of London School (Academic Scholarship), Belmont Mill Hill Preparatory (Academic Scholarship), Forest School (Academic Scholarship), Highgate, Latymer Upper School, North Bridge House (Hampstead) (Double Academic Scholarship), University College School Boy 2: University College School, Forest School, North Bridge House (Canonbury), Portland Place, Wetherby Senior School Boy 3: University College School, Belmont Mill Hill Preparatory, Forest School, North Bridge House (Canonbury) Boy 4: Wells Cathedral School, Forest School, North Bridge House (Canonbury) Boy 5: King Alfred’s School, North Bridge House (Canonbury), University College School Boy 6: Belmont Mill Hill Preparatory, Eaton Square Upper, North Bridge House (Canonbury), Wetherby Senior School Boy 7:
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