Sutton Valence Preparatory School 7 Plus (7+) Exam Guide

About Sutton Valence Preparatory School

Sutton Valence Preparatory School, part of Sutton Valence School near Maidstone in Kent, is academically selective from Year 3 onwards.

Entry is built around a full day spent with your child’s prospective year group, alongside a focused assessment with the Academic Deputy Head.

Key information for 2027 entry to Sutton Valence Preparatory School at 7 Plus (7+)

• School type: co-educational, Chart Sutton, near Maidstone, Kent
• The Prep is academically selective from Year 3
• Applicants spend a full day with their prospective year group
• Assessed with the Academic Deputy Head: reading, spelling, mathematics and non-verbal reasoning, to establish your child’s academic level
• Registration fee £120, non-refundable; a copy of your child’s birth certificate must go with the registration form
• Exact registration and assessment dates aren’t published
• An acceptance deposit figure circulating online (around £300) isn’t confirmed on the school’s own pages, so check the current amount with admissions
• Some secondary sources describe an ISEB Pretest format for this school; that description belongs to Senior School (11+/13+) entry, not the Prep 7+ route, which uses the reading, spelling, maths and non-verbal reasoning format above

Admissions information for 2027 entry to Sutton Valence Preparatory School at 7 Plus (7+)

The day itself is built to let staff see your child in context: a full day with the year group they would join, plus a focused academic assessment with the Deputy Head covering reading, spelling, maths and non-verbal reasoning.

Worth flagging directly: some material online describes this school’s entry test as an ISEB Pretest covering maths, English, verbal and non-verbal reasoning. That description matches the Senior School’s 11+/13+ entry, not the Prep’s Year 3 route, which the school’s own admissions pages describe as above. Prepare for the reading, spelling, maths and non-verbal reasoning format the Prep actually uses.

How can I register my child for the 7 Plus (7+) assessment at Sutton Valence Preparatory School?

Register through svs.org.uk with the £120 fee, alongside a copy of your child’s birth certificate. Confirm the current acceptance deposit amount with admissions directly, since a figure circulating online isn’t confirmed on the school’s own pages.

What is the 7 Plus (7+) assessment format at Sutton Valence Preparatory School?

Four assessed strands with the Academic Deputy Head: reading, spelling, mathematics and non-verbal reasoning, on top of a full day spent with the prospective year group.

Non-verbal reasoning is the strand children meet least often at school, and the one where a few weeks of focused practice makes the most visible difference, since the question types themselves are learnable.

Sutton Valence Preparatory School 7 Plus (7+) top tips for your child

• Give non-verbal reasoning dedicated practice time; it’s the least familiar of the four strands
• Keep a running spelling list and revisit it weekly
• Read daily and talk about what’s been read, which is what the reading strand rewards
• Ask admissions to confirm the exact assessment date and acceptance deposit
• Ignore ISEB Pretest descriptions for this school; that applies to Senior entry, not Prep 7+

How to prepare your child for the 7 Plus (7+) Sutton Valence Preparatory School assessment

Our 7+ English, maths and non-verbal reasoning packs below match the four assessed strands with full answers for marking together, with the reasoning pack in particular covering ground the school’s own reading and spelling papers don’t touch.